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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-11-28


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The Boring Company says it will no longer establish a 2.7
YouTube is set to make its Premium shows and movies available
UK-based co-working firm Second Home is raising £20M (~$25M) from investor
Details and images of DJI’s rumored Osmo Pocket leak ahead of
YouTube offers lower-priced Premium and Music for students at accredited US
Social impact firm Emerson Collective, run by Laurene Powell, acquires media
UK-based coffee chain Costa launches a reusable cup with built-in support
Bounce, an India-based scooter-sharing firm, acquires Ofo’s local assets; terms undisclosed;
Vietnam-based learning platform Topica Edtech raises $50M Series D from Northstar;
Uber’s plan to acquire UK-based food delivery firm Deliveroo has stalled,
LG names Brian Kwon as its next head of mobile; Kwon
Investment firm Coatue Management is raising $500M for a fund focused
Sundar Pichai is set to testify in front of Congress on
Google adds multi-device support to Fast Pair, its Bluetooth pairing tech;
More than 300 Google employees sign an open letter calling on
UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) head Damian Collins
Former Facebook manager Mark Luckie says the company is failing its
EV charging station operator ChargePoint raises $240M Series H from American
Amazon is now selling software for mining data from patient health
MI-based Rivian Automotive unveils the all-electric R1S SUV; the base model
London-based Technology Will Save Us, which produces hackable toys for kids,
Khosla Ventures GP Ben Ling launches Bling Capital with a $60M
Sprint, HTC, and Qualcomm are co-developing a 5G mobile smart hub
Bird announces Bird Platform: a service through which entrepreneurs and businesses
Cyber Monday online sales reached $7.9B, according to Adobe; up 19.7
Amazon launches AWS Ground Station in preview; facilitates data transmission with
This Week in Startups episode 879: News Roundtable: Jason welcomes
Twitter prohibits deadnaming: the deliberate use of a transgendered person's birth
Google to make its Project Fi wireless service available to iPhone
Spotify secures deals with major music rights holders in India in
Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based game developer Nifty Games raises $3M
Amazon makes its internal machine learning courses freely available to the
Beijing-based AI company Aibee raises $60M Series A led by Sequoia
Waymo has placed safety drivers back in the driver's position in
Waymo hires former National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman to
Red Hat acquires Tel Aviv-based data management company NooBaa; terms undisclosed;
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar