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On this week's episode, our hosts discover Ikea's new line of products - pregnancy tests. Also, GoPro is more like "oh no".  This week's Five Favorites:  1. Kodak announces its own cryptocurrency and watches stock price skyrocket [Verge - story by Shannon Liao] 2. Viacom snaps up influencer platform Whosay as it looks to bulk up branded content offering [The Drum - story by Rebecca Stewart] 3. Ikea Releases Ad That Doubles As A Pregnancy Test and Reveals Crib Discount [Independent - Story by Chelsea Ritschel] 4. GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs, largely impacting its drone division [Techcrunch - story by Matt Burns & Brian Heater] 5. Hot Topic: Hot Topic: News Feed FYI: Bringing People Together [Facebook Blog - Post by Adam Mosseri] Honorable Mention Stranger Things' David Harbour just made these yearbook pictures [Twitter Moments]  DISHonorable Mention  False Alarm in Hawaii [The Verge] Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week  @kenyatta Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and e