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The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-12-14


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Twitter co-founder and Medium CEO Ev Williams is considering acquiring New
UK-based fintech firm TransferGo raises $17.5M Series B led by Hard
Britain’s high court orders Twitter to reveal who is behind accounts
British workers union IWGB announces its first branch for those working
Tesla disputes a Wired report that Elon Musk erratically fired Gigafactory
Go-Jek subsidiary Get begins testing motorcycle-taxis and on-demand deliveries in Thailand;
German telco Deutsche Telekom says it’s reviewing its network vendor strategy
Bitcoin drops to $3.2k, its lowest valuation since Sept 2017; the
LemonBox (YC S18), an e-commerce startup that imports US supplements to
YouTube says it removed 58M videos and 224M comments for policy
AR gaming firm Niantic is raising $200M on a $3.9B valuation,
Facebook is in talks with HBO, Starz, and other pay TV
A number of journalists hired by Facebook to fact-check articles on
Online wholesaler Faire (YC W17) raises $40M Series B and $60M
Apple argues the Chinese ban on iPhone imports may force it
Netherlands-based scooter-sharing firm Dott raises €20M ($22.5M) led by EQT Ventures
Apple Music notifies artists that it will no longer allow them
Imax to shut down its three remaining location-based VR experiences in
Lyft partners with Washington DC transit agency Metro to display live
Philadelphia-based knowledge-sharing platform Guru raises $25M Series B led by Thrive
Intel and ESL commit to investing $100M in esport initiatives over
Qualcomm plans suit to ban sales of the latest iPhone models
Google says it will not offer general-purpose facial recognition APIs before
Bitcoin scammers send bomb threats to numerous businesses and institutions around
Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech to track stalkers at a
Opera updates its Android browser with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet; coming
Instacart announces the end of its five-year Whole Foods partnership; starting
Privacy-focused Brave browser moves from its custom Muon UI to Chromium;
Zero-commission stock trading app Robinhood launches checking and savings accounts; no
Parallel Domain, which provides software that generates environments for training autonomous
Postmates unveils Serve: an autonomous delivery robot developed by the Postmates
Design marketplace Minted raises $208M Series E led by Permira; operates
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar