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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday.
- $4. Researchers at security firm UpGuard found that the user data, which had been harvested from Facebook by third-party app developers, was sitting without any password protection on public Amazon servers it had been uploaded to.
- $4$4. For now, only one phone can connect to Verizon's 5G network: the Motorola Moto Z3, which needs a "Moto Mod" attachment to connect to it.
- $4. And while the two headphones bear some similarities, the pricier Powerbeats are a more premium choice that have more to offer when it comes to custom fitting options and audio quality.
- $4. "I absolutely detest modern 'social media' - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. It's a disease. It seems to encourage bad behavior," Torvalds said in an interview.
- $4. Managed by Q was most recently valued at $249 million in a financing round in January and had raised $85 million since 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- $4. The British newspaper is running dozens of stories that defend Facebook on controversial subjects like terrorism, hate speech, and cyber-bullying.
- $4. Onfido uses artificial intelligence to scan official documents such as drivers' licences and passports to confirm people's identities.
- $4. Analysts polled by Bloomberg were expecting total production to be 64,400 vehicles.
- $4. Erika Cheung and Tyler Shultz have launched an organization that teaches ethical practices and decision-making to entrepreneurs building their own companies.
- $4. A woman says that Apple declined to replace her Apple Watch Series 3 under warranty after she experienced this problem, and instead quoted her an out-of-warranty repair price of $229.
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