Businesses Stories for 2017

Ars Technica Puts Twitter, Uber On '2018 Deathwatch' 152
Tech Bros Bought Sex Trafficking Victims Using Amazon and Microsoft Work Emails 321
Could We Reduce Data Breaches With Better Open Source Funding? 60
Blockchain Brings Business Boom To IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft 94
Kodi Media Player Arrives On the Xbox One 57
Germany Orders Amazon To Stop Taking Advantage of People Who Can't Spell 'Birkenstock' 162
How Hotmail Changed Microsoft (and Email) Forever 84
How Climate Change Deniers Rise To the Top in Google Searches 359
Trump Wants Postal Service To Charge 'Much More' For Amazon Shipments 338
AT&T Sheds Thousands of Employees After Touting GOP Tax Plan, Giving Out Bonuses 105
Microsoft's Fall Creators Update Already on More Than Half of All Windows 10 PCs 140
A Glitch Stole Christmas: S.C. Lottery Says Error Caused Winning Tickets 113
There's No Evidence Comcast's New 'Network Investment' Is Because of Net Neutrality Repeal or Tax Cuts 177
Windows 10 Visits To US Government Sites Surpass Windows 7 For the First Time 111
Italian Clothing Company Defeats Apple, Wins the Right To Use Steve Jobs' Name 172
Apple Apologizes For iPhone Slowdown Drama, Will Offer $29 Battery Replacements 254
SoftBank Acquires Big Stake In Uber In a Major Victory For Both Companies 17
Amazon's YouTube App on Fire TV Stops Working Ahead of Schedule 85
MoviePass Adds a Million Subscribers, Even if Theaters Aren't Sold on It 122
The Year in Crowdfunded PCs: Who Succeeded? Who Failed? 52
Google Works With Hotels To Hurt Travel Competition 129
Where Did WikiLeaks' $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go? 85
Mark Zuckerberg's Real Campaign: Save Facebook 158
Carlsberg Turns To AI To Help Develop Beers 56
Empirical Research Reveals Three Big Problems With How Patents Are Vetted 94
56,000 Layoffs and Counting: India's IT Bloodbath This Year May Just Be the Start 211
Elon Musk Confirms Tesla Pickup Truck Coming 'After Model Y' 200
Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand 168
Uber Is Selling Its Money-Losing Car Lease Business 22
What Amazon's Alexa Economy Pays the People Building Its Skills 101
Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care 679
Movie Theaters Were Already in Trouble. With Disney's Fox Deal, It's Double 193
UK Companies Facing Cyber Security Staff Shortage 138
Estimates of Bitcoin's Soaring Energy Use Are Likely Overstating the Electric Power Required To Mine the Cryptocurrency 115
Established Players in Tech Industry Are Displaced By New Technologies and Companies Often When They Are Operating At Their Peak 57
More Unix Tools Coming To Windows 10 123
Wired Publishes Fake Christmas Letter By Elon Musk 32
Can We Get Global Broadband From Low-Earth Orbit Satellites? 134
SpaceX Rocket Stuns Californians As It Carries 10 Satellites Into Space 105
How To Check If You Interacted With Russian Propaganda On Facebook During the 2016 Election 226
Amazon Acquires Connected Camera and Doorbell Startup 'Blink' 18
Airlines With the Best In-Flight Wi-Fi 52
Elon Musk Shows Off the Tesla Roadster That SpaceX Will Send Beyond Mars 118
Driverless Cars Could Make Transportation Free for Everyone -- With a Catch 177
Bitcoin's Value Plummeted Overnight and No One Knows Why 461
Comcast May Have Enrolled Thousands in a Near-Worthless Protection Program Without Their Consent 52
Man in China Sentenced To Five Years' Jail For Running VPN 42
Wind Power Is Now The Cheapest Energy In India 54
Firefox Is Now Available On Amazon's Fire TV, Bringing YouTube Access With It 49
US Drugmaker Raises Price of Vitamins By More Than 800% 275
Amazon Files For 'AmazonTube' and 'OpenTube' Trademarks As Fight With YouTube Gets Pettier 81
Eric Schmidt Is Stepping Down As Executive Chairman of Alphabet 47
Kids In 'Netflix Only' Homes Are Being Saved From 230 Hours of Commercials a Year, Says Report 118
How Facebook's Political Unit Enables the Dark Art of Digital Propaganda 65
FCC Hits Sinclair With $13 Million Fine Over Ads 41
Ice Tea Company Rebrands as 'Long Blockchain' and Stock Price Triples 144
Ask Slashdot: When Is the Right Time To Discuss Retirement With Your Employer? 333
Amazon Music Ending Cloud MP3 Storage, Streaming Option 107
Windows 10 Facial Recognition Feature Can Be Bypassed with a Photo 95
Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook To Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads 340
Walmart Is Planning a Store Without Cashiers 190
Amazon Tries To Figure Out the Packaging Box Problem It Created 169
Cable TV's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming 143
Ask Slashdot: Do You Print Too Little? 216
The UK Decides 10 Mbps Broadband Should Be a Legal Right 260
Intel CEO Tells Employees: 'We Are Going To Take More Risks' 129
EU's Top Court Rules That Uber Is a Transportation Company 139
Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation 350
Microsoft Removes Google's Chrome Installer From the Windows Store 124
'Productivity Is Dangerous' 233
Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing 242
A Small Fintech Stock Surged 2,600 Percent in a Week After Announcing It's a Crypto Company 64
Microsoft Backs Bill To Give Harassment Cases Their Day in Court, Waives Its Own Arbitration Clauses 73
'There Will Be a [Senate] Vote' To Reinstate Net Neutrality, Schumer Says 278
Kaspersky Lab Sues Trump Administration Over Software Ban 185
Google's Record Fine of $2.8 Billion Was a 'Deterrent,' EU Says 71
Japan Opens First Drive-through Funeral Service 96
Opera Software Changes Name To Otello Corporation 55
Microsoft Disables Word DDE Feature To Prevent Further Malware Attacks 103
Can Intel's 'Management Engine' Be Repurposed? 139
Microsoft Releases a Preview of OpenSSH Client and Server For Windows 10 144
Windows 10 Bundled a Password Manager with a Security Flaw 48
Do More People Use Firefox Than Edge and IE Combined? 152
'The Gawker Foundation' is Crowdfunding a Bid To Re-Launch Gawker.com 91
China's Top Phone Makers Huawei and Xiaomi In Talks With Carriers To Expand To US Market 44
One of Australia's Richest Men Lost $1 Million To Email Scam 84
Contact Lens Startup Hubble Sold Lenses With a Fake Prescription From a Made-up Doctor 325
Microsoft Considers Adding Python As an Official Scripting Language in Excel 181
Motherboard and VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network 142
Facebook Will Introduce Ads As Videos Start Playing 72
Lawmakers Are Fighting For Net Neutrality 215
PSA: AIM Will Be Discontinued Tomorrow 105
Amazon Will Resume Selling Apple TV, Google's Chromecast 55
Google and Facebook 'Must Pay For News' From Which They Make Billions 168
Microsoft Unveils Improved AI-powered Search Features for Bing 38
FCC's Own Chief Technology Officer Warned About Net Neutrality Repeal 152
Disney Makes Deal for 21st Century Fox, Reshaping Entertainment Landscape 171
T-Mobile Is Becoming a Cable Company 92
AT&T Begins Testing High-Speed Internet Over Power Lines 119
Patreon Scraps New Service Fee, Apologizes To Users 66
Uber's Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World 29
Russia-Linked Accounts Were Active on Facebook Ahead of Brexit 254
Net Neutrality Protests Move Online, Yet Big Tech Is Quiet 71
No Matter What Happens With Net Neutrality, an Open Internet Isn't Going Anywhere, Says Former FCC Chairman 177
AMD Is Open-Sourcing Their Official Vulkan Linux Driver 75
The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger 372
Trump Signs Into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software 140
Former Uber Employees Have Gone Into Debt To Hang Onto Shares They Can't Sell 72
SEC Shuts Down Munchee ICO 43
Ajit Pai Offers No Data For Latest Claim That Net Neutrality Hurt Small ISPs 211
We've Toned Down the 'Destroying Society' Shtick, Facebook Insists 102
SEC Warns 'Extreme Caution' Over Cryptocurrency Investments As Many People Take Out Mortgages To Buy Bitcoin 233
Inside Faraday Future's Financial House of Cards 44
Why Google and Amazon Are Hypocrites 245
Ask Slashdot: Biggest IT Management Mistakes? 341
Microsoft Releases Free Preview of Its Quantum Development Kit 31
FCC Explains How Net Neutrality Will Be Protected Without Net Neutrality Rules 246
In-Store WiFi Provider Used Starbucks Website To Generate Monero Coins 30
Apple Buys Shazam To Boost Apple Music 36
The First Women in Tech Didn't Leave -- Men Pushed Them Out 427
Net Neutrality: 'Father Of Internet' Joins Tech Leaders in Condemning Repeal Plan 170
The Case that Bitcoin Is a Bubble 264
Bitcoin Futures Surge In First Day Of Trading 64
Former Facebook Exec Says Social Media is Ripping Apart Society 405
Fired Tech Workers Turn To Chatbots for Counseling 96
HP Laptops Found To Have Hidden Keylogger 116
After Automating Order-Taking, Fast Food Chains Had to Hire More Workers 234
Exhausted Amazon Drivers Are Working 11-Hour Shifts For Less Than Minimum Wage 324
Microsoft's 'Malware Protection Engine' Had A Remote Code Execution Flaw 54
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Good Smartwatches Or Fitness Trackers? 254
Intel's ME May Be Massively Infringing on Minix3's Free Software License 251
Reporter Regrets Letting Amazon's Delivery People Into His House 114
Patreon Hits Donors With New Fees, Angering Creators 143
People Keep Finding Hidden Cameras in Their Airbnbs 167
Insurers Are Rewarding Tesla Owners For Using Autopilot 140
Apple Is Reportedly Buying Shazam For Nearly Half a Billion Dollars 60
Jony Ive Returns To Apple Design Management Role After Two Years 69
YouTube to Launch New Music Subscription Service in March 59
Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed Discuss Suing Manila Bank For Heist Damages 29
Amazon Bringing Echo and Alexa To 80 Additional Countries in Major Global Expansion 38
'Face Reality! We Need Net Neutrality!' Crowd Chants Across the Country 296
About 40 Percent of Bitcoin Is Held By 1,000 Users. If a Few of Them Want To Sell, That Could Tank Values 241
November Jobs Report: Economy Adds 228,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady 119
GE Cuts 12,000 Jobs In Response To Falling Demand For Fossil Fuel Energy 146
Boeing CEO Says Boeing Will Beat SpaceX To Mars 128
ISP Disclosures About Data Caps and Fees Eliminated By Net Neutrality Repeal 281
What It Looks Like When You Fry Your Eye In An Eclipse 135
Tesla Could Be Hogging Batteries and Causing a Global Shortage, Says Report 159
No One Makes a Living on Crowdfunding Website Patreon 183
Inside Oracle's Cloak-and-dagger Political War With Google 86
Kaspersky To Close Washington Office But Expand Non-State Sales 65
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Claims Google Paid Female Employees Less Than Male Colleagues 257
FCC Chair Ajit Pai Falsely Claims Killing Net Neutrality Will Help Sick and Disabled People 207
AMD Quietly Made Some Radeon RX 560 Graphics Cards Worse 40
Steam Ends Support For Bitcoin 151
Facebook and YouTube Are Full of Pirated Video Streams of Live NFL Games 231
'Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future' 468
Facebook Tops List of Best Places To Work -- Again 102
Yahoo Sues Mozilla For Breach of Contract -- So Mozilla Counter Sues Yahoo 112
'We Could Fund a Universal Basic Income With the Data We Give Away To Facebook and Google' 588
US Says It Doesn't Need a Court Order To Ask Tech Companies To Build Encryption Backdoors 249
Tencent Says There Are Only 300,000 AI Engineers Worldwide, But Millions Are Needed 116
Health Secretary Hits Out at Facebook's New App, Says 'Stay Away From My Kids' 113
Google Is Pulling YouTube Off the Fire TV and Echo Show as Feud With Amazon Grows 238
Microsoft Debuts Windows 10 on ARM; Asus and HP Unveil Laptops With 20-Hour Battery Life, Gigabit LTE 139
Gizmodo: Don't Buy Anyone an Amazon Echo Speaker 259
YouTube To Hire More Than 10,000 Content Moderators on Staff Next Year To Stop Its Child Exploitation Problem 92
The Compelling Case For Working Less 176
Apple To Start Paying Ireland the Billions It Owes In Back Taxes 124
Vidme To Shut Down On Dec 15th 2017 49
NYTimes Editorial Board: The FCC Wants To Let Telecoms Cash In on the Internet 268
The Winklevoss Twins Are Now Bitcoin Billionaires 155
People Have Spent Over $1M Buying Virtual Cats on the Ethereum Blockchain 128
Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee 750
How 'Grinch Bots' Are Ruining Online Christmas Shopping 283
Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled 140
'App Truthers' Question the Accuracy of the Domino's Pizza Tracker 205
Shouting 'Pay Your Taxes', Activists Occupy Apple Stores in France 233
Free Game Company Sues 14-Year-Old Over 'Cheats' Video -- Claiming DMCA Violation 239
Understanding the New Red Hat-IBM-Google-Facebook GPL Enforcement Announcement 96
SpaceX Plans To Blast a Tesla Roadster Into Orbit Around Mars 272
Every iPhone X Is Not Created Equal 74
Homeland Security Claims DJI Drones Are Spying For China 82
Health Risks To Farmworkers Increase As Workforce Ages 77
Mozilla Revenue Jump Fuels Its Firefox Overhaul Plan 127
Stephen Hawking: 'I Fear AI May Replace Humans Altogether' 282
US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder 141
Disney Sues Redbox, Hoping To Block Digital Movie Sales 285
The Underground Uber Networks Driven by Russian Hackers 49
SpaceX's First Falcon Heavy Launch Will Now Take Place In 2018 131
Vine Co-Founder Dom Hofmann Says He's Working On 'a Follow-Up To Vine' 54
System76 Will Disable Intel Management Engine On Its Linux Laptops 149
Australian Man Uses Snack Bags As Faraday Cage To Block Tracking By Employer 193
Google Bans Apps From Displaying Lock Screen Ads 58
Elon Musk's Boring Company Bids On Chicago Airport Transit Link 155
Prepare for the New Paywall Era 263
Microsoft's Edge Browser Now Generally Available For iOS, Android 140
American Airlines Accidentally Let Too Many Pilots Take Off The Holidays 200
375 Million Jobs May Be Automated By 2030, Study Suggests 236
Coinbase Ordered To Report 14,355 Users To the IRS 141
Snapchat Is Becoming the Anti-Facebook 47
Microsoft: We're Razing Our Redmond Campus To Build a Mini City 98
Windows 10 Now on 600 Million Active Devices 142
Bitcoin Tumbles From Record High After Exchanges Confirm Outage 130
Apple Accuses Qualcomm of Patent Infringement in Countersuit 34
Andy Rubin Takes Leave From Essential as Probe Into 'Inappropriate' Google Relationship Goes Public, Report Claims 240
'Break Up Google and Facebook If You Ever Want Innovation Again' 268
A Supreme Court Case This Week Could Change US Digital Privacy Standards 74
Uber Trained Employees on How To 'Impede, Obstruct or Influence' Ongoing Legal Investigations, Ex-employee Says 62
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Criticizes Companies That Oppose His Efforts To Repeal Net Neutrality Rules 349
Bitcoin Hits $10,000 Because Ceilings Are Just a Construct, Man 348
Microsoft Sees the Future of Windows 10 as Sets, Ditching Windows For a Tabbed App Interface 302
HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say 127
Elon Musk Says He Is Not Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto 108
India's Telecom Regulator Backs Net Neutrality 42
Microsoft Office Now Available On All Chromebooks 113
Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You 75
Comcast Hints At Plan For Paid Fast Lanes After Net Neutrality Repeal 308
Reddit, Twitter, and 200 Others Say Ending Net Neutrality Could Ruin Cyber Monday 88
Tumblr Is Tumbling 157
Two Major Cydia Hosts Shut Down as Jailbreaking Fades in Popularity 90
Google Seeks To Defuse Row With Russia Over Website Rankings 71
Yahoo Groups Plagued by Downtime, Technical Issues for Almost a Week 40
Intel Core i9 Mobile And 9th Gen Coffee Lake Processors Detailed In AIDA64 Update 49
Nearly 4 Million Bitcoins Lost Forever, New Study Says 218
Tim Wu: Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality 251
YouTube's Search Autofill Surfaced Disturbing Child Sex Results 155
Clear Linux Beats CentOS, openSUSE, and Ubuntu in (Enterprise) Benchmark Tests 136
Amazon: Heat From Data Centers Will Be Used as a Furnace 52
Big Tobacco Loses 11-Year Fight, Forced To Broadcast 'Dangers of Smoking' Ads 274
Motorola Ad Mocks Samsung Ad Mocking Apple 84
Yesterday Americans Spent $5 Billion Online 68
Should Brokers Use 'Voice Prints' For Stock Transactions? 64
Google Flagged Its Own Chromebook Ad As Spam On YouTube 35
Why Do Employers Require College Degrees That Aren't Necessary? 358
First AMD Ryzen Mobile Laptop Tested Shows Strong Zen-Vega Performance 85
Tesla Completes World's Largest Battery Project In Half the Time Promised 150
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Surpasses $100 Billion Net Worth 65
Black Friday Panic at Macy's: People Report Credit Card System Outage 119
Mobile Homes Are So Expensive Now, Hurricane Victims Can't Afford Them 252
A Third of Americans Still Buy and Rent Videos 126
More Young People Are Becoming Farmers 117
Thank You, Phish Fans, For Caring About Net Neutrality 79
Brands Pull YouTube Ads Over Images of Children 125
Belgium Denounces Loot Boxes as Gambling; Hawaiian Legislator Calls Them 'Predatory' 203
New Uber CEO Knew of Hack for Months 27
Broadband Firms in UK Must Ditch 'Misleading' Speed Ads 69
Ajit Pai and the FCC Want It To Be Legal for Comcast To Block BitTorrent 553
Justin Trudeau Is 'Very Concerned' With FCC's Plan to Roll Back Net Neutrality 244
Singapore To Use Driverless Buses 'From 2022' 42

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