Facebook posts $4.2bn profit as Mark Zuckerberg laments 'hard year'

Profit in final three months of last year climbs on $12.7bn revenue
Zuckerberg vows to make network ‘good for people’s wellbeing’

Facebook’s profits soared 61% spurred by growth in mobile users at the end of last year, the company announced Wednesday, as co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said 2017 had been one of the company’s more difficult years as a public company.

Zuckerberg has vowed to fix the issues at the social network, amid concerns it was used as a platform for Russian meddling in the US elections. Facebook was also criticized over censorship and the addictive qualities of social media.

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The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter

If we want autonomous tech to succeed it must be designed to share space with us, rather than forcing us to adapt to it Adam Tranter is the co-host of the Streets Ahead podcast. He was formerly West Midlands cycling and walking commissioner under mayor Andy Street This week, the UK government announced its plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK. One of the key companies involved noted that London presents a significant challenge: “It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.” There’s more than one problem with that statement – and it encapsulates so much of what’s already going wrong in the adoption of driverless cars. For a start, “jaywalking” isn’t even a thing in the UK. We thankfully have no such concept or offence. Unlike in many US cities, pedestrians here are free to cross the road wherever they see fit. And thank goodness for that. Adam Tranter is the co-host of the Streets Ahead podcast. He was formerly West Midlands cycling and walking co...

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