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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-05-20


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Utsav Somani, head of AngelList India, launches iSeed, a micro VC
Japan-based camera company Olympus says it will end its consumer operations
Benchmark Capital raises $425M for a new fund, according to an
Anti-vaccination (anti-vaxxer) activity on Facebook and Instagram has grown exponentially amid
Alibaba says it will invest ~$1.4B in an AI-powered IoT system
China-based ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing plans to test a freight delivery
A former Apple contractor has written to EU privacy regulators, claiming
Twitter says it will not add a “misleading” label to a
India-based fintech firm Khatabook raises $60M Series B led by B
The valuation of TikTok-owner ByteDance has risen to more than $100B
Zoom suspends the option to create free accounts in China, according
India-based ride-hailing firm Ola cuts 1.4k jobs in the country, equal
China-based Starbucks rival Luckin Coffee says it has received notice that
Facebook will reduce workforce capacity to 25 percent when it reopens
The New York Times profiles the use of Starship Technologies' delivery
Kenya-based agtech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by
App company Big Sky Health raises $8M Series A led by
NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Doug Loverro steps
UK-based airline easyJet discloses a data breach affecting ~9M customers; hackers
Apple acquires exclusive rights for “Greyhound,” the upcoming Tom Hanks movie
Walmart to discontinue Jet.com, the e-commerce brand it acquired in 2016
Sony to acquire full control of its Japan-centered banking and insurance
Microsoft open-sources Fluid Framework and announces Office integration, enabling the collaborative
Microsoft releases Kubernetes-based Azure Arc in public preview; enables users to
Microsoft announces Azure Synapse Link, which enables analytical and transactional workloads
Apple's coming AR glasses will be branded
Joe Rogan signs podcast deal with Spotify, which will be the
Apple to manufacture its coming over-the-ear headphones (reportedly branded AirPods Studio)
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, enabling businesses to simultaneously list products
Microsoft launches PowerToys Run launcher and the Keyboard Manager PowerToy; the
Microsoft announces updates for the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including a
Microsoft announces Project Reunion, an app platform that unifies access to
Microsoft ($1.41T market cap) acquires London-based robotic process automation company Softomotive;
Microsoft unveils Windows Package Manager, a native package manager for Windows
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar