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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-09-28


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A self-proclaimed white-hat hacker claims he will livestream an attempt to
Elon Musk was close to a settlement with the SEC before
Thousands of Uber and Cabify drivers in Madrid, Spain, protest new
Coinbase announces a new service that lets users purchase a market-weighted
Singapore-based online publication Tech in Asia (TIA) lays off 18 people
Google Images will start including creator info and credit metadata in
Ebay announces a partnership with MVNO Red Pocket Mobile (RPM) to
China-based app firm Bytedance is in talks to raise $1.5B from
Lyft names Lisa Monaco as an adviser for its various safety
Apple faces a patent lawsuit from Finnish firm MPH Technologies; the
Restaurant-discovery platform The Infatuation raises $30M from WndrCo; the company offers
China-based Airbnb rival Xiaozhu is in talks with Singapore’s sovereign wealth
Troy Capital Partners (TCP) closes its latest fund at $200M; the
In-car commerce firm Cargo raises $22.5M Series A led by Founders
Consumer Reports reinstates its recommendation for most of Microsoft’s line of
Microsoft will end desktop support for Skype 7 on Nov 1
CA law enforcement arrest seven individuals allegedly involved in coordinated thefts
Alphabet-owned security company Chronicle announces VirusTotal Enterprise; based on the tech
Google launches new tools for travel planning and booking; new landing
Switzerland-based financial services company Seba raises $104M from private and institutional
The SEC sues Elon Musk over an August tweet in which
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TV ad data and analytics company iSpot.tv raises $30M Series C
CDN provider Cloudflare launches Registrar: a domain registration service promising extensive
AI-powered crime prevention company Athena Security announces a new computer vision
Media server company Plex to shut down plugin support, Cloud Sync
The FBI arrests an Oregon-based YouTuber for allegedly threatening to shoot
Julian Assange appoints Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson as WikiLeaks editor in
Arm announces the Cortex-A76AE, a 7nm chip targeting automotive applications; the
Australian Children's Court sentences Apple hacker to eight months probation; he
South Korean prosecutors indict Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Sang-hoon for allegedly
SurveyMonkey closed its first day of trading up 43 percent on
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar