[Slashdot] Headlines for 2017-04-29

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Slashdot Asks: Should an Employee Be Fired For Working On Personal Side Projects During Office Hours?
from the let's-get-this-going dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @12:00 (The Almighty Buck)
with 345 comments
https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1451233/slashdot-asks-should-an-employee-be-fired-for-working-on-personal-side-projects-during-office-hours?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

University of California IT Workers Replaced By Offshore Outsourcing Firm To File Discrimination Lawsuit
from the find-and-replace dept.
posted by BeauHD on Thursday April 27, @20:05 (The Courts)
with 288 comments
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/27/210221/university-of-california-it-workers-replaced-by-offshore-outsourcing-firm-to-file-discrimination-lawsuit?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Kill Net Neutrality and You'll Kill Us, Say 800 US Startups
from the eli5 dept.
posted by msmash on Thursday April 27, @23:30 (Businesses)
with 273 comments
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/27/2016232/kill-net-neutrality-and-youll-kill-us-say-800-us-startups?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Report Shows Another Diversity Challenge: Retaining Employees
from the story-of-their-lives dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @14:00 (Businesses)
with 218 comments
https://slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1613205/report-shows-another-diversity-challenge-retaining-employees?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple Patent Hints At Wirelessly Charging Your iPhone Via Wi-Fi Routers
from the turn-your-dreams-into-reality dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @06:00 (Patents)
with 136 comments
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/0013209/apple-patent-hints-at-wirelessly-charging-your-iphone-via-wi-fi-routers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Elon Musk Outlines His 'Boring' Vision For Traffic-Avoiding Tunnels
from the boring-company dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @16:00 (Transportation)
with 123 comments
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1920230/elon-musk-outlines-his-boring-vision-for-traffic-avoiding-tunnels?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NASA Delays First Flight of New SLS Rocket Until 2019
from the past-due dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @03:00 (NASA)
with 105 comments
https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/0250223/nasa-delays-first-flight-of-new-sls-rocket-until-2019?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Lawsuit: Fox News Group Hacked, Surveilled, and Stalked Ex-Host Andrea Tantaros
from the black-room dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @09:00 (Privacy)
with 95 comments
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/0342209/lawsuit-fox-news-group-hacked-surveilled-and-stalked-ex-host-andrea-tantaros?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

AT&T To Roll Out 5G Network That's Not Actually 5G
from the desperate-attempt-to-seem-innovative dept.
posted by BeauHD on Thursday April 27, @20:45 (AT&T)
with 85 comments
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/27/224249/att-to-roll-out-5g-network-thats-not-actually-5g?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

IT Leaders Will Struggle To Meet Future Demands, Study Says
from the caution dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @16:40 (Businesses)
with 70 comments
https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/191250/it-leaders-will-struggle-to-meet-future-demands-study-says?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon Confirms Advertising Will Become a 'Meaningful' Part of Its Business
from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @11:20 (Advertising)
with 55 comments
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1424211/amazon-confirms-advertising-will-become-a-meaningful-part-of-its-business?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Nintendo Announces 2DS XL
from the legacy-of-3ds-lives dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @10:00 (Nintendo)
with 52 comments
https://games.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1357251/nintendo-announces-2ds-xl?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Qualcomm Says Apple To Stop Paying Royalties
from the on-hold dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @13:20 (Businesses)
with 51 comments
https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/141223/qualcomm-says-apple-to-stop-paying-royalties?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

We're Getting Closer To Mass Production of Bones, Organs, and Implants
from the getting-there dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @14:40 (Medicine)
with 46 comments
https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1637212/were-getting-closer-to-mass-production-of-bones-organs-and-implants?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

NSA Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets
from the moving-forward dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @15:20 (Government)
with 45 comments
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1851228/nsa-halts-collection-of-americans-emails-about-foreign-targets?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

WikiLeaks Reveals the 'Snowden Stopper': CIA Tool To Track Whistleblowers
from the here-we-go-again dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @18:40 (Privacy)
with 44 comments
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/205215/wikileaks-reveals-the-snowden-stopper-cia-tool-to-track-whistleblowers?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

An Open Letter on DRM To the Inventor of the Web, From the Inventor of Net Neutrality
from the time-to-take-some-action dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @12:40 (DRM)
with 41 comments
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1533207/an-open-letter-on-drm-to-the-inventor-of-the-web-from-the-inventor-of-net-neutrality?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

The Internet-of-Things is Maturing
from the going-forward dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @13:40 (Network)
with 30 comments
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1429210/the-internet-of-things-is-maturing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

A Database of Thousands of Credit Cards Was Left Exposed on the Open Internet
from the security-woes dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @17:20 (Security)
with 28 comments
https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1741200/a-database-of-thousands-of-credit-cards-was-left-exposed-on-the-open-internet?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Amazon's Alexa Can Now Whisper, Bleep Out Swear Words, and Change Its Pitch
from the steady-as-we-go dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @18:00 (AI)
with 27 comments
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/2019259/amazons-alexa-can-now-whisper-bleep-out-swear-words-and-change-its-pitch?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

DNA-Based Test Can Spot Cancer Recurrence a Year Before Conventional Scans
from the medical-breakthrough dept.
posted by BeauHD on Thursday April 27, @21:25 (Medicine)
with 23 comments
https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/04/27/2142222/dna-based-test-can-spot-cancer-recurrence-a-year-before-conventional-scans?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

BitTorrent is Shutting Down Its Live TV Streaming Service
from the end-is-nigh dept.
posted by msmash on Friday April 28, @10:40 (Businesses)
with 16 comments
https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/1410211/bittorrent-is-shutting-down-its-live-tv-streaming-service?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email

Apple, Tesla Ask California To Change Its Proposed Policies On Self-Driving Car Testing
from the rules-of-the-road dept.
posted by BeauHD on Friday April 28, @19:20 (Transportation)
with 10 comments
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/04/28/2048243/apple-tesla-ask-california-to-change-its-proposed-policies-on-self-driving-car-testing?utm_source=headlines&utm_medium=email



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