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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-05-08


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China-based cloud services firm Kingsoft Cloud is set to raise $510M
Numerous smartphone companies including Samsung, Oppo, and Xiaomi will resume partial
Facebook and YouTube have removed a viral video that includes numerous
Tencent-owned WeChat is surveilling content shared among users not based in
Database firm Teradata names Steve McMillan as CEO; McMillan will also
Self-driving tech firm Zoox is considering a sale, according to sources
Indonesia-based VC firm MDI Ventures names Donald Wihardja as CEO; Wihardja
The organizers of the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) have cancelled this
Movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse partners with VOD firm ScreenPlus to
Facebook confirms it will reopen most of its offices on July
Lyft will soon ask drivers and passengers if they are suffering
NY-based biotech platform Owkin raises $25M Series A from Bpifrance Large
Private equity company Vista Equity Partners invests $1.5B for a 2.3
Blockchain adviser Michael Terpin files a lawsuit against 18-year-old Ellis Pinsky
Waymo says it will resume road testing for its autonomous vehicles
Clearview AI says it will stop offering its controversial image recognition
Zoom comes to an agreement with the NY Attorney General's office,
Samsung announces a Samsung Pay debit card in partnership with SoFi;
Uber ($53B market cap) Q1 mixed; $3.54B revenue ($3.5B expected); -$1.70
Dana Wollman reviews Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro, which starts at
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Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leads a group of nine senators in pressing
Google updates Lens to support copying and pasting handwriting to a
Google unifies major communications product teams under VP and GM of
Facebook SDK problem causes numerous iOS apps to crash; the company
Facebook to begin reopening offices on July 6 but will allow
Samsung patches critical vulnerability affecting all Samsung smartphones since late 2014
YouTube TV signs an expanded distribution agreement with ViacomCBS to bring
Sidewalk Labs spin-off Sidewalk Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) raises $400M from Alphabet
Peloton ($12.4B market cap) FQ3 mixed: $525M revenue, up 66 percent
Sidewalk Labs cancels its
Zoom ($44.3B market cap) acquires Keybase, which provides end-to-end encryption solutions;
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar