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June 8, 2018, 10:40 AM

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Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
After unease from staff, Google lays out seven principles for AI use and says it won't use AI in cases that cause “overall harm” like weapons or surveillance  —  - CEO releases AI principles after Project Maven employee revolt  — Ethics charter forbids surveillance in some situations
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Yahoo will shut down Yahoo Messenger on July 17, marking the end of an era since it debuted as Yahoo Pager back in 1998  —  It's the end of an era for Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging apps on the market.  Today, Oath (which also owns TechCrunch) announced that it would be winding …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
A Facebook bug set sharing settings of 14M users to public from May 18-27; Facebook has now restored users' former settings and will notify them starting today  —  Facebook has another privacy screw-up on its hands.  A bug in May accidentally changed the suggested privacy setting …
Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios:
Uber and Lyft have submitted applications for San Francisco's upcoming pilot program for electric scooters  —  Uber wants to get into the scooter business in San Francisco and is submitting an application for the city's upcoming pilot program, the company confirmed to Axios on Thursday.
Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat:
Facebook launches fb.gg, a portal where users can browse gaming livestreams, and gives emerging streamers access to monetization tools with Level Up program  —  Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform.
Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Foxconn Industrial Internet stock rose 44%, conferring a market value of more than $61B in its Shanghai debut  —  - The Hon Hai unit surges by the 44% limit for debutantes  — Foxconn Industrial embodies Gou's longer term ambitions  —  Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. soared in its Shanghai debut …
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Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Android phones for mobile gaming are on the rise but rampant piracy and Apple's premium segment dominance gives devs little incentive to invest in the platform  —  Asus' ROG Phone is riding a wave of renewed interest in building Android gaming devices  —  Gaming and Android have never been bigger.

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