How Apple hopes to stop a customer lawsuit over its App Store monopoly
Apple argues a 1977 Supreme Court precedent bars customers from suing.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Owner of failed nuclear plant might use golden parachute fund in settlement
Agreement contingent on Dominion Energy purchasing the South Carolina energy company.
Six4Three exec “panicked” in UK MP’s office, gave up Facebook internal files
App maker had been ordered to not share docs obtained via discovery, but did anyway.
Widely used open source software contained bitcoin-stealing backdoor
Malicious code that crept into event-stream JavaScript library went undetected for weeks.
Comcast raises cable TV bills again—even if you’re under contract
Broadcast TV fee goes from $8 to $10, sports fee rises from $6.50 to $8.25.
Hybrid theory: Lockheed Martin, Boeing pitch upgraded F-22, F-15
An F-22 with F-35 tech and a super-powered F-15 Eagle? Air Force isn't interested yet.
EPA reconsidering biofuel targets after production goals are missed
Balance between refiners' interests and corn states' interests has been delicate.
How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request
Washington DC has made GitHub the authoritative digital source for DC laws.
Challenge to EPA’s fuel economy rollback can move ahead, court says
Challenge to former Administrator Scott Pruitt's "Final Determination" will be heard.
Newly elected Republican senator could be Google’s fiercest critic
There's growing appetite among Republicans for regulating big tech companies.
Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage has fallen by 14%
Prof: "The returns to capital are significantly outpacing the returns to labor."
Amazon customers’ names and email addresses disclosed by website error
Company remains mum on key details, including where breach happened and for how long.
Sorry Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook isn’t a “positive force”
Facebook makes users depressed, and Facebook posts helped fuel ethnic cleansing.
In China, replacing coal and biomass stoves has saved lives
Particulate matter from solid fuels causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths.
You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true
Why insurers spy on sleep apnea sufferers via connected CPAP machines.
