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The Daily Download - tech news for 2021-02-26


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Elon Musk says Tesla’s factory in Fremont, CA, shut down for
Raena, a Singapore-based B2B beauty products startup, raises $9M Series A
ByteDance agrees to pay $92M to settle a US class-action lawsuit
The FCC approves an emergency broadband subsidy for low-income households; the
Bessemer Ventures closes two new funds totaling ~$3.3B; comprises BVP XI
Sony plans to allow for PlayStation 5 SSD upgrades starting this
Facebook restores news sharing in Australia; comes as the company also
Sony says it is winding down its legacy in-house games development
Salesforce ($212B market cap) Q4 beats: $5.8B revenue, up 20 percent
Huawei says it wants to have talks with the Biden administration
DoorDash ($53B market cap) Q4 beats: $970M revenue, up 226 percent
Google rolls out Sleep API, allowing Android developers to use smartphone
Facebook says it will make some changes in response to recommendations
Facebook is adding a “Hey Facebook” wake word for its Portal
Huawei plans to move into the EV market, according to Reuters
Airbnb ($109.4B market cap) reports ~$3.9B loss in its first quarterly
TPG Capital to acquire 30 percent of DirecTV from AT&T, which
Rebekah Mercer, who controls two-thirds of Parler's board seats, is increasingly
Amazon runs anti-union ads on Twitch, Twitch removes them due to
EV company Fisker settled a previously unreported suit from solid-state battery
Legislators and security experts criticize Amazon for refusing to publicly share
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Amazon runs anti-union ads on Twitch, Twitch removes them due to
CA judge orders Valve to provide annual sales and pricing data
HP ($36B market cap) FQ1 beats: $15.65B revenue, up seven percent
Twitter hopes to have 315M monetizable daily active users (mDAUs) by
The NYSE halted trading of GameStop ($10B market cap) shares twice
Digital asset platform Anchorage raises $80M Series C led by GIC;
Twitter announces a new Safety Mode that will enable users to
Blue Origin delays the first launch of its partially-reusable heavy-lift rocket
Twitter announces premium feature Super Follow, enabling influencers and creators to
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar