Net neutrality is on the ropes, Twitter is yanking back some of those Blue Badges of Verification, Project Loon is bringing Internet connectivity back to parts of Puerto Rico and Amazon’s cashier-replacement software is getting better. El Kaiser and J.D. ponder these stories and the rest of the week’s tech news. And don’t you just hate it when your laptop battery won’t old a charge anymore — or has conked out completely? This week’s (Hopefully) Helpful Hint discusses how to monitor your battery health and how to replace that power cell when the time comes. Episode 254 is just a click away!
- FCC plans to vote to overturn U.S. net neutrality rules in December (Reuters)
- Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, data shows (The Guardian)
- Twitter says it will remove verification badges from accounts that violate its rules (The Verge)
- Turning on Project Loon in Puerto Rico (X blog)
- People watch Netflix at work and in public bathrooms (Quartz)
- New tools to make your job search simpler (Google blog)
- Firefox Quantum arrives with faster browser engine, major visual overhaul, and Google as default search engine (VentureBeat)
- Amazon scraps bundled video service (Reuters)
- Amazon’s automated store is now smart enough to identify Pikachus (The Verge)
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
