| Cody Wilson is facing up to 20 years in prison after paying a 17-year-old for sex, photos of Samsung's Galaxy S10 are leaking months ahead of its release and Niantic closes a huge funding round ahead of the launch of its Harry Potter AR game. Here's your Daily Crunch for January 4, 2019. 1. 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson indicted for sexual assault The state of Texas has indicted Wilson on four counts of sexual assault of a child and four counts of indecency. Wilson rose to prominence in 2013 for his avid support of 3D-printed guns. Wilson's push to share plans for 3D-printing guns led to a court decision in July that found 3D-printed gun plans to be legal. 
2. Hey look, it's the Samsung Galaxy S10 Leaked photos of Samsung's new flagship phone are starting to appear months ahead of its expected release. What's most notable is Samsung's decision to skip over the notch on the S10 in favor of a hole-punch camera design. 3. Pokémon GO creator Niantic closes $190M funding round The popular Bay Area-based AR company has brought its total funding to $415M after closing a new funding round in late December. The influx of cash comes as Niantic prepares to release its next major title, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. 4. Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers Although no "sensitive" data was stolen from the chancellor's office, the hack is reminiscent of the 2016 data breach against the Democratic National Committee. 5. Huawei reportedly punishes staff for New Year's Eve tweet sent from an iPhone As predicted, Twitter's subtle new feature showing from which clients tweets are sent is already embarrassing brands. 6. Nexon founder hints at plan to sell his $9B majority share in gaming giant Tired from the ups and downs of the industry, founder Jung-Ju Kim has appeared to acknowledge his intent to sell the controlling interest of one of the biggest gaming companies on the planet. 7. FloWater just raised $15 million to put bottled water out of business The eight-year-old California-based company has built a reusable water bottle filling station to address four environmental concerns: obesity in the U.S., the waste produced by single-use plastic water bottles, the millions of barrels of oil and hundreds of million of pounds of CO2 byproduct waste used to create and transport bottled water and the toxins in single-use plastic bottles, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals. | 
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