• Despite a policy banning anti-vaccine messaging on its platform, Facebook continued to host frames with claims that users can overlay onto their profile pictures 
• After CNBC reached out for comment about one such frame claiming, “my immune system works better than the” followed by a graphic of a syringe, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed the image had violated its policies and was removed
• CNBC was quickly able to find well over a dozen other examples of profile picture frames that touted similar messages or at least toed the line of Facebook’s policy

• The amount of available sublease office space in San Francisco more than tripled during the pandemic, and tech companies are paying the price
• Dropbox and Salesforce have taken among the biggest impairments in the industry for their vacated space
• Airbnb said in its earnings report on Thursday that it took a $113 million charge in the first quarter “related to office space in San Francisco that we deemed no longer necessary”

• The semiconductor chip shortage is expected to cost the global automotive industry $110 billion in revenue in 2021, according to consulting firm AlixPartners
• The forecast is up by 81.5% from an initial forecast of $60.6 billion in late January
• A number of factors have contributed to the increase, including a fire at a chip supplier plant near Tokyo and weather-related kinks in the automotive supply chain

• Dogecoin’s price soared as high as 56 cents early Friday, according to Coin Metrics data
• Elon Musk tweeted that he was working with dogecoin developers to improve the efficiency of transactions
• Crypto exchange Coinbase said it would offer dogecoin support in the next six to eight weeks

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