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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-09-26


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Slate says it receives more income from 50k views on its
Female-centric digital health firm Maven raises $27M Series B led by
Google Maps adds a group planning feature to its iOS and
Grab announces the suspension of late night rides in Singapore following
SurveyMonkey prices its IPO at $12 per share, aims to raise
Amazon’s Alexa service suffers an outage across parts of Europe, according
Instana, an application performance management platform, raises $30M Series C led
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton says he left because he disagreed with
Lyft is in talks with JP Morgan Chase to lead its
Instagram adds notification support for browsers; lets users opt-in to alerts
A fully working Apple-I computer sells at auction in Boston for
Uber elected to discipline rather than fire head of corporate development
British newspaper lobby News Media Association (NMA) says tech firms should
AT&T establishes Xandr, a new advertising subsidiary; comprises AT&T’s existing advertising
Microsoft is set to add keyboard and mouse support for Xbox
House building firm Plant Prefab raises $6.7M Series A from Amazon’s
Former NSA contractor Nghia Hoang Pho sentenced to five years and
Google says it will let users turn off automatic sign-ins in
Dozens of DoorDash customers claim their accounts have been hacked, reports
Snap’s head of communications Mary Ritti is set to leave at
Patent reveals some of the technology behind Samsung's rumored foldable device,
Early employees and contractors from Block.one, which helps businesses transition to
Developers of the Monero cryptocurrency disclose a bug that could have
This Week in Startups episode 858: #AskJason call-in show: Jason answers
Amazon donates $1M to the Wikimedia Endowment, which funds Wikipedia; Alexa
Led Zeppelin plans a streaming service, according to a trademark application;
Federal appeals court rules Uber drivers fighting for classification as employees
Facebook removes more than a dozen political pages representing 30M-plus followers
Facebook likely to name Instagram VP of Product Adam Mosseri as
Qualcomm says Apple stole source code and tools and provided them
Google names privacy lawyer Keith Enright as CPO; he is scheduled
Twitter to expand its hateful conduct policy to address content that
Berkeley-based Bleximo, which is developing quantum-based integrated circuits for specific applications,
The Department of Justice held a session with state attorneys general
Google partially reverses its ban on cryptocurrency ads; will allow regulated
Cody Wilson resigns as CEO of Defense Distributed following his arrest
Eric Schmidt says its likely the internet will bifurcate into American-led
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar