Google’s search technologies struggle to identify original news stories. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Reuters: Uber Technologies sued New York City on Friday over a new rule limiting how much time its drivers can spend in their vehicles in Manhattan without passengers, saying the rule threatens to undermine the company’s ride sharing model. In its complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, Uber called the “cruising…

The Google-owned site said it’s tightening verification restrictions, and creators are furious. …read more Source:: CNet

The education sector has seen 10 new victims in the past nine days alone, underscoring a consistent trend throughout 2019. …read more Source:: DarkReading

JavaScript packager seeks new boss amid internal friction, firings, unionization attempts NPM, Inc, the JavaScript package registry, has begun looking for a new CEO. Bryan Bogensberger, hired in January to develop the company’s enterprise business, has resigned, according to the company, “to pursue new opportunities.”… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Tech companies tout new devotion to sustainability as students and others join thousands of climate change walkouts and rallies worldwide. …read more Source:: CNet

Walmart said Friday it will stop selling e-cigarettes as the number of deaths tied to vaping grows. The decision from America’s largest retailer may influence other stores and marks a significant blow to the vaping industry. From a report: “Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to…

The ESP8266 and ESP32 are fast becoming the microcontroller of choice for, well, everything. But one particular area we’ve seen a lot of activity in recently is home automation; these boards make it so incredibly easy and cheap to get your projects online that putting together your own automation system is far more appealing now…

California leads 23 other states also backing the lawsuit after the Trump administration revoked the long-standing waiver process. …read more Source:: CNet

Facebook revealed Friday that it had suspended “tens of thousands” of apps that may have mishandled users’ personal data, Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source] part of an investigation sparked by the social giant’s entanglement with Cambridge Analytica. From a report: The suspensions — far more than the hundreds against which Facebook…