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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-10-24


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UK-based events platform Pollen (formerly Verve) raises $60M led by Northzone
Data vault firm Very Good Security raises $35M Series B led
Analytics firm Grafana Labs raises $24M Series A led by Lightspeed
French president Emmanuel Macron nominates Thierry Breton, CEO of tech consultancy
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) write to the
Google opens its first Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in Montreal;
Goal management platform Koan raises $3M seed led by Uncork Capital
Twitter ($30B market cap) Q3 misses: $824M revenue, up 9 percent
India’s Supreme Court rules several telcos must collectively pay the government
Some Google employees claim the company has developed an internal monitoring
Adtech firm BuySellAds acquires tech blog Pando; terms undisclosed; founded by
Ireland-based cybersecurity startup Tines raises $4.1M Series A led by Blossom
Elon Musk says it’s possible Tesla could release a full version
Former White House cybersecurity director Dimitrios Vastakis has warned the Trump
Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) asks Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook would allow
BBC News launches a dark web version of its international website,
Microsoft ($1T market cap) Q1 beats: $33B revenue, up 14 percent
Amazon ($871.7B market cap) acquires healthtech startup Health Navigator; terms undisclosed;
Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence publishes a report calling
Truebill (YC W16), a personal finance platform that manages subscriptions and
Swiss meat alternatives startup Planted raises $7M seed from Blue Horizon,
Zonehaven, which provides a cloud platform to help firefighters and emergency
The FBI issues a warning regarding Magecart attacks, which involve the
Voyager Space Holdings, a newly formed holding company for space-related businesses,
Boston-based enterprise SaaS management startup Vendr (YC S19) raises $2M led
German online meeting tool company Demodesk (YC W19) raises $2.2M seed
Dallas-based micro-mobility company Boaz Bikes deploys 100 seated e-scooters in Atlanta,
Property management company Vacasa completes its acquisition of Wyndham Vacation Rentals;
Last-mile internet company Wander launches in Santa Monica; uses existing fiber
IoT security company Firedome raises $10M Series A led by Two
Digital signage company Mira rebrands as Raydiant, raises $7M led by
Children's books subscription startup Literati raises $12M Series A led by
OctoML, which is preparing to launch a deep learning model optimization
Prepaid card company Berkeley Payment Solutions acquires payments-as-a-service solutions company Pungle;
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar