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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-01-23


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Apple launches a gym partnership scheme; known as Apple Watch Connected,
The US government plans to offer financial assistance to other countries
Microsoft, Cloudflare, and others will offer free or reduced cost cybersecurity
Twitter sends a cease and desist letter to facial recognition firm
VMware ($61.4B market cap) acquires IT analytics firm Nyansa; terms undisclosed;
Pornhub adds support for tether stablecoin (USDT), allowing models to receive
ByteDance-owned TikTok signs a deal with music licensing agency Merlin; the
Visitor management firm Proxyclick raises $15M Series B led by Five
Serial Productions, the company behind the popular “Serial” podcast, is exploring
Tesla’s market cap passes $100M, making it the world’s second most
UK business minister Andrea Leadsom says the government will soon decide
Match Group has made a strategic investment in safety-monitoring app Noonlight,
India-based mobility firm Bounce (formerly Metro Bikes) raises $105M Series D
Google researchers say they found multiple flaws in Safari that could
Twitter begins rolling out emoji reactions within Direct Messages; similar to
UK-based Busuu acquires fellow language-learning firm Verbling; terms undisclosed; Verbling provides
Amazon files an injunction request to temporarily stop Microsoft from working
TripAdvisor is laying off ~200 staff, according to Bloomberg sources; it's
Foodtech firm Memphis Meats raises $161M from SoftBank, Norwest, and Temasek;
Seven tech companies spent ~$500M on lobbying over the past 10
Collaborative email company Front raises $59M Series C from Atlassian Co-Founder
Amazon Music now claims 55M users globally, compared to Apple Music's
United Nations special rapporteurs demand US inquiry regarding the alleged 2018
MI agrees to settle suit from Tesla, will allow the company
ByteDance is seeking a US-based CEO for TikTok and has interviewed
Microsoft to set Bing as the default search engine in Chrome
Culver City-based mobile game developer Scopely to acquire the FoxNext game
Microsoft discloses a database misconfiguration that exposed 250M customer service and
Google discovered multiple security flaws in Apple's Safari browser and notified
King County, WA, which includes Seattle, will allow 1.2M voters to
Britain plans new data-privacy rules to protect children online; will require
Motorola to launch the new Razr phone with folding display on
Law enforcement in at least 11 states has spent ~$4M on
Digital forensics investigators found no malware on Jeff Bezos' iPhone following
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar