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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-05-16


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The Verge examines how the pandemic could accelerate consolidation in the
US video game sales set a quarterly record of $10.86B in
OneZero examines how Facebook's acquisition of Giphy will enable Facebook to
Tesla officials visited Tulsa and Austin this week to scout locations
The Department of Justice and multiple state attorneys general are likely
Finnish food delivery company Wolt raises $108M Series D from ICONIQ
Fitbit CEO James Park says the company has developed a low-cost
Discord in talks to raise funds at a $3B to $4B
Amazon plans to gradually reopen its French warehouses beginning May 19;
Google removed links to articles about people suspected of or charged
Netflix is beginning to lift stream quality limits in Europe after
Mozilla launches the Builders Incubator to support teams and projects working
AppLovin paid ~$500M to acquire fellow mobile games company Machine Zone,
Amazon confirms seventh employee death from COVID-19; the company did not
Voice-centric social network Clubhouse raises Series A at a $100M valuation
Remote Demo Day
United States Postal Service extends bid deadline for next-generation truck contracts
Indonesia to impose a 10-percent value-added tax for digital products and
The Department of Commerce announces a new rule, effective today but
Facebook ($587B market cap) acquires Giphy as part of Instagram; Axios
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar