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Comment Age discrimination is a myth! (Score 0) 370

by SpzToid (#47292227) Attached to: Age Discrimination In the Tech Industry

Age discrimination is a myth I tell you. Or else it would have been discussed on Slashdot before. Really. /SARCASM. I'd try and structure a LMGTFY.com link for your benefit, but seeing as how you all are standing on my lawn...

Highly relevant but still slow newsday stuff. But hey, what about this VERY relevant NEWS instead(?), released on a Friday afternoon no less!: http://slashdot.org/submission...

Submission + - Judge: $324M Settlement In Silicon Valley Tech Worker Case Not Enough (itworld.com)

Submitted by itwbennett
itwbennett writes: A proposed $324.5 million settlement of claims that Silicon Valley companies including Google and Apple suppressed worker wages by agreeing not to hire each others' employees may not be high enough, a judge signaled on Thursday. Judge Lucy Koh didn't say whether she would approve the settlement, but she did say in court that she was worried about whether that amount was fair to the roughly 64,000 technology workers represented in the case. Throughout Thursday's hearing, she questioned not just the amount but the logic behind the settlement as presented by lawyers for both the plaintiffs and the defendants.

Submission + - U.S. House of Representatives Cuts Funding to NSA

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Thursday night, 293 to 123, to approve an amendment to the NSA's appropriations bill that cuts all funding for warrantless surveillance and for programs that force companies to create backdoors in their products. The success of this vote in the House is attributed to the fact that the amendment did not have to go through the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees and also to the increasingly apparent unpopularity of NSA activities among voters. Although privacy advocates laud the vote, there are those who note that the amendment specifically applies to the NSA and CIA while remaining silent on other agencies such as the FBI. The appropriations bill in its entirety will now proceed to the Senate for approval.

Submission + - Michael Devine's objection to settle with tech giants is heard by judge Koh (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California must still approve a settlement by the world's most profitable technology companies who have colluded to force down wages of their common workforce. On Thursday made clear she is paying further attention to the objection to settle, by Michael Devine, who has filed an objection saying the settlement let the latest wave of companies off too easily. His objection was previously covered here on Slashdot.

"I just have concerns about whether this is really fair to the class," Koh said, adding that she had not made a decision about whether to approve the deal.

Several emails showed Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and some of their Silicon Valley rivals hatching plans to enforce their no-poaching agreement.

Under the terms of the settlement, workers would receive a few thousand dollars each on average. Technology employees filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc AAPL.O, Google Inc GOOGL.O, Intel Inc INTC.O and Adobe Systems Inc ADBE.O in 2011. The case has been closely watched due to the potentially high damages award and the opportunity to peek into the world of Silicon Valley's elite.

The four companies agreed to settle with the plaintiffs in April for a total of $324.5 million. The plaintiffs had planned to ask for about $3 billion in damages at trial, which could have tripled to $9 billion under antitrust law.

Submission + - Mozilla working on a Wordpress, Disqus competitor? (themukt.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: Mozilla is working on developing a content and commenting platform, Open News, in collaboration with two leading US news papers The New York Times and The Washington Post. The platform aims to be the nex-generation commenting and content creation platform which will give more control to readers. The project, OpenNews, is being funded by Knights Foundation.

Submission + - Researchers Find "Achilles Heel" of Drug Resistant Bacteria

Submitted by Rambo Tribble
Rambo Tribble writes: Researchers in Britain are reporting that they have found a way to prevent bacteria from forming the "wall" that prevents antibiotics from attacking them. "At the heart of the breakthrough is the way 'gram negative' bacterial cells transport the carrier's molecular 'bricks' to the surface of the cell and form a wall." "The number of superbugs are increasing at an unexpected rate. This research provides the platform for urgently-needed new generation drugs."

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