Daily Crunch: Facebook faces discrimination charges

The filing states that Facebook has violated the Fair Housing Act through its ad-targeting tools, which allow sellers to limit listings based on categories like race, sex and nation of origin.

The Washington Post reports that the Silicon Valley data analytics company was tapped over traditional defense contractor Raytheon on the project, which tasks Palantir with delivering a comprehensive combat intelligence hardware and software suite to replace the Armys outdated system.

Microsoft announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls.

One area the company plans to especially focus on is security in addition to its existing management tools, where Kong also plans to add more machine learning capabilities over time.

Scaleworks co-founder Ed Byrne argues that Netflix could probably be cash-flow profitable without reducing investment in content by implementing some pricing model changes.

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