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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-10-06


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The EU’s top court rules member nations’ mass surveillance decrees do
France-based agritech firm Ynsect raises $224M (debt and equity) from Upfront
SpaceX secures a ~$150M US defense contract to produce missile-tracking satellites;
Picker, a Spain-based product discovery app, raises €1.3M (~$1.5M) from Btov;
Enterprise comms service Dialpad raises $100M Series E on a $1.2B
Samsonite announces Konnect-i, a line of backpacks featuring Google’s Jacquard responsive
UK-based database company GeoSpock raises $5.4M Series A (extension) led by
Carsten Breitfeld, CEO of EV firm Faraday Future, says the company
India-based fintech startup Uni raises $18.5M seed led by Lightspeed and
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC plans to invest more than $1B
Instagram adds an easter egg for its 10th anniversary, allowing users
Spotify updates its iOS and Android apps, adding the ability for
Google rebrands G Suite as Google Workspace; also introduces new logos
Thunderful Group acquires game developer and publisher Coatsink for ~$30M plus
The SEC sues John McAfee, alleging he promoted seven crypto ICOs
Slack investigates issues affecting all services; the company began suffering degraded
Boss Audio announces the $290 MRCP9685A weatherproof touchscreen head unit, enabling
Nvidia announces the BlueField family of data processing units (DPUs) featuring
Nvidia announces professional-grade GPUs RTX A6000 and A40, successors to the
Judge orders Cisco to pay VA-based Centripetal Networks $1.9B in a
Nvidia launches open beta for Omniverse, a virtual environment that enables
Cimpress ($2B market cap), parent of graphic design and printing services
The Department of Justice charges former Amazon employee with federal wire
Venmo announces Visa credit card issued by Synchrony Financial; users can
Nvidia plans to spend $52M to build Cambridge-1: a supercomputer dedicated
Nvidia announces Maxine, a managed, cloud-based videoconferencing platform enabling developers to
GrubMarket (YC W15), which delivers fresh produce and more to consumers,
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar