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• Report: Twitter's algorithmic timeline may arrive next week

  06-02-2016 21:21
  Update, February 6, 1:37PM PST: Since we originally published this article, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey responded to the outcry in a series of tweets. “We never planned to reorder timelines next week,” the series of tweets reads in part. “Twitter is live. Twitter is real-time. Twitter is about who & what you follow. And Twitter is here to stay! By becoming more Twitter-y.” Hello Twitter! Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we’re a
  
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• As noncompete agreement use expands, backlash grows

  06-02-2016 18:14
  
  Noncompete agreements are becoming boilerplate in employment contracts, and for employees, there's nothing good about them. They create enormous uncertainty about future job options and worry about launching a new business.
  Their use is spurring legislative fights in leading tech-industry states.
  Employers see noncompete agreements as a "low-cost measure to bind their workforce," said Massachusetts State Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Essex), in an interview. She has been trying to get noncompetes banned
  
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• LTE-U’s cold war may be thawing, as field testing commences ahead of summit

  06-02-2016 18:13
  
  The FCC last week granted Verizon and Qualcomm permission to conduct limited tests of LTE-U technology in Raleigh, North Carolina and Oklahoma City, ahead of a planned summit meeting next week.
  The commission’s grant of a “special temporary authority,” or STA, will allow Qualcomm to perform performance testing in those two areas through the end of June 2016, according to the official document.
  + MORE: LTE-U: A quick explainer | U.S. carriers stay tight-lipped on LTE-U deployme
  
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• Strong Taiwan quake appears to have little effect on chip industry

  06-02-2016 06:20
  
  A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan on Saturday morning local time, prompting concerns that local semiconductor manufacturing plants would be affected. However, although major chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported damage, the company said it could make up any lost production.
  The earthquake struck at 3:57 am local time, according to the U.S. Geological Service, about 30 miles away from Tainan in southern Taiwan. There, the earthquake collapsed an apartment b
  
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