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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-10-02


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Early-stage VC firm Blossom Capital names Ophelia Brown as partner; Brown
Elon Musk suggests Tesla will begin selling its vehicles in India
A federal court in San Francisco partially blocks the Trump administration’s
Apple has filed a patent for a foldable display that has
Malaysia-based healthtech firm HealthMetrics raises $5M Series A led by ACA
Philippine-based VC firm Active Fund closes its latest fund at $180M;
Honda says it is ending its involvement in Formula 1 (F1)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says investments in Huawei represent
Relationship management app Paired launches, raises $1M from Taavet Hinrikus of
The Wall Street Journal profiles the entrepreneurial career of Nikola founder
Australian publishers will no longer be part of Google’s $1B News
Google says its face retouching filters will be turned off by
YouTuber Jeffree Star is facing accusations of sexual misconduct, physical violence,
Amazon says ~20k of its US contractors and staff were diagnosed
Roblox, a platform for creating, sharing, and playing games, is working
Edge computing infrastructure startup Macrometa raises $7M seed led by DNX
Altinity, a commercial provider of the open-source SQL data warehouse ClickHouse,
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and its Financial
Braintrust, a marketplace for freelance technical and design gigs, raises $18M
Amazon to update its Alexa app with Auto Mode in coming
On-demand mobility company Via acquires Tel Aviv-based Fleetonomy, which provides a
Facebook launches Forecast in general availability; the app crowdsources predictions related
Walmart Canada orders a total of 130 Tesla Semis; Walmart Canada
Facebook updates Groups with automated moderation, more; the company has made
Quantum computing company IonQ claims to have created the world's most
Cisco ($165B market cap) acquires Israel-based Portshift, which provides a Kubernetes
The Senate Commerce Committee votes unanimously to subpoena the CEOs of
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar