Instagram's founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app

Artifact, the buzzy news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down less than a year after its launch. In a note on Medium, Systrom said the app's "core news reading" features would be online through the end of February, but that it would remove commenting and posting abilities immediately. Besides its famous founding team, the app was known for AI-centric features as well as Reddit-like commenting and posting abilities. The app had won praise from journalist...