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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-01-04


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Qualcomm posts €1.3B (~$1.5B) in security bonds following a German court
Jung-Ju Kim, founder of South Korea-based games firm Nexon, plans to
Google moved ~€20B (~$23B) to Bermuda in 2017 in an effort
Security researcher Wish Wu cancels plans to demonstrate a Face ID
Tesla says it will begin delivering Model 3 vehicles to Chinese
Microsoft is developing a system to let users control more of
Hackers share stolen data relating to hundreds of German politicians, local
Switzerland-based healthtech firm Sophia Genetics raises $77M Series E led by
Snap's head of global strategic partnerships Elizabeth Herbst-Brady steps down; reasons
Games studio Second Dinner raises $30M from NetEase; comes as the
Huawei demotes two workers after an iPhone was used to tweet
UK-based digital-only bank Monzo is planning a US launch, according to
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr cancel scheduled appearances
Water filling station firm FloWater raises $15M led by Bluewater; the
Square names Amrita Ahuja as CFO; Ahuja previously worked as CFO
Alphabet-owned healthtech firm Verily raises $1B led by Silver Lake; Alphabet
AR gaming firm Niantic raises $190M, reports TechCrunch; investors unknown, but
Lightspeed China Partners closes two funds totaling $560M: Fund IV is
Video purportedly reveals three-panel folding device made by Xiaomi; the finishing
Blackbaud ($3B market cap), which provides nonprofits with software and services,
Federal judge issues an injunction blocking a New York City law
The USB Implementers Forum launches the USB Type-C Authentication Program, which
Austin-based AlertMedia, which provides an emergency communications and threat monitoring platform
TX indicts Defense Distributed Founder Cody Wilson, known for his legal
Computer vision company Synapse Technology raises $6M led by Founders Fund,
Microsoft Research's Project Bali, currently in testing, gives users access to
The Senate confirms commissioners Brendan Carr (R) and Geoffrey Starks (D)
Segway-Ninebot unveils the Model Max scooter for scooter-sharing services and the
Audi to begin selling a Samsung Exynos-powered infotainment system beginning in
Apple announces App Store customers spent $1.22B between Christmas Eve and
GM's self-driving unit, Cruise Automation, partners with DoorDash to test an
Cloudera and Hortonworks finalize their all-stock merger; branded Cloudera, the combined
BitTorrent Foundation announces BitTorrent Token (BTT), a crypto-token using the tron
Australia-based 3D machine vision company Baraja raises $32M Series A led
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar