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The Daily Download - tech news for 2020-04-23


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TikTok owner ByteDance signs a content deal with BBC Studios (part
Twitter is testing a feature that lets users see all the
AT&T pulls its financial guidance for the rest of the fiscal
Megan Imbres steps down as head of brand and content marketing
Fintech firm Noah (formerly Patch Homes) raises $150M from unnamed investors;
AT&T rolls out 5G services to 90 additional markets, bringing its
UK-based seed stage investor SFC raises £10M (~$12.3M) from BBI; SFC
Apple plans to start selling Macs powered by its own chips
Indonesia-based Gojek acquires fintech firm Moka for ~$130M, according to Bloomberg
SaaS firm Bodhala raises $10M led by Edison Partners; provides AI-powered
Japanese chipmaker THine Electronics says it has developed facial recognition tools
Bank of America, Daimler, Ericsson, and NXP Semiconductors have all asked
Fintech firm LendingClub cuts 460 staff as part of a restructuring
The UK’s competition watchdog approves Takeaway.com’s ~$7.6B merger with fellow food
Twitter says it will remove tweets that could “incite people to
Google Stadia’s mobile app has been downloaded more than 1M times,
Jeff Bezos has returned to day-to-day management at Amazon after years
Teleconferencing app Zoom starts rolling out an update with a focus
Investor Bill Gurley will not be a part of Benchmark’s next
China-based EV startup Byton has furloughed roughly half of its 450
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says the platform will ban coronavirus-related content
Ransomware attacks surpass credit card theft as the most common type
As some courts conduct proceedings over Zoom due to the pandemic,
AT&T launches 5G in 90 new markets, bringing the total to
Google's Stadia game-streaming service sees jump in signups after launching the
GameStop announces executive pay cuts; CEO George Sherman will take a
Vivaldi releases v3.0 of its desktop browser and launches the Android
Magic Leap to cut half of workforce, ~1k people, in shift
At least 12 state-sponsored hacking groups are exploiting the pandemic for
Facebook announces it will display the locations of Facebook Page and
Zoom releases v5 of its software with security and privacy improvements;
Netflix announces $1B junk bond offering to finance operations and potential
iPhone and iPad vulnerability allows hackers to take control of devices
US intelligence agencies have determined that Chinese operatives fueled a mid-March
Dieter Bohn reviews Apple's 2020 iPhone SE for The Verge; the
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar