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AI Weekly: Machine learning could lead cybersecurity into uncharted territory

Zuckerberg ‘accepts’ that Facebook may have to pay more tax in Europe

Analysis
Facebook dating app controversy disrupts Zuckerberg’s upcoming trip to woo Europeans

Intuition Robotics raises $36 million to bring AI companions to everyone

WhatsApp claims 2 billion users

FTC orders Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft to reveal acquisition data

Twitter hits $1 billion in quarterly revenue, ‘monetizable daily users’ jump 21% to 152 million

Snap drops 10% following Q4 2019 earnings miss

Analysis
YouTube revenue shows its potential as a standalone company

Twitter: State actors may have used API flaw to access users’ phone numbers (Updated)

Analysis
Facebook fights spread of coronavirus misinformation

U.S. to discuss whether online platforms should be liable for users’ posts

Analysis
Avast closes Jumpshot over data privacy backlash, but transparency is the real issue

Facebook reports slowest Q4 revenue growth yet … at 25%

Facebook proposes rules for its independent oversight board

Microsoft backs SuperAwesome amid growing demand for child safety tech

Analysis
Big tech’s credibility crisis: Fake news, fake goods, and fake reviews

Italy’s competition watchdog launches non-compliance proceedings against Facebook

LumApps raises $70 million to fuel development of AI for its workplace collaboration platform

Vimeo launches short-form social video editing platform powered by Magisto

Opinion
Trump’s iPhone decryption demands illustrate the dangers of a low-tech president

Pinterest details the AI and taxonomy systems underpinning Trends

Mark Zuckerberg drops annual personal challenges for longer-term goals

Facebook will let you limit political ads, but won’t stop false claims or micro-targeting

U.S. lawmakers say Facebook’s steps to tackle deepfakes don’t go far enough

Twitter will soon let you choose who can reply to your tweets

Facebook will remove certain deepfake videos ahead of the 2020 U.S. election

Facebook revamps Privacy Checkup with new modules and controls

Guest
2019’s U.S. TV advertising trends across Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft

Top minds in machine learning predict where AI is going in 2020

Feature
How Privately’s AI could help developers and device makers safeguard children

Analysis
5 IPO flameouts that defined 2019: Uber, Lyft, Pinterest, Slack, and WeWork

Facebook Messenger now requires a Facebook account to sign up

10 things to try with your new Amazon Echo speaker

Facebook will no longer use 2FA phone numbers for friend suggestions

Facebook to hire community reviewers to fact-check content ahead of 2020 presidential election

Instagram uses AI to warn users before they post offensive captions

VB Live
How AI scrubs out fake reviews and amplifies your customer’s voice (VB Live)
