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!Facebook Drops Stock Move That Would Have Solidified Zuckerberg’s Control
The social network’s board withdrew a stock reclassification proposal after a shareholder suit that would have put Mr. Zuckerberg in a courtroom.
- 6 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 6:57pm -
!One Surprise Standout for Uber: Food Delivery
Despite a late start, the company’s foray into delivering food, a cutthroat $100 billion-plus service industry, eclipses ride hailing in some markets.
- 6 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 6:56pm -
!Push for Gender Equality in Tech? Some Men Say It’s Gone Too Far
After revelations of harassment and bias in Silicon Valley, a backlash is growing against the women in tech movement. “It’s a witch hunt,” they say.
- 6 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 6:33pm -
Uber Loses License to Operate in London
London’s transportation agency criticized Uber’s corporate culture, the latest setback for a company that has faced an array of controversies this year.
- 1 day ago 23 Sep 17, 12:45am -
Editorial: Facebook’s Belated Awakening
As social media companies wield greater power in the political system, more safeguards are needed.
- 1 day ago 23 Sep 17, 12:18am -

Reuters: Technology News

!A celebrity listing crashes Japanese exchange's party
TOKYO (Reuters) - On Japan's newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though.
- 2 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 11:19pm -
!Uber ready to make concessions to reverse London license decision: paper
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. taxi firm Uber is prepared to make concessions as it seeks to reverse a decision by London authorities not to renew its license in the city, which represents a potentially big blow for the fast-growing company, a newspaper rep…
- 2 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 10:30pm -
!Uber, reviving old tactic, is backed by more than 500,000 in London row
SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Half a million people have signed an online petition in under 24 hours backing Uber's bid to stay on the roads of London, showing the company is turning to its tried-and-tested tactic of asking customers for help whe…
- 9 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 4:19pm -
!Protests could derail St. Louis' bid for second Amazon hub: sources
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Protests in St. Louis over the acquittal of a white former policeman who killed a black man could impede the city's bid to attract Amazon.com's second headquarters, academics and business executives said.
- 15 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 10:18am -
!Exclusive: T-Mobile, Sprint close to agreeing on deal terms - sources
(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc is close to agreeing tentative terms on a deal to merge with Sprint Corp , people familiar with the matter said on Friday, a major breakthrough in efforts to merge the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers.
- 24 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 12:55am -

TIME - Technology

WSJD - Technology

!Facebook Abandons Plans to Change Share Structure, Avoiding Lawsuit
Facebook abandoned a plan to change its stock structure that would have given Mark Zuckerberg more control, the latest in a string of reversals by the social-media giant.
- 8 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 4:55pm -
!London Says It Won't Reissue Uber's License
London’s top transport authority stripped Uber of its private-car hire license in the city, threatening to shut the company out of one of its biggest markets.
- 13 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 11:41am -
!Frankfurt Motor Show 2017: Breaking Up (With Diesel) Is Hard to Do
The big talk at the monster auto show was all about China’s electric-vehicle mandate—and what that means for European automakers’ fading diesel fortunes.
- 21 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 3:45am -
!London Commuters Surprised by Transport Threat to Stop Uber Service
Commuters in this city of congested, narrow streets, overcrowded buses, sometimes-creaky subways and high-priced taxis are now facing the threat of yet another transportation woe. No more Uber?
- 23 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 1:34am -
U.S. Informs 21 States They Were Targeted By Attempted Russian Hacking
The Department of Homeland Security gave election officials in nearly two dozen states additional information on Russian targeting of their election systems last year, ending months of uncertainty among administrators about which states were targete…
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 17, 10:33pm -

ZDNet: Technology News

!'Hey, Walmart, please use my API instead of your EDI'
Survey of 900 IT executives finds rising adoption of cloud-based integration; search is on for holistic approaches.
- 10 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 2:35pm -
!Video Roundup: New in smartphones
Late summer and early autumn is always a busy time of year for smartphones. This year is no exception.
- 13 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 12:00pm -
Intel cancels Project Alloy VR reference design
Intel is winding down its plans for Project Alloy, citing a lack of partner interest.
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 17, 9:05pm -
Microsoft's latest Windows Store strategy involves a rebrand plus Progressive Web Apps
Microsoft is continuing to try to improve the app store built into Windows 10 and to give users more reasons to use it.
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 17, 7:26pm -
iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus hands-on: Similar design, upgraded specs, svelte finish
First impressions go a long way. So far, so good with Apple's latest smartphone lineup.
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 17, 7:00pm -

