Hacking Humanity

Erica Pandey / Axios: JD.com CEO Richard Liu, who faces a rape accusation in Minnesota, says he will step down from management of the Chinese

Ina Fried / Axios: Tim Cook says some government regulation of Silicon Valley is inevitable, defends deal to make Google Apple’s default search engine despite

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Microsoft acquires Atlanta-based app provisioning and virtualization startup FSLogix, to improve Office 365 performance in “multi-user virtual environments”  —  Another day,

Tom Dotan / The Information: Sources: Evan Spiegel spends most board meetings looking at his phone and messaging on Snapchat, seemingly dismissive of some members’

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram says it will use machine learning to find and remove inauthentic likes, follows, and comments from accounts using third-party apps

Edmund Lee / New York Times: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti suggests the site could eventually merge with rival publishers to negotiate better terms with companies

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Eight parliaments are now demanding Zuckerberg answer questions about fake news and more, as Brazil, Latvia, and Singapore join a UK-led

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Lightricks, creator of Facetune and Enlight apps, raises $60M, and says Enlight Pixaloop, which launched in September, now has 6M users

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says it is bringing Skype calling to Alexa-enabled devices this week, including SkypeOut which lets users call mobile and

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Snap launches Lens Creative Partners, a certification program for AR lens makers to craft branded lenses, in US, UK, Canada, and