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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-02-10


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Xerox increases its hostile bid for HP by $2 per share
Vantage Data Centers raises $800M and acquires rival Etix Everywhere; the
Netflix received 24 nominations at this year’s Academy Awards, but only
Internet usage in North Korea has grown 300 percent since 2017,
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates say they plan to tackle gender
Research firm Canalys posits Q1 smartphone sales could dip by as
Foxconn is starting to manufacture face masks in the wake of
Carmaker Nissan says it will temporarily suspend production at a plant
Purported video of the Samsung Galaxy Home Mini leaks; follows an
Sony pulls out of Mobile World Congress citing concerns over the
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Buds Plus purportedly leak in a new video;
The British government says it’s confident it will secure a post-Brexit
The Chinese government has rejected an application from Foxconn to reopen
Elon Musk tweets “#DeleteFacebook It’s lame”; the tweet was in response
A long-running tax dispute between Facebook and the IRS will go
Malaysia-based edtech startup Forward School raises $500k from Exabyte’s Chan Kee
Airbnb temporarily suspends check-ins in Beijing due to the coronavirus outbreak;
Data warehouse firm Snowflake raises $479M on a $12.4B valuation led
Mobile World Congress organizer GSMA prohibits attendees from China's Hubei province,
Amazon withdraws from this year's Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus
Cryptocurrency scams garnered ~$4.3B last year, according to Chainalysis; compares to
Pew Research Center finds 30 percent of adults in the US
Beijing-based dockless bike-share company Ofo pivots to an e-commerce platform featuring
Domain name investor Mike O'Connor puts Corp.com up for sale for
AngelIn the Season 4 premiere of Angel, Jason speaks with Index
This Week in StartupsJason speaks with Sachin Monga and Alex Cornell,
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says Tesla could get state subsidies
London-based mobile operator Vodafone to remove Huawei equipment from the cores
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar