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Gist::Investigation: at least two Canadian provinces keep databases of sensitive info obtained from at-risk people, often without consent, sparking privacy concerns (Nathan Munn/Motherboard)

Nathan Munn / Motherboard : Investigation: at least two Canadian provinces keep databases of sensitive info obtained from at-risk people, often without consent, sparking privacy concerns   —  The database includes detailed, but “de-identified,” information about people's lives culled from conversations between police, social services, health workers, and more. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Dow Jones' watchlist of 2.4M high-risk individuals, including current and former politicians, criminals, and terrorists, was exposed on an unsecured AWS server (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Dow Jones' watchlist of 2.4M high-risk individuals, including current and former politicians, criminals, and terrorists, was exposed on an unsecured AWS server   —  A watchlist of risky individuals and corporate entities owned by Dow Jones has been exposed, after a company with access … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Ionic Security, which helps companies secure sensitive data stored on enterprise clouds and devices, raises $40M Series E, bringing total raised to $162.4M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Ionic Security, which helps companies secure sensitive data stored on enterprise clouds and devices, raises $40M Series E, bringing total raised to $162.4M   —  Atlanta, Georgia-based Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) has raised $40 million in series E financing led by JPMorgan Chase … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Equipment from Cellebrite, popular with law enforcement for hacking into iOS/Android devices, is selling for $100-$1,000 on eBay; new units usually cost $6,000 (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes : Equipment from Cellebrite, popular with law enforcement for hacking into iOS/Android devices, is selling for $100-$1,000 on eBay; new units usually cost $6,000   —  When eBay merchant Mr. Balaj was looking through a pile of hi-fi junk at an auction in the U.K., he came across an odd-looking device. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Though Seattle repealed its "head tax", Amazon says it won't use the 722K sq. ft. in Rainier Square tower it had leased, which would have housed up to 5K staff (The Seattle Times)

The Seattle Times : Though Seattle repealed its “head tax”, Amazon says it won't use the 722K sq. ft. in Rainier Square tower it had leased, which would have housed up to 5K staff   —  The lease was one of the biggest in Seattle history — enough space to hold at least 3,500 employees and perhaps up to 5,000. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Source: Motorola plans to launch its foldable smartphone, likely a revival of the Razr brand, this summer (Roger Cheng/CNET)

Roger Cheng / CNET : Source: Motorola plans to launch its foldable smartphone, likely a revival of the Razr brand, this summer   —  Motorola is jumping into foldable phones.  And it's likely doing it with one of the most iconic names in the business.  —  Motorola, a unit of Chinese consumer electronics giant Lenovo … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Figure, which uses blockchain tech to provide home equity loans, raises $65M; founded over a year ago by ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, Figure has raised $120M total (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Figure, which uses blockchain tech to provide home equity loans, raises $65M; founded over a year ago by ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, Figure has raised $120M total   —  Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Study of VC-backed deals over the last five years finds that 77.1% of VC-backed founders were white, 1% were black, and 9.2% of startup founders were female (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News : Study of VC-backed deals over the last five years finds that 77.1% of VC-backed founders were white, 1% were black, and 9.2% of startup founders were female   —  Maybe the VC community is tired of hearing about it; certainly, there are plenty of people who are tired of dealing with it. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::BlackBerry sues Twitter for allegedly infringing six messaging patents; BlackBerry sued Facebook and Snap in 2018, also alleging messaging patent infringement (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : BlackBerry sues Twitter for allegedly infringing six messaging patents; BlackBerry sued Facebook and Snap in 2018, also alleging messaging patent infringement   —  (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd on Wednesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of illegally using technology … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud survey of enterprises and SMBs: Azure adoption grew from 45% to 52%, reaching 85% of AWS adoption, up from 70% last year (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)

Larry Dignan / ZDNet : RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud survey of enterprises and SMBs: Azure adoption grew from 45% to 52%, reaching 85% of AWS adoption, up from 70% last year   —  The RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera highlights how enterprises are spending more on cloud computing … Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Fitbit reports Q4 net income of $15.4M on revenue of $571.2M and says it sold 13.9M wearables in 2018, down 9% YoY; stock down 14%+ after hours (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)

Larry Dignan / ZDNet : Fitbit reports Q4 net income of $15.4M on revenue of $571.2M and says it sold 13.9M wearables in 2018, down 9% YoY; stock down 14%+ after hours   —  James Park, CEO of Fitbit, said “we expect our Fitbit Health Solutions revenue growth to accelerate to approximately $100 million and to grow non-device consumer revenue.” Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Square reports Q4 adjusted revenue of $464M, up 64% YoY, 15M Cash App MAUs in Dec. 2018, up from 7M YoY, issues weak Q1 guidance; stock down 6%+ after hours (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

Kate Rooney / CNBC : Square reports Q4 adjusted revenue of $464M, up 64% YoY, 15M Cash App MAUs in Dec. 2018, up from 7M YoY, issues weak Q1 guidance; stock down 6%+ after hours   —  - Payment company Square reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts' expectations for earnings and revenue on Wednesday. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::In a letter to the CA government, Apple confirms that 190 employees, including 124 engineers, will be laid off from its self-driving car division on April 16 (Roland Li/San Francisco Chronicle)

Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle : In a letter to the CA government, Apple confirms that 190 employees, including 124 engineers, will be laid off from its self-driving car division on April 16   —  Apple will lay off 190 employees in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale in its self-driving car division, the company said. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Box misses Q4 expectations with $163.7M revenue, up 20% YoY and compared to $164.2M estimated, and issues weak Q1 guidance; stock drops 24%+ after hours (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Box misses Q4 expectations with $163.7M revenue, up 20% YoY and compared to $164.2M estimated, and issues weak Q1 guidance; stock drops 24%+ after hours   —  - Shares of Box fell as much as 23 percent in after hours trading Wednesday after the company reported its Q4 2019 earnings. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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Gist::Review of Shadow Ghost, a $140 streaming game console made by French startup Blade, which runs a $35/month cloud gaming service that now has ~65,000 subscribers (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Review of Shadow Ghost, a $140 streaming game console made by French startup Blade, which runs a $35/month cloud gaming service that now has ~65,000 subscribers   —  French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, is launching a new set-top box to access its cloud gaming service — the Shadow Ghost. Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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10 things in tech you need to know today

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday. Leaked documents obtained by a right-wing activist group have provided an interesting insight into how Facebook has considered tackling organised harassment campaigns . Project Veritas claims it has evidence of an anti-conservative bias at Facebook, but Facebook says the group is misinterpreting the info and it shows nothing of the sort. Apple's autonomous car project layoffs targeted engineers and project managers, it revealed in a filing . Those affected will officially be out of a job in mid April. Nintendo announced two brand-new Pokémon games coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year . Two new Pokémon games are called "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield." TikTok was fined $5.7 million by the FTC for violating children's privacy rights . In an update released on Wednesday, users will now have to verify their age. TikTok was bigger than Instagram last year after passing the
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This device will be the next smartphone

The smartphone is an essential part of our everyday lives. But as with all technology, things change. So the question becomes: What will be the next smartphone? Will it be the connected car? Or the smart speaker? What about the smartwatch? Find out which device, if any, will take over the smartphone's role with this brand new slide deck from  Business Insider Intelligence  called  The Next Smartphone . Here are some of the key takeaways: Smartphones are the fastest adopted tech in the U.S. Whichever device becomes the next smartphone needs to go everywhere Consumer expectations around the smartphone are changing And much more To get your copy of this FREE slide deck, simply click here . Join the conversation about this story » Get Articles and ICO whitepapers written by Williams Alfred Onen
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