IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/12/2015

Twitter adds ability to create, share “block lists”
Feature already built by third-party devs; critics say more needs to be done.

Serious iOS bug makes it easy to steal users’ iCloud passwords
Researcher publishes proof-of-concept code demonstrating how attack works.

Google’s “Sidewalk Labs” applies moonshot thinking to city design
Google and ex-Bloomberg CEO team up to improve city life with technology.

San Francisco votes to expand computer science education across all grades
Donations from Salesforce charity will fund the new program from pre-school onward.

reddit says it will actively ban harassing subreddits, axes its first five
Last month, the site defined harassment. This month, it's taking steps to mitigate it.

Nobel Prize winner resigns a position after sexist comments publicized
Tim Hunt let loose in front of a room of science journalists.

US Internet tax ban expires October 1
House OKs ban on state and local taxes on Internet access. Will it pass the Senate?

Microsoft to open source its popular Live Writer blogging tool [Update: Maybe]
Recent incompatibility issued showed that it still has plenty of fans.

Security shade thrown in spat between ADP and HR cloud service provider
Payroll giant accuses Zenefits of insecure screen scraping of PII, sues over defamation.

Republican budget would prohibit FCC from enforcing net neutrality rules
Proposal slashes funding and kills rules until court case is decided.

Will Apple’s expanded HealthKit replace my period-tracking apps?
Period tracking was missing from initial version of Health app.

Idaho Republicans want Bible in schools for “astronomy, biology, geology”
It's no wonder that teachers think teaching creationism is acceptable.

Intel creates $125 million fund for tech firms led by women and minorities
Money for the Intel Capital Diversity Fund will come from $300 million pool pledged in January.

Personal vaccine exemptions under fire in California—and by AMA
Bill ending the practice advances as doctors advise other states to follow.

Fake mobile phone towers discovered in London: Stingrays come to the UK
When will the Metropolitan Police stop pretending it doesn't use them?

Texas cop who was filmed manhandling girl resigns amid criminal probe
Officer who drew weapon, whipped girl to ground, is keeping pension and benefits.

Liveblog: Oculus’ pre-E3 press conference on Thursday, June 11 at 1pm EDT
Enough with the dev kits! Let's talk about consumer virtual reality.

HP agrees to pay $100M to end lawsuit over botched purchase of Autonomy
HP ended up taking an $8 billion writedown on the deal.

Original “patent troll” may call it quits, says there’s no money in it
Have we passed peak patent troll? A few of the field's pioneers say yes.

Is Ferrari’s 488 GTB the smartest supercar on the planet?
According to Chris Harris, the answer is yes.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/12/2015

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