Facebook’s stock took a dive on Thursday following a report that federal regulators may seek to prevent the company from more tightly integrating its social media products. From a report: The Federal Trade Commission is said to be considering asking for a court order to delay Facebook from making the services it owns, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, interoperable with…
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Internal FAA Review Saw High Risk of 737 MAX Crashes
U.S. regulators decided to allow Boeing’s 737 MAX jet to keep flying after its first fatal crash last fall even after their own analysis indicated it could become one of the most accident-prone airliners in decades without design changes [Editor’s link: the link may be paywalled], the Wall Street Journal reports. From the report: The November 2018 internal Federal Aviation Administration…
Five Cities Account For Vast Majority of Growth In Tech Jobs, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Just five metropolitan areas — Boston; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; and San Jose, Calif. — accounted for 90% of all U.S. high-tech job growth between 2005 to 2017 (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source), according to the research (PDF) by think-tank scholars Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton of the Brookings…
College-Educated Workers Are Taking Over the American Factory Floor
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: New manufacturing jobs that require more advanced skills are driving up the education level of factory workers who in past generations could get by without higher education, an analysis of federal data by The Wall Street Journal found. Within the next three years, American manufacturers are, for the first time,…
The US Is Suspected of Killing a Terrorist In Syria Using Missile With Knife Warhead
pgmrdlm shares a report from Business Insider: A suspected terrorist in Syria was reportedly killed with a rare U.S. missile packed with swords, according to multiple reports. The weapon that shredded the car did not explode. While the driver’s side was torn apart, the vehicle was actually mostly intact. The deadly precision weapon was, according to a report from the Wall…
Huawei Manages To Make Smartphones Without American Chips
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Huawei’s latest phone, which it unveiled in September — the Mate 30 with a curved display and wide-angle cameras that competes with Apple’s iPhone 11 — contained no U.S. parts, according to an analysis by UBS and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, a Japanese technology lab that took the device apart to…
Huawei Is Now Making Smartphones Without American Chips
“American tech companies are getting the go-ahead to resume business with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei Technologies Co., but it may be too late,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Huawei is just building its smartphones without U.S. chips.
Huawei’s latest phone, which it unveiled in September — the Mate 30 with a curved display, telephone and wide-angle cameras that competes with Apple Inc.’s…
US Tech Sector Skews Younger Than the Workforce As a Whole, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Wall Street Journal: Older information-technology professionals are being passed over by employers, even as IT job openings soar to record highs and employers say recruiting tech talent is a challenge. The IT workforce in the U.S. skews young: Workers aged 22 to 44 account for 61% of the IT sector, but only 49%…
FCC Chairman Wants Public Auction To Repurpose Satellite Bands For 5G
Chairman Ajit Pai is pressing for a public auction of wireless frequencies in the C-band spectrum (the 4GHz to 8GHz range often used by satellite companies) for the sake of 5G service. Engadget reports: This would help the FCC clear up “significant” frequency space in a quick fashion, generate money for the government and “ensure continued delivery” of existing services, Pai…
John Legere To Step Down As T-Mobile CEO Next Year
T-Mobile President and COO Mike Sievert will succeed John Legere as CEO on May 1, 2020, the company announced Monday. CNBC reports: Sievert has been the heir apparent as Legere was expected to step down as CEO once T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint is completed. Legere’s contract ends on April 30, 2020, according to the announcement. Leger tweeted Monday that the decision…