Ride-hailing app Lyft filed its initial public offering for $100 million on Friday.

In its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lyft released its financial history for the first time. With the public disclosure we now know that for the past three years Lyft has been losing money … a lot of money. 

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Lyft pulled in revenue of $2.2 billion in 2018, but also recorded a net loss of more than $911 million.

Much bigger competitor Uber is expected to file its IPO later this month or next. Uber could go public with a $90-billion valuation.

This story is developing…

You know it’s a good day at Facebook when the words “teenagers,” “research,” and “lying” are in the news.

In January, an investigation from TechCrunch found that Facebook was paying people, including teenagers, $20 to monitor their internet and phone use.

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At the time, Facebook said that less than 5 percent of its study participants were teens, and that participants under 18 were required to get parental consent. But now, Facebook has revealed that teens comprised 18 percent of its users — not five.

After TechCrunch’s investigation, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) asked Facebook for more information about the program; Warner was reportedly frustrated with Facebook’s lack of transparency regarding its research programs.

TechCrunch has obtained Facebook’s response to Sen. Warner’s questions. And the company’s answers regarding teenage users tell a different story than Facebook’s initial response to the media.

Not only did teenage users comprise 18 percent of participants, but teens were not required to get written letters of parental consent, as Facebook previously asserted, either.

That five percent number apparently came from the amount of teenage users active in the program at the time that revelations about the initiative came to light. But over the research app’s lifetime, 18 percent of the users were teens. Facebook listed these discrepancies in the letter’s introduction to Warner. From the document posted by TechCrunch:

At the time we ended the Facebook Research App on Apple’s iOS platform, less than 5 percent of the people sharing data with us through this program were teens. Analysis shows that number is about 18 percent when you look at the complete lifetime of the program, and also add people who had become inactive and uninstalled the app.

Each user was required to complete a clear consent flow prior to participation. Potential participants were required to confirm that they were over 18 or provide other evidence of parental consent, though the vendors did not require a signed parental consent form for teen users. 

The report was initially troubling for a few reasons beyond the creep factor of Facebook monitoring teenagers’ activities. Facebook circumvented many of Apple’s iOS privacy policies to gain unfettered access to participants’ phone usage, which resulted in the app getting booted from iOS. Further, Facebook recruited in teen-populated places like Snapchat, which implied that it was specifically looking in places known for teen users. And, Facebook often initially obscured its identity as the proprietor of the study by working through intermediaries.

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Facebook says that it is working hard to regain trust from its users, after multiple scandals and breaches have damaged that trust. But discrepancies like these undermine faith that the tech giant is truly trying to make good. And frankly, none of us are shocked.

Cardi B and Bruno Mars‘ last collaboration, “Finesse (Remix),” was all about glorification and acknowledgment of how badass someone is. The accompanying visual was an adorable joint effort that showcased their contrasting styles and helped to introduce Cardi B to another level of superstardom.

But that’s old news now that Cardi and Bruno have released the video for “Please Me” — one all about temptation, lip-biting, and the possibility of release. Open a window before you hit play. It’ll get hot.

In the sexy video, Cardi B is the head honcho of a cavalcade of women who walk into a diner populated by Bruno and his squad of fellas who collectively become intrigued by the new visitors. Knowing looks and gestures are exchanged, and what follows is a festival of teasing that features red lollipops, dangerously bent waists, and synchronized sensual routines that’ll make you sweat.

Bruno’s guys don’t just star at the dancing going on in front of them; they begin gyrating their hips in a smooth and suggestive response. The two crews join together for a brief entanglement that echoes the song’s sexual tension. The chase ends on a good note; at the end, Cardi and Bruno embrace.

Cardi’s website was recently updated with six new tour stops that could indicate that an arena tour could be coming in the near future. “Please Me” is the latest taste of new Cardi; she released “Money” in October and her performance of it at this year’s Grammy Awards only came second to her making history as the first solo female to win the award for Best Rap Album.

2019 has already been a legendary one for Cardi and we’re barely three months in. There’s no telling just how absurdly high she can soar in the remaining nine. Watch the steamy video above.

Since the Galaxy S8, Samsung has included a physical button to activate its Bixby digital assistant on its flagship phones.

And for just as long, Samsung users have been asking for a way to program the button to do something else — something they’ll actually use — like launch another app or activate a smarter digital assistant such as the Google Assistant. 

Now, with the introduction of the Galaxy S10 family, Samsung finally caved to the request — sort of. 

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Ahead of the S10’s global release on March 8, Samsung’s updated phone review units (including ours) with a new setting that lets you change the function of the Bixby button.

Prior to the update, a single press on the Bixby button would activate Samsung’s digital assistant. However, after the update, if you hop into the settings app and then into the “Advanced features” section, you’ll find a new setting within the “Bixby key” menu to program the physical button.

Users are given the options to program the Bixby button to open another app or command shortcut with a double press. Alternatively, you can program the key to open Bixby with a double press and another app or shortcut with a single-press.

But here’s the catch: Unfortunately, users will not be able to program the Bixby key to open the Google Assistant in place of Samsung’s crappy voice assistant. 

Trust us, we tried and the Assistant doesn’t show up as an option. Every other app can be mapped to the Bixby key, but not the Google Assistant.

It makes sense Samsung wants users to use Bixby instead of a competing digital assistant. And Bixby has improved quite a bit since its introduction in 2017, but it’s still nowhere near as intelligent or reliable as Google’s Assistant.

We’ve reached to Samsung to get an official answer on why they’re snubbing the Google Assistant and will update this story if we receive a response.

Still, Samsung’s at least listening to its users. For now, you’ll at least be able to map the key to open another app, like Instagram or Twitter, as you can with a BlackBerry’s “convenience button.” Maybe Samsung will come around to the Assistant… eventually.

We know Facebook has been hiring cryptocurrency experts and building a blockchain team for a while, but the scope, aims, and timeline of the project are all unknown. 

A new report by the New York Times claims Facebook is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency as early as the first half of this year. 

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According to the report, Facebook has several blockchain-based projects in mind, but the one that’s most likely to launch first is a type of stablecoin. These are cryptocurrencies tied to the value of traditional assets, such as fiat currency or gold; the NYT’s sources claim Facebook is looking to launch a stablecoin whose value would be tied to a basket of currencies. 

This is in line with an earlier report which claimed that Facebook is looking to launch a cryptocurrency to enable Whatsapp users to do remittances. 

The new report, however, claims that the project is advanced enough that Facebook is talking to cryptocurrency exchanges about listing the coin, which could launch as early as the first half of 2019. 

Earlier this month, following an acquihire of the team behind crypto project Chainspace, Facebook told Mashable that the company is “exploring ways to leverage the power of blockchain technology.” 

“This new small team is exploring many different applications,” a Facebook spokesperson said at the time. 

But the Times report says the team isn’t really that small, with more than 50 engineers working on the project. 

The report also highlights messaging apps Telegram and Signal, claiming both of them also plan to roll out their cryptocurrencies over the next year. Telegram’s massive initial coin offering (ICO) which never went past the private funding stage is well documented. As for Signal, its founder Moxie Marlinspike is an advisor to a private crypto payments platform called MobileCoin which raised $30 million in funding this year and is reportedly looking to raise the same amount this year as well.