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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-11-20


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Founders First Capital Partners (FFCP), a San Diego-based accelerator and financing
Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch says he’s unsure if Apple News+
Naspers-owned Prosus encourages Just Eat shareholders to accept its £4.9B (~$6.3B)
Austin-based computer vision firm Pensa Systems raises $10M seed (follow-on) led
Hackers have infected the official website for Monero cryptocurrency, installing malware
Disney exec Kevin Mayer says Disney+ suffered issues on its launch
Airbnb is searching for a media exec to oversee its video
Facebook is experiencing growing discontent from some of its Chinese employees,
Turkish games firm Dream Games raises $7.5M seed from Makers Fund
Ivonne Bojoh and Marnix Zwart, co-founders of Singapore-based insurance comparison website
Foodvisor, a France-based firm that offers a food-tracking app, raises $4.5M;
Microsoft says its group communications service Teams has reached 20M users,
Superpedestrian, which is developing a scooter for on-demand mobility companies, raises
Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton says he’s prepared to pay as
Twitter says it could take “corrective action” against British political party
Biotech firm Lucence Diagnostics raises $20M Series A led by IHH
The New York Times profiles pushback from contractors for audio transcription
Alibaba is set to raise up to $12.9B in its Hong
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) discusses its findings from an
Amazon's Ring allows police departments to request 12 hours of video
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who acts as COO of the
Microsoft Teams claims 20M daily active users, up from 13M in
This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Eight Sleep Co-Founder and CEO
Facebook announces the 2020 F8 conference will take place May 5-6
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, who will serve another five-year
Google launches Your News Update for Assistant; the voice-controlled feature provides
FCC to vote Friday on a measure that would prohibit wireless
A bipartisan coalition of senators urges the Trump administration to appoint
Spotify announces Your Daily Podcasts, enabling users to discover and follow
Salesforce announces Service Cloud Voice (telephony for Service Cloud), an
Apple launches a dedicated app for developers registered with the company;
This Week in Startups: 1,000th Episode Retrospective!Jason and TWiST regulars Lon
DC Attorney General Karl Racine files suit against DoorDash, alleging the
Checkmarx discloses an Android camera vulnerability allowing malicious apps to record
The Department of Commerce extends a license enabling rural telecommunications companies
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar