10 things in tech you need to know today, October 12

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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Friday.

1. 
   Americans are now copying Russia and making hundreds of fake
   Facebook accounts to influence politics. Facebook
   removed 559 pages and 251 accounts for breaking its
   rules around spam and “inauthentic behaviour.”
2. 
   The departure of Square’s chief financial officer Sarah Friar
   has surprised both employees and outside investors,
   leaving both groups trying to predict what it means for the $28
   billion payments company to lose its
   second-in-command. Analysts expressed concern
   following the news that Square may struggle to rebound from the
   loss — but staffers are happy to see Friar move onto a CEO
   role.
3. 
   The staff of a secretive Facebook initiative called Building 8
   have been working to make the world’s first brain-computer
   interfaces, devices that essentially put the functionality of a
   laptop in your head. The initiative includes
   at least two major publicly reported projects: a
   noninvasive brain sensor designed to turn thoughts into text
   and a device that essentially lets you “hear” with your skin.
4. 
   Amazon and other companies are facing a postal-service price
   hike after months of criticism from Trump. The US
   Postal Service has proposed hiking prices on the delivery
   service utilized by Amazon by up to 12%.
5. 
   Hackers are using stolen Apple IDs to steal money in China,
   Tencent and Alipay warned. According to Bloomberg,
   it’s a rare breach of China’s financial services.
6. 
   Facebook will let users post ‘3D photos’ in their News
   Feeds. The feature will add depth to photos,
   making them look three-dimensional.
7. Uber wants the SEC to allow it to give equity to
   drivers. It could potentially
   become a new type of compensation for gig economy workers,
   according to Axios.
8. 
   A new kind of Apple mapping vehicle has been spotted around Los
   Angeles. They are white Subaru Impreza wagons
   with a tower of gear sprouting from the roof and quite
   different-looking than the previously known Apple Maps
   vehicles, which were minivans.
9. Scooter startup Lime is accusing the city of San
   Francisco of scooter
   discrimination. The startup was
   left out of the city’s scooter pilot programme, and it’s now
   trying to delay that programme’s rollout.
10. 
    Kanye West wants Apple to build an ‘iPlane’ for President Trump
    to replace Air Force One. West showed the
    president prospective designs for iPlane 1, which would be
    hydrogen-powered and built by Apple.

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