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The Daily Download - tech news for 2021-01-12


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UK-based fintech startup Curve raises $95M Series C led by IDC
UK-based payments company Checkout.com raises $450M Series C on a $15B
SoftBank has sold more then $2B worth of Uber stock, according
Twitter says it has recently removed more than 70k accounts promoting
LG showcases the world’s first smartphone with a rollable display; the
Amazon has started to remove QAnon-related products from its marketplace; the
South Korea-based content discovery service Dable raises $12M Series C led
LG says it will add native support for Google’s Stadia and
Walmart partners with Ribbit Capital to establish a fintech joint venture;
Ubiquiti, which offers routers, webcams, and more, discloses security breach, says
Intel announces four new processor families that will be available in
Qualcomm announces the second generation of its ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor;
Taiwanese companies are shifting manufacturing away from China due to US
Facebook says it will treat the next two weeks as a
Last year the PC market saw its strongest growth since 2010,
Facebook hires civil rights attorney Roy Austin as VP of Civil
Amazon employees call on the company to remove third-party merchant listings
Snap ($81.38B market cap) acquires New York City-based StreetCred, which developed
Encrypted communications app Signal sees downloads surge after WhatsApp updated its
Alternative social apps and messengers, including MeWe and CloutHub, see downloads
Facebook, Google, and Microsoft freeze political spending due to the insurrection
Parler files suit against Amazon after AWS terminated the app's cloud
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The Daily Download - latest tech news, byte sized. Based on @launchtickerBy Peter Kuhar