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[ad_1] Run one mile: check. Do 50 pushups: check. Plank for one minute: check. Backslide into your former state of inactivity after only one week of exercise in 2019: check. If this sounds like you, don’t worry, it’s not too …

[ad_1] Miriam Posner / New Yorker: How supply-chain management software from companies like SAP optimizes for production needs but can create a bullwhip effect on factory workers from a distance  —  This past December, the workers’-rights organization China Labor Watch …

[ad_1] Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Google says it removed 2.3B bad ads in 2018, down 28% from 2017 and terminated ~1M bad advertiser accounts, including ~734K publishers and app developers  —  Around this time of year, Google shares how many …

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Google says it removed 2.3B bad ads, 1.5M bad apps, and 28M bad pages in 2018, plans updated tools and a new Policy Manager to help publishers with compliance  —  Google is a tech powerhouse …

[ad_1] Janko Roettgers / Variety: Google is shutting down its Spotlight Stories VR film studio, part of Google’s ATAP group, according to an email from the studio’s executive producer  —  Google is shutting down its Spotlight Stories immersive entertainment unit, …

[ad_1] Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: Amazon has delisted two books that claimed to hold cures for autism, following a letter from Rep. Schiff criticizing anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform  —  Amazon has removed the online listings for two …

[ad_1] Facebook: Facebook is rolling out Watch Party support for live TV, with tools for adding trivia, polls, and more, testing first in Facebook Groups with live sports events  —  Today at SXSW, we’re sharing updates on how we’re bringing …

[ad_1] CNBC: Cloudera misses Q4 FY2019 analyst estimates with revenue of $144.5M, up 37% YoY, and losses of $85.5M; stock down ~15% after hours following weak Q1 guidance  —  Cloudera plummeted as much as 15 percent in extended trading on …

[ad_1] New York Times: Sources: Facebook’s data-sharing deals under federal criminal investigation; an NY grand jury subpoenaed at least two device-makers who partnered with Facebook  —  Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some …

[ad_1] Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: Sources: a consortium that includes SoftBank and at least one automaker is in late-stage talks to invest $1B or more into Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit  —  A consortium that includes SoftBank Group is …