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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-02-21


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Google is resisting requests from a coalition of state attorney generals
EV management firm Electriphi raises $3.5M seed from Wireframe Ventures, Urban
Tesla resumes work on its Gigafactory near Berlin; the company ceased
Germany-based VTOL company Volocopter raises €50M (~$54M) Series C (extension) led
Samsung names Minister Bahk Jae-wan as chairman; represents the first non-executive
Activist investor Carl Icahn has suggested HP could acquire Xerox for
Full Fact, Facebook’s only UK-wide fact-checking partner, employs just two full-time
Google is testing double-tap gestures on the rear of a device,
Russia is using various online tactics to interfere with the 2020
User data for celebrity personal video app Cameo has been exposed,
Sprint and T-Mobile have adjusted the terms of their merger, giving
~300 Oracle employees staged a walkout on Feb 20 to protest
Facebook says it will reward users who let it analyze their
Sony and Microsoft both say they will not attend this year’s
European scooter-sharing firm Tier Mobility raises ~$40M Series B (second tranche)
Andy Parker, father of reporter Alison Parker, who was murdered on
Baltimore-based ZeroFOX, which provides a cybersecurity SaaS that detects threats
Computer scientist Lawrence Tesler dies at 74; Tesler worked as a
NM Attorney General Hector Balderas sues Google, alleging the company violated
HR software companies Ultimate Software and Kronos to merge; PE firm
Surveillance app KidsGuard, which promises to give guardians access to their
Twitter is testing brightly-colored labels for tweets containing harmful misinformation from
Microsoft plans to invest $1.1B in Mexico over the next five
Video-streaming services offer political advertisers haven from the transparency requirements of
The Trump administration urges the Supreme Court to reject Google's appeal
HTC reveals new Vive Cosmos headset with swappable faceplates that offer
Europe's Data Protection Board says Google's planned acquisition of Fitbit raises
Google bans ~600 apps representing 4.5B downloads from the Play Store
The State Department officially accuses Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU,
Microsoft to extend its Defender antivirus software to iOS and Android
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar