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Facebook’s AI led to the wrongful arrest of a Palestinian man
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Don’t expect a separate Facebook tab for friends’ posts any time soon
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Uber’s Sexual Harassment: The Movie is on its way
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SA’s box office: Geostorm tops charts, because we love chaos
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Twitter’s year-end calendar outlines steps to make it safer
The year I stopped getting advent calendars in December was a sad one. Not only did it mean I was getting old, but the…
Happy Death Day review: a fun, trashy comedy-thriller
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Russian trolls studied House of Cards to sow discontent
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