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Facebook banned a host of far-right figures.
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.
- $4. On Thursday, Facebook announced that it was taking action against a bunch of controversial figures on its apps, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan, and the conspiracy site Infowars.
- $4. The process is on-going and it's unclear whether the company will find a buyer, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- $4. Amazon said the use of sketches doesn't break its rules.
- $4. Documents revealing the news were obtained through a Freedom of Information request and provided to The Intercept.
- $4. Rumors point to the Pixel 3a smartphone starting at $400, with a larger model coming in at $480.
- $4. "Yeah, I've been a fan, and I've been an idiot for not buying," Buffett said according to CNBC, referring to Amazon shares.
- $4. They included: "That was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked."
- $4. Microsoft's cloud computing platform, Azure, will make JP Morgan's platform, called Quorum, available on the software-maker's blockchain service.
- $4. The Fortnite World Cup is currently giving away $1 million a week with its online qualifiers, but professional players are expressing frustration with the game.
- $4. Working in cooperation with Syrian archaeologists, the BBC monitored private Facebook groups where antiquities including Roman mosaics were put up for sale.
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