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The Daily Download - tech news for 2021-02-03


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Huawei says it will unveil its Mate X2 folding smartphone on
India-based B2B equipment marketplace Zetwerk raises $120M Series D led by
Cloud storage firm Box ($2.9B market cap) acquires Netherlands-based e-signature service
Sony reveals it sold 4.5M PlayStation 5 consoles in 2020; both
Tencent reveals it has fired more than 100 employees for suspected
Spotify ($64.5B market cap) Q4 beats: ~$2.2B revenue, up 17 percent
Alibaba has established an internal task force to assess its business
Instagram is preventing some users from sharing their feed posts to
Tesla recalls 135k vehicles because of touchscreen problems; the issues affect
Embracer Group (~$9.1B market cap) acquires TX-based games company Aspyr for
Germany-based fintech startup Banxware raises €4M (~$4.8M) seed led by Force
Huawei’s HarmonyOS is seemingly a fork of Android 10, reports Ron
Alibaba is planning a bond sale of up to $5B, according
Facebook adds a Messenger feature for Oculus Quest and Quest 2
CNBC profiles Andy Jassy, Amazon’s next CEO; 53-year-old Jassy has been
GameStop ($6.28B market cap) closes at $90 per share, down 60
Oculus launches App Lab, enabling developers to distribute apps outside the
Tesla is working on integrating UWB tech, likely to enable owners
Alphabet ($1.3T market cap) Q4 beats: $56.9B revenue, up 23 percent
Oculus says 60-plus apps, representing ~one-third of all paid apps in
Amazon ($1.7T market cap) Q4 beats: $125.56B revenue, marking the company's
Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO and transition to
Tesla recalls 135k Model S and X vehicles over touch-screen issue;
PE firm TPG's Integrated Media Company, a holding company for media
SpaceX launches SN9 Starship prototype to ~six miles; the craft failed
Rent-to-own real estate company Divvy Homes raises $110M Series C led
Amazon to pay $61.7M to settle FTC charges that it failed
A group of hackers, likely China-based, exploited a SolarWinds flaw to
Amazon reveals the design for Phase II of its HQ2 in
Satellite delivery services company Astra to go public via SPAC merger
Uber ($104.6B market cap) to acquire Boston-based alcohol sales and delivery
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar