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Microsoft calls for regulation of facial recognition AI, the Crypto market crash is starting to claim casualties, Reddit is quietly doing very well, thank you very much, and the Weekend Longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• MICROSOFT WANTS TO STOP AI'S 'RACE TO THE BOTTOM' (Wired)
• Scientists create AI that can crush the world's best AI (at board games, thankfully) (CNET)
• Crypto Market Crash Leaving Bankrupt Startups in its Wake (Bloomberg)
• Reddit’s Year in Review: 2018 (Upvoted)

The Betterment Weekend Longreads:

• The Comics Canon (Podcast)
• Land of the “Super Founders“— A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover the Secrets of Billion Dollar Startups (Ali Tamaseb)
• YOUTUBE CREATORS BLINDSIDED BY MAJOR NETWORK’S COLLAPSE (The Verge)
• A 7-year-old boy is making $22 million a year on YouTube reviewing toys (MSN)
• Almost Every Electric Scooter in the World Comes From This Chinese Company (Bloomberg)
• Cryptopia In Crisis: Joe Lubin’s Ethereum Experiment Is A Mess. How Long Will He Prop It Up? (Forbes)
• How Robotics Maker Rethink Crashed and Burned (The Information)
• The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday (GeekWire)