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The Daily Download - tech news for 2021-04-08


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CA-based food-tech firm Beyond Meat establishes a production plant in China;
Facebook begins testing labels on posts from Pages in the US;
India-based messaging platform Gupshup raises $100M on a $1.4B valuation led
Data labeling startup Snorkel AI raises $35M Series B led by
India-based edtech firm Byju’s announces plans to expand internationally; starting next
India-based social platform ShareChat raises $502M on a ~$2.1B valuation led
UK-based fintech firm TrueLayer raises $70M Series D led by Addition
Naspers-owned Prosus sells 2 percent of its stake in Tencent, raising
Cardiology tech company Riva Health emerges with $15.5M seed led by
Village Capital and the Black Innovation Alliance announce Resource: an
NY-based Nuvocargo, which digitizes various processes for cross-border trade, raises $12M
President Biden says Senate leaders are preparing to introduce legislation to
Facebook's New Product Experimentation team launches Hotline: a crowd Q&A platform
Twitter ($55B market cap) held talks to acquire Clubhouse for ~$4B
Apple to begin enforcing its new privacy notification policy with the
UPS to buy 10 eVTOL craft from Beta Technologies; UPS' Flight
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple sets IPO price range at $35-$39 per
Uber and Lyft offer driver incentives to get more vehicles on
AppLovin sets IPO price range at $75-$85, targeting a ~$2B raise
Snap ($91B market cap) acquired the Screenshop app from Craze last
Google announces I/O 2021 for May 18–20; the company canceled the
T-Mobile launches 5G home internet service with no data caps, equipment
Apple updates the Find My app to support third-party products; the
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar