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The Daily Download - tech news for 2021-04-15


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IBM ($118.5B market cap) acquires Italy-based process mining firm MyInvenio; terms
Twitch says it has identified more than 7.5M bot accounts that
China-based EV firm Xpeng says it’s considering developing proprietary autonomous driving
Nvidia advises demand for its GPUs will likely outstrip supply through
Tencent Music names Zhu Liang as its CEO; Zhu replaces Cussion
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple prices its IPO at $40 a share,
Three Shopify executives are set to leave the company in June,
Data handling firm Benchling raises $200M on a $4B valuation led
Instagram begins testing a feature to let users decide if they
EV firm Polestar raises $550M led by Chongqing Chengxing Equity Investment
Bang & Olufsen (B&O) unveils Beosound Emerge, a Google Assistant-powered smart
Taiwan-based chipmaker TSMC warns the global semiconductor shortage could continue into
Adtech firm AppLovin sets its IPO price at $80 per share,
CRM platform Pico raises $6.5M led by Bullpen Capital with participation
Twitter announces a plan to study the possible unintended consequences of
Banking tech company Zeta is in talks to raise $250M Series
High-performance computing company Groq raises $300M led by Tiger Global and
Scale AI, a platform for labeling and curating data for AI
Dell ($70.7B market cap) to spin out VMWare ($65B market cap)
Coinbase opens at $381 per share in direct listing after the
Google announces multiple updates to Assistant, including better support for finding
Kroger and UK grocer Ocado unveil their first codeveloped fulfillment center,
New York City's Department of Transportation approves Bird, Lime, and VeoRide
Pickle, an MIT spinoff that develops warehouse robots, raises $5.75M seed;
TikTok-like Triller acquires Amplify.AI, an AI-powered solution for customer engagement and
SpaceX has raised $1.16B in equity financing in the past two
Coinbase opens at $381 per share in direct listing after the
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar