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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-07-21


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Samsung says it plans to launch five new devices at its
Ride-hailing firm Gett raises $100M primary capital from unnamed investors; Gett
SoftBank is looking to sell its analytics unit Treasure Data for
Ant Group plans to raise as much as $10B via its
Renders of the purported Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20
UK-based materials firm Polymateria raises £15M (~$19M) from Planet First Partners;
US smartphone sales dropped 25 percent during Q2, according to Counterpoint
Jeff Bezos’ net worth increased by $13B yesterday, reports Bloomberg; represents
Indonesia-based ride-hailing firm Gojek names Severan Rault as CTO; Rault previously
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires insurtech firm Majesco for $594M;
Germany-based Dance launches a €60 (~$67) per month e-bike subscription service;
Amazon confirms its annual Prime Day shopping event in the US
The New York Times examines the gaming industry's response to numerous
Multiple countries express concern that Google's contact-tracing software requires GPS to
Google announces Maps update that adds docked bike-share stations for point-to-point
IBM ($112.2B market cap) Q2 beats with $18.1B revenue, down 5.4
Adobe hires former Google Distinguished Engineer Marc Levoy to develop a
CA-based autonomous driving tech company Aurora to deploy a small fleet
Alipay parent Ant Group, formerly Ant Financial, plans dual IPO on
Snapchat launches its first Minis: simple HTML apps that run within
Microsoft plans to launch the first commercial version of Windows 10X
China is considering retaliatory measures against the Chinese operations of European
Apple files to patent tech that could enable the Pencil to
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry announces $536M in subsidies
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar