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THE APP TASKED WITH REPORTING THE RESULTS OF THE IOWA CAUCUS HAS CRASHED, DELAYING THE RESULTS Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker / 4:59 am GMT • February 4, 2020

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cameraIMAGE CREDITS: Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images A smartphone app tasked with reporting the results of the Iowa caucus has crashed, delaying the result of the first major count in nominating a Democratic candidate to run for the U.S. presidency. The result of the Iowa caucus was due to be transmitted by smartphone apps from delegates across the state on Monday, but a “quality control” issue was detected shortly before the result was expected. “We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results,” said Mandy McClure, a spokesperson for the Iowa Democratic Party, in a statement posted on Twitter

.

“In addition to the tech systems being used to tabulate results, we are also using photos of results and a paper trail to value that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report,” said McClure, saying this was “not a hack or

an intrusion.”

“The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply take time to further report the results,” she said. Some reports say that the result may not be called before Tuesday. > Homeland Security hasn’t done enough to protect election > infrastructure, says watchdog

>

A report by NPR

in January said the smartphone app was designed to save time in reporting the results, but bucked the trend in the use of smartphones in the voting process during a time where there are concerns that voting machines and other election infrastructure are feared vulnerable to hackers

.

Security concerns were raised about the app, whose developer has not yet been named nor its security practices

,

fearing that doing so would help hackers break into the system. But the app was reportedly described as buggy and problematic by officials hours before the final results were due to be called. Screenshots in tweets seen by TechCrunch, but have since been deleted, showed problems with the app as early as 6PM local time. One of the precinct chairs in Shelby County said they would call in her results instead. At least one party, the general counsel of Biden for President, has

already written

into

the IDP requesting to see the results and respond to them in light of the problems before they are released to the public, so there may be more delays to come. Iowa is an important first round of votes to nominate a Democratic candidate for the presidency. The final candidate will be chosen later this year to run against presumed Republican candidate President

Donald Trump.

_Update_: Several outlets are reporting that Shadow , a Democrat-leaning tech firm that develops voter engagement, fundraising tools and related analytics, is behind the app, although that information has not been confirmed by the Democrats nor by Shadow itself.

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I'm sure a certain segment of the Democratic Party will find a way to blame "big tech" for this fiasco. Grrr, if they could only break up Facebook and Google their app to count ~200K caucus goers would have

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1:16 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 Google’s lead data regulator in Europe has finally opened a formal investigation into the tech giant’s processing of location data — more than a year after receiving a series of c... ONLINE-TO-OFFLINE PLATFORM SENDOSO RAISES $40M AFTER GROWING 330% IN

2019

Alex Wilhelm

1:00 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 Email is garbage and we’re all buried in the stuff. Actually getting someone’s attention given the constraints that digital missives present is difficult. How do you snag someone’... HINGE HEALTH, THE DIGITAL SOLUTION FOR CHRONIC BACK AND JOINT PAIN, CLOSES $90M SERIES C

Steve O'Hear

1:00 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions — such as back and joint pain — has closed $90 million in Series C fun... MONDAY.COM 2.0 WORKFLOW PLATFORM LETS COMPANIES BUILD CUSTOM APPS

Ron Miller

1:00 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 Monday.com, announced version 2.0 of its flexible workflow platform today, making it easier for customers to build custom apps on top of Monday. Company co-founder and CEO Roy Mann says his product... UK COUNCIL WEBSITES ARE LETTING CITIZENS BE PROFILED FOR ADS, STUDY

SHOWS

Natasha Lomas

12:32 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 On the same day that a data ethics advisor to the UK government has urged action to regulate online targeting a study conducted by pro-privacy browser Brave has highlighted how Brits are being prof... NOMAGIC, A STARTUP OUT OF POLAND, PICKS UP $8.6M FOR ITS PICK-AND-PLACE WAREHOUSE ROBOTS

Ingrid Lunden

12:15 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 Factories and warehouses have been two of the biggest markets for robots in the last several years, with machines taking on mundane, if limited, processes to speed up work and free up humans to do ... PAYMENTS INFRA STARTUP FINIX CLOSES $35M SERIES B LED BY SEQUOIA

Alex Wilhelm

12:00 pm GMT • February 4, 2020 This morning Finix, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup selling payments tech to other businesses, announced that it has raised a $35 million Series B. Sequoia led the round, which also saw part... TOP HAT RAISES $55M SERIES D FOR ITS HIGHER ED LEARNING PLATFORM

Frederic Lardinois

11:00 am GMT • February 4, 2020 Toronto-based Top Hat, a company that makes a number of software tools for teachers in higher education, today announced that it has raised a $55 million Series D funding round co-ed by Georgian Pa...

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CALM CO-CEO MICHAEL ACTON SMITH EXPLAINS STRATEGY BEHIND ‘MENTAL

FITNESS’ APP

Mental wellness unicorn Calm has more than two million subscribers to its mindfulness and meditat...

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10:48 am GMT • February 4, 2020 ONLINE TARGETING NEEDS TIGHTER CONTROLS, UK DATA ETHICS BODY SUGGESTS

Natasha Lomas

10:09 am GMT • February 4, 2020 A UK government advisory body on AI and data ethics has recommended tighter controls on how platform giants can use ad targeting and content personalization. Concerns about the largely unregulated ... AZIMO, THE MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE, SECURES €20M DEBT FINANCE FROM THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

Steve O'Hear

8:00 am GMT • February 4, 2020 Azimo, the money transfer service that is HQ’d in London but has the majority of its staff based in based in Poland, has secured €20 million in debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB), t... DBP DONUT TAKES A TRIP INTO SHORT FORM STORYTELLING WITH “THE

RIDE”

Jonathan Shieber

7:30 am GMT • February 4, 2020 DBP Donut, the advertising and short-form entertainment production company launched by Mark and Jay Duplass (darlings of independent film and TV) and their partners Charlie Leahy and Nigel Lopez-Mc... DIXA, A CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM, PICKS UP $36M SERIES B

Steve O'Hear

7:00 am GMT • February 4, 2020 Dixa, the customer engagement platform, has closed a $36 million Series B. Leading the round is Notion Capital, with participation from existing investors Project A Ventures and SEED Capital. The C... TRUECALLER HITS 200 MILLION USERS

Manish Singh

6:30 am GMT • February 4, 2020 Truecaller, one of the world’s largest caller-identification service providers, has amassed 200 million monthly active users and is increasingly proving that it can turn a profit, it said Tuesday. ... AFRICA ROUNDUP: TRUMP’S NIGERIA BAN, PAGA’S ACQUISITION AND RAISES, FLUTTERWAVE’S $35M AND SENDY’S $20M

Jake Bright

5:34 am GMT • February 4, 2020 The first month of the new year saw Africa enter the fray of U.S. politics. The Trump administration announced last week it would halt immigration from Nigeria — Africa’s most populous nation with ...

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