IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 17/09/2015

San Francisco’s luxury bus startup finally folds, selling off last 3 vehicles
CEO previously told Ars: "We've set out an eye to serving all of San Francisco."

HP to cut up to 30,000 jobs as it splits into two
About 10 percent of the workforce will be let go, for a total of 85,000 losses under Meg Whitman.

Social sciences beat physical sciences in reaching funding equality
Adjusted for their numbers, women have equal success in getting UK grants.

New Android lockscreen hack gives attackers full access to locked devices
Lockscreen bug is fixed in latest Android build, but availability is spotty.

Google OnHub gets torn asunder, reveals big speaker, many antennas
Google's OnHub router is packed with hardware that doesn't work yet.

Chicago citizens sue to halt new “Netflix tax,” an increase of 9 percent
City: "We have every intention of vigorously opposing this lawsuit."

Dealmaster: Save $238 on a 25-inch, 1440p Dell monitor
Dell UltraSharp display is $113 off and comes with a $125 gift card.

Zuckerberg confirms a form of “dislike” button coming to Facebook
Name isn't confirmed, but expect something closer to "sympathy" based on feedback.

California’s low snowpack truly exceptional
May be a once-in-3,100-year event.

Twitter loves politicians, enables political donations via tweets
Company last month cut API access to sites archiving politicians' deleted tweets.

Want to read 2,000 complaints against Comcast? It’s your lucky day
Comcast customers complained to FCC about billing, data caps, and much more.

Anti-cheating startup collected student data in the spring, deleted it this month
Verificent erased biometric data on Sept. 1, but startup took 12 days to tell students.

Here’s why you can’t delete native iOS apps from your iPhone
Tim Cook explains why you're stuck with some apps—and how that could change.

Is the PS4 due for a price drop in the West? Maybe not
Japanese price cut doesn't necessarily herald worldwide reduction.

Presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig goes one on one with Ars
Lessig talks copyright, Trump, a vice president, Supreme Court, and war on terror.

ISPs don’t have 1st Amendment right to edit Internet, FCC tells court
FCC defends net neutrality rules against lawsuit filed by broadband industry.

iPad Mini 4 performance preview: A 1.5GHz Apple A8 with 2GB of RAM
Not quite an iPad Air 2, but beefy enough to support iOS 9's multitasking.

Cisco routers in at least 4 countries infected by highly stealthy backdoor
More than a dozen routers in four countries infected with fully featured implants.

Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 goes from 0 to 80 percent in 35 minutes
The new standard improves charging by 27% over Quick Charge 2.0.

Timex teases the Metropolitan+, its first analog smartwatch
The fitness-focused Metropolitan+ has more style than Timex's past smartwatches.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 17/09/2015

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