CNET News

!5 things we just learned from the iPhone 8 teardown - CNET
Would you believe the iPhone 8 has a smaller battery? Here's what else iFixit discovered.
- 3 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 9:39pm -
!We smashed the iPhone 8 - CNET
We subjected a brand new iPhone 8 to three drop tests to find out how fast it would break.
- 4 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 9:01pm -
!Big for a reason: Behold the Klipsch Forte III speakers - CNET
The Audiophiliac checks out Klipsch’s brawny new horn-loaded speakers.
- 4 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 8:59pm -
!Hackers targeted election systems in 21 states, DHS says - CNET
Vote-counting systems weren't affected, and few of the states targeted were actually breached, says the Department of Homeland Security.
- 5 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 7:45pm -
!Google Doodle celebrates Asima Chatterjee, pioneering chemist - CNET
Chatterjee was the first woman to earn a science doctorate from an Indian university.
- 5 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 7:38pm -

WIRED

!The Blockbuster Showdown At Tomorrow's Berlin Marathon
Can three elite runners, with a little help from Nike and Adidas, smash the marathon world record?
- 2 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 11:00pm -
!Clever Machines Learn How to Be Curious (And Play Super Mario Bros.)
Computer scientists are finding ways to code curiosity into intelligent machines.
- 11 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 2:00pm -
!Hackers Break Into the SEC, DHS Tells 21 States Russian Hackers Targeted Them, and More Security News This Week
An SEC hack, a Russian dark web takedown, and more security news this week.
- 12 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 1:00pm -
!What's So Great About Kids Fighting Monsters?
Stories like the one in 'It' are pretty common in horror, but audiences never tire of them.
- 12 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 1:00pm -
!London Wants to Kick Uber Out of the City
The ride-hailing company's offensive? Waging a popularity contest.
- 14 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 11:00am -

Slashdot

!'Tetris' Recreated In Conway's 'Game of Life'
In 1970 mathematician John Conway created rules for the "Game of Life," a now famous "zero-player game" where a grid of cells evolves (following Conway's rules) from an initial state proposed by the player. In 2013 someone challenged readers of Stack…
- 1 hour ago 23 Sep 17, 11:29pm -
!Spain's Crackdown on Catalonia Includes Internet Censorship
Spain's autonomous Catalonia region wants to hold a referendum on independence next weekend. Spain's Constitutional Court insists that that vote is illegal, and has taken control of Catalonia's police force to try to stop the vote. They're deploying…
- 2 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 10:30pm -
!Do Strongly Typed Languages Reduce Bugs?
"Static vs dynamic typing is always one of those topics that attracts passionately held positions," writes the Morning Paper -- reporting on an "encouraging" study that attempted to empirically evaluate the efficacy of statically-typed systems on mat…
- 4 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 9:19pm -
!Microsoft and Facebook Just Built a 4,000-Mile Cable Across the Pacfic Ocean
An anonymous reader quotes Popular Mechanics:Microsoft, Facebook and global telecommunication infrastructure company Telxius have completed the Marea subsea cable, the world's most technologically advanced undersea cable. The Marea crosses the Atlan…
- 5 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 7:39pm -
!Popular Chrome Extension Embedded A CPU-Draining Cryptocurrency Miner
An anonymous reader writes: SafeBrowse, a Chrome extension with more than 140,000 users, contains an embedded JavaScript library in the extension's code that mines for the Monero cryptocurrency using users' computers and without getting their consent…
- 6 hours ago 23 Sep 17, 6:34pm -

Washington Post - Tech

London rejects Uber’s license, saying the company is not ‘fit and proper’ for passengers
The company vowed to fight the decision in court.
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Calculator: The Game is friendlier — and maybe more fun — than math homework
Players are presented with a goal and a limited number of moves in which to reach it.
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Challenge your engineering skills with Circuit Scramble
Players are given just a few moves to get things in working order.
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Fighting hard — and losing — the gender discrimination battle in the tech world
Ellen Pao recounts her tech industry life and the hurdles to changing the guys’ game
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Facebook, Google and Twitter face proposed bill targeting shadowy political ads
After Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged to be more transparent about political ads online, two senators are pushing a measure to force the company and other digital platforms to do so.
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