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US Labor Department says in court that it found “systemic” pay disparities against women at Google; Google disputes findings, says government provided no data — Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data
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Walt Mossberg is retiring in June, shortly after the 2017 Code Conference, ending a 47-year career at publications including the WSJ, Recode, and The Verge — Thanks for reading, watching, listening — It was a June day when I began my career as a national journalist.
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Google adds fact checking information to search results and Google News worldwide — Last October, Google launched support to highlight fact-checking articles within Google News in the US and the UK. Now those articles will get special presentation as part of general Google searches worldwide.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers uncover BrickerBot-powered botnet attacks that are designed to brick poorly secured Linux-based routers and other IoT devices — Ongoing “BrickerBot” attacks might be trying to kill devices before they can join a botnet. — Researchers have uncovered a rash of ongoing attacks designed … | Michael Kan / ITworld.com: |
WikiLeaks: After Russian-made Carberp financial malware was leaked in 2013, CIA borrowed elements of the malware for deployment on Windows systems — The CIA's hacking operations allegedly borrowed elements from the Carberp financial malware when the code was leaked in 2013| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask @ALT_uscis Twitter account that criticized Trump, prompting Twitter to drop its lawsuit — Just one day after being sued in federal court, Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask the @Alt_USCIS account …
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Uber responds to Waymo's lawsuit in a court filing, says it never received the documents Levandowski downloaded from Waymo, has different Lidar design, more — Uber has said from the beginning that Google's claims of intellectual-property theft involving self-driving-car technology are “meritless.”
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| David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
Twitch is asking Canadian court to force PayPal, CloudFlare, others to hand over identifying info of a spambot creator — PayPal, Cloudflare, Shaw, and Whois “are involved” in attacks, Twitch claims. — Amazon-owned video streaming site Twitch is taking a scorched-earth approach in a bid …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
TaskRabbit exploring a sale after the firm received inbound interest from a strategic buyer, CEO confirms; sources say there is more than one interested buyer — The gig economy startup has hired advisers after a possible purchaser surfaced during a recent funding process.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt to depart in July after 18 years, will be replaced by Greg Peters; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz also leaving — Greg Peters to take over as chief product officer in July; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz is departing| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Source: Internet Association, which represents Facebook, Google, Twitter, others, will meet with FCC's Ajit Pai next week to discuss net neutrality rule changes — Some in Silicon Valley fear the draft blueprint from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai lacks teeth. — A short-lived ceasefire over net neutrality is quickly coming to an end.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Italian court issues nationwide Uber ban citing unfair competition; firm has 10 days to appeal, cease operations, or face ~$10K daily fine; Uber will appeal — Uber's latest regulatory roadblock happens to be the entire country of Italy. In a court ruling issued today … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Otonomo raises $25M Series B for its cloud software that helps automakers monetize data generated by connected cars — It's no secret that data is the hot new revenue source for automakers, who are seeing additional profit opportunities bloom as vehicles become more connected …
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