“For years, Airbnb was the friendly foil to Uber, aiming to work with cities rather than against them,” writes Slashdot reader mirandakatz. “But as it grew and regulatory challenges mounted, the startup had to grow fangs.” She shares an excerpt…
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Aggressive Forum Users?
Slashdot reader dryriver writes: I’ve noticed a disturbing trend while trying to resolve a rather tricky tech issue by asking questions on a number of internet forums. The number of people who don’t help at all with problems but rather…
Massive Study Links IP Addresses Per Capita To GDP
Three researchers “decided to scan the entire IPv4 address range every 15 minutes between 2006-2012 to work out what insights they could gain from humanity’s mass connection to the internet,” reports ITnews. The study…analysed data from 411 large regions from…
Developer Argues For 'Forgotten Code Constructs' Like GOTO and Eval
mikeatTB quotes TechBeacon: Some things in the programming world are so easy to misuse that most people prefer to never use them at all. These are the programming equivalent of a flamethrower… [But] creative use of features such as goto,…
Reporter Pans Open Source Laptop Kit TERES-I
The Verge’s Paul Miller has some harsh words for the $242 open source DIY laptop kit TERES-I from Olimex. Instead of buying one hyper-integrated board that has all of the laptop’s brains and I/O on it, you buy several little…
Lawsuit Claims Apple Forced Users To iOS 7 By Breaking FaceTime
According to Apple Insider, a class-action lawsuit has been filed in California that claims Apple broke FaceTime in iOS 6 to force users to upgrade to iOS 7. The lawsuit says Apple forced users to upgrade so it could avoid…
FCC Rescinds Claim That AT&T, Verizon Violated Net Neutrality
jriding writes: The Federal Communications Commission’s new Republican leadership has rescinded a determination that ATT and Verizon Wireless violated net neutrality rules with paid data cap exemptions. The FCC also rescinded several other Wheeler-era reports and actions. The FCC released…
Misophonia: Scientists Crack Why Eating Sounds Can Make People Angry
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Why some people become enraged by sounds such as eating or breathing has been explained by brain scan studies. The condition, misophonia, is far more than simply disliking noises such as nails…
Microsoft's H-1B Workers Cited In Motion That Successfully Blocked Trump's Travel Ban
“President Trump’s travel ban is on hold,” reports WGN. “A federal judge in Seattle blocked the executive order banning travelers from seven predominately Muslim countries.” But Slashdot reader theodp noticed that the judge’s temporary restraining order might’ve been responding to…
Sweden Pledges To Cut All Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2045
Sweden has announced ambitious plans to completely phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The nation also reaffirmed the urgency of tackling climate change and called for all countries to “step up and fulfill the Paris Agreement.” The Independent reports:…