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The Daily Download - tech news for 2019-12-05


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Plexo Capital spins out of GV, raises $42.5M for its first
Brazil-based fintech firm Cora raises $10M led by Kaszek Ventures with
EU finance officials agree privately managed digital currencies such as Libra
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration has
The Indian government is considering a new rule that could force
Indonesia has introduced new rules requiring overseas tech firms pay local
Several advocacy groups write to the FTC calling for an investigation
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to remove legal protections for
The New York Times profiles Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s exit
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield claims Microsoft Teams has relatively weak user
New York City announces a cargo-bike pilot scheme aimed at reducing
India-based mobility services firm CarDekho raises $70M led by Ping An
Food delivery firm DoorDash is set to lose $450M this year,
20 women join a CA lawsuit against Lyft that claims the
TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance is facing a lawsuit for allegedly collecting
The FTC is probing Amazon’s cloud business, according to Bloomberg sources;
Huawei files a lawsuit against the FCC for banning it from
India-based logistics firm Shadowfax raises $60M Series D led by Walmart-controlled
Slack ($11.8B market cap) Q3 beats with $168.7M revenue ($156.1M expected),
Fair Tax Mark report finds Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and
Dataiku, a data platform for AI-powered enterprise analytics, achieves $1.4B valuation
Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 865 and 765 chips; the flagship 865
The Wall Street Journal examines Huawei's efforts to improve its public
Salesforce ($137B market cap) generated a record $4.51B in revenue in
Reddit's 2019 Year in Review report reveals 430M monthly active users
Ring has thrown private parties for police officers and given away
Elon Musk takes the stand in Los Angeles to defend himself
Microsoft plans to release a lower-cost, disc-free version of its next-generation
Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom and CFO Alan Pickerill step down due
Google is rolling out Digital Wellbeing feature Focus mode to Android
Language learning app Duolingo raises $30M Series F at a $1.5B
Home media server company Plex launches its free, ad-supported video streaming
Instagram will require new users to provide dates of birth going
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar