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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-04-09


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John Edwards, New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner, refers to Facebook as “morally
Execs from Google and Facebook will appear today in front of
India-based fintech firm Cashfree (YC S17) raises $5.5M Series A led
Facebook agrees to amend its terms and conditions following pressure from
Walmart’s Mexican unit has demanded discounts from food suppliers who also
EU civil liberties committee Libe votes to back proposed legislation that
Dream11, an India-based online fantasy sports firm, reaches a valuation of
The Canadian government is considering new laws to regulate social media
Finland-based website analytics firm Leadfeeder raises €3.1M ($3.5M) Series A led
Hedge fund Third Point is acquiring shares in Sony with a
Facebook plans to raise as much as $1B for its cryptocurrency
Klook, a Hong Kong-based travel services platform, raises $225M Series D+
Chinese regulators are considering a ban on cryptocurrency mining farms; the
Twitter reduces the maximum number of accounts a user can follow
Boston-based weather forecasting firm ClimaCell raises $7M from SB Energy (a
Uber’s chief scientist Raquel Urtasun says it will take a long
Apple may delay a rumored ~16-inch MacBook Pro until the first
Snap launches its rebuilt Snapchat app for Android; retains the same
Twitter paid CEO Jack Dorsey a salary of $1.40 in 2018;
Ikea and Sonos announce two new speaker products; Symfonisk speaker/lamp ($180
Democratic senators question e-cigarette company Juul regarding its 35-percent equity sale
Apple revokes enterprise certificate for developer of spyware apps; the certificates
Camera company Red begins shipping the titanium version of its $1.6k
OH-based medical SaaS company Deep Lens raises $14M Series A led
HTC has removed 14 of its apps from Google Play in
Branch International, which provides a mobile lending solution for emerging markets,
Fiat Chrysler to count Tesla vehicles as part of the former's
Stockholm-based music production software company Propellerhead acquires Figure (iOS) and Take
Microsoft launches the first test versions of the Chromium-based Edge browser
Sony patents what appears to be prescription glasses with eye tracking
London-based consumer growth platform Attest raises $16M Series A led by
London-based online-only bank Monzo is raising ~$130M at a ~$2.6B valuation
Cloud security company Bitglass raises $70M Series D led by Quadrille
AI- and machine learning-powered lending platform Upstart raises $50M Series D
MD-based 2U ($3.9B market cap), which provides a platform enabling universities
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar