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The app that broke the Iowa caucus: An inside look

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Results from Monday’s Iowa caucus were delayed for days because of problems with a smartphone app used to tabulate and report results, causing chaos and frustration among campaigns and voters. A reported coding issue caused the app to only report out partial data, Iowa Democratic Chairman Troy Price said …

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Uber’s fourth

The last quarter of 2019 was turbulent for Uber, as it faced serious disruptions in its business from California to London to India. After bottoming out with its lowest-ever recorded share price in late November, however, the situation started to turn around for the ride-hailing company. Uber’s share price began to slowly and steadily rise, even as Travis Kalanick, its …

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