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A new Facebook scandal—but this time it’s different, Slack is preparing for an IPO, an exciting new episode of Today in Elon Musk, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. 

Links:

• Slack Actively Preparing for Early 2019 IPO (WSJ)
• Coinbase now lets users buy 'bundles' (TechCrunch)
• Compound launches easy way to short cryptocurrencies (TechCrunch)
• Tesla's Musk pulled the plug on a settlement with the SEC at the last minute (CNBC)

The Betterment Weekend Longreads:

• How Uber is getting flying cars off the ground (CNET)
• Coinbase Wants To Be Too Big To Fail (Fortune)
• The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare (Steve Blank)
• Meet the Community Keeping Obsolete Supercomputers Alive (Motherboard)
• The first Android phone 10 years later: An annotated review (CNET)
• Hacker says he'll livestream deletion of Zuckerberg's Facebook page (Engadget)