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	facebook As-it-happens update ⋅ May 3, 2018
	NEWS
	Facebook's new features specifically target businesses Washington Post Although tens of millions of small businesses have Facebook pages for their companies, most of the owners I know do not really consider the social media platform to be a business productivity or collaboration tool. That perception may soon change. This week, Facebook announced some big upgrades ... Flag as irrelevant
	Al Franken lashes out at Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal CNET Al Franken blasted Facebook over consumer privacy in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Speaking earlier this week at the Privacy XChange Forum, a cybersecurity conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Franken discussed how the business models of Facebook and search giant Google, built on ... Flag as irrelevant
	How Much Is It Worth to Use Facebook? It Depends Bloomberg That tells us something important not just about Facebook but also other goods provided by modern technology. The critical point is that we are now used to getting those goods for free. With that point in mind, return to my first question. Having had to pay nothing for Facebook, people dislike the idea of a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Watch Samantha Bee rip into Facebook and tell Mark Zuckerberg to 'get this shit under control' Recode Samantha Bee is not known for holding back. And hoo-boy, she let it rip tonight against CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook during a segment on her show "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee." "You can't fix Facebook because, in the words of Lady Gaga, 'Baby, it was born this way,'" she says on the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal BBC News Signify's Joe Harrod says Cambridge Analytica's closure "is a really positive moment for data science". "It is a spectacular flame-out by this particular company," he says. "But in cold hard commercial terms, it has really raised the profile of this kind of work." He says: "Facebook has taken the opportunity to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Cambridge Analytica data firm at center of Facebook privacy scandal declares bankruptcy KGO-TV Cambridge Analytica sought information on Facebook to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the U.S. electorate. The company was able to amass the database quickly with the help of an app that appeared to be a personality test. The app collected data on tens of millions of people and their ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook is releasing a dating service and we just don't understand it at all Mashable At its annual F8 developer conference on Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is creating a dating service. What this means is that you'll soon be able to create a "dating" profile separate from your Facebook profile. Facebook will then recommend matches based on dating ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook is winning the augmented reality war Engadget If it weren't for data privacy, fake news and hate speech taking up so much air time, this year's Facebook conference would've probably centered around a far less controversial topic: augmented reality. It's one of a few unifying themes that's spread across most of Facebook's product announcements this ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook security analyst is fired for using private data to stalk women Ars Technica Already under intense scrutiny for leaking sensitive data belonging to more than 87 million users, Facebook said it fired a security engineer accused of using his company position to stalk women. The allegations surfaced Sunday in a series of tweets from Jackie Stokes, founder of a firm called Spyglass ... Facebook Fires Employee Who Bragged on Tinder About His Access to User Data - Wall Street Journal Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	Facebook's Open-Source Go Bot Can Now Beat Professional Players Slashdot Google's DeepMind isn't the only team working to defeat professional Go players with artificial intelligence. At Facebook's F8 developer conference today, the company announced a Go bot of its own that has now achieved professional status after winning all 14 games it played against a group of top 3... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook May Have Secret Plans To Build a Satellite-Based Internet Slashdot The satellite, named Athena, will deliver data 10 times faster than SpaceX's Starlink Internet satellites, the first of which launched in February. However, PointView appears to exist only on paper. In fact, the tiny company seems to be a new subsidiary of Facebook, formed last year to keep secret the social ... Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook is releasing dating features soon and we're intrigued Victoria Buzz People already use Facebook to meet new people, and we want to make that experience better," the company said in a release. Testing for the new features will begin later this year. Flag as irrelevant
	Facebook: More than 2.5 Million North Carolinians Impacted by Privacy Breach North Carolina Department of Justice (RALEIGH) – Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that his investigation has determined that 2,521,064 North Carolinians' data was shared with Cambridge Analytica and other third parties. Facebook provided this estimate as part of the Attorney General's ongoing investigation. "People aren't ... Flag as irrelevant
	4 AR Seniors Almost Lose Graduation Walk Privilege after Facebook Post KARK MARION, Ark. (WREG) – The Marion School District confirms four high school seniors will walk at graduation after a profanity-laced Facebook post surfaced last week. The seniors claim they were initially told they wouldn't be allowed to walk because of the post, which features the four seniors and a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mazel Tov Kveller Last year, Facebook rolled out a new feature called "text delight animations." Basically, when you type certain key words — say, "you're the best" — a fun animation pops up. You've probably realized that typing "congratulations" in just about any language leads to a delightful explosion of confetti and ... Flag as irrelevant

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