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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-02-26


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Scooter-sharing firm Lime issues an advisory notice acknowledging a software bug
Jeff Bezos was the world’s most philanthropic individual in 2018 having
Web marketing firm Outbrain acquires Germany-based native-ad firm Ligatus from owner
Coinbase announces support for XRP; full XRP trading is available to
Apple is testing a sleep monitoring feature for Apple Watch, according
Tick. Done. (iOS) lets users create and share step-by-step how-to instruction
Biotech firm Ginkgo Bioworks spins out foodtech unit Motif Ingredients, raises
Facebook shuts down an Instagram account and Facebook page for British
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company will launch a redesigned
Lightstream, a web-based video streaming client, raises $8M Series A led
The SEC asks a federal judge to hold Elon Musk in
Huawei chairman Guo Ping claims the US has no evidence the
Blossom Capital closes its first fund at $85M; targets Series A
AI chip development firm Lightmatter raises $22M Series A (first tranche)
Nubia announces Nubia Alpha, a smartwatch with some smartphone functionality; features
Google Home devices are set to add support for Apple Music,
Apple is set to allow content publishers to offer discounted subscriptions
Spotify runs into a contract dispute with Warner Music Group (WMG)
The Verge interviews Facebook content reviewers at a contractor facility in
Walmart ($288B market cap) acquires Israel-based Aspectiva, a product review analytics
Amazon appoints former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to its board and
Mozilla partners with pre-launch news subscription service Scroll to test ad-free
Facebook files to patent two methods of finger tracking for VR;
The FCC makes an additional $67M available to rural broadband providers
Vivendi, Sony, and Warner make $800k per hour from music streaming
Swatch Group claims Samsung's downloadable smartwatch faces violate trademarks protecting the
Chicago's 14 mayoral candidates are ambivalent toward or contemptuous of The
Google and the FIDO Alliance, which advocates open authentication standards, announce
Amazon announces the third annual Alexa Accelerator, operated in partnership with
Data marketplace and data integration company Narrative raises $3M led by
SD Association announces microSD Express: a new memory card format offering
Bipartisan group of 11 US senators urges the Department of Homeland
Vulnerabilities in 4G and 5G standards could enable an attacker to
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar