U.S. airlines report delays caused by system fault. Airlines across the U.S. reported delays to departures early Monday, blaming a system fault, the WSJ reports. Airlines said the computer system provided by AeroData Inc. helps dozens of carriers calculate aircraft weight and balance to determine fuel needs and takeoff and landing requirements.
Second airlines IT outage in a week. Last week a brief outage at Sabre Corp., which provides airline reservation and passenger-handling systems, disrupted some online bookings and delayed check-in at some carriers.
Slack chooses NYSE for direct listing. The workplace-messaging company is set to follow Spotify Technology SA in debuting on the NYSE through a direct listing, the WSJ reports. In such an arrangement, the company places its stock on a public exchange without raising any money or using underwriters. Slack was last valued privately at more than $7 billion.
Nations counter online disinformation. Singapore on Monday introduced legislation that would require tech giants to immediately issue corrections of false information published on their platforms and inform users when they might have been exposed to inaccuracies. The WSJ reports that the bill is expected to be put to a vote in the coming weeks.
On eve of Indian election, Facebook removes pages. The company said it has taken down hundreds of pages and accounts that it said were working together to spread misleading content or spam ahead of elections in India set to begin April 11. The pages were traced to a number of groups, including the Pakistani military’s public-relations wing, the opposition Indian National Congress party and an Indian IT firm
Poll: People don't trust self-driving cars. According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, half of U.S. adults say self-driving cars are more dangerous than human-driving ones. More than half say they wouldn't pay extra for a self-driving feature.
Stickers confuse Tesla cars. BoingBoing reports on how researchers were able to toy with Tesla's computer vision-enabled lane-detection system by laying down small stickers on the ground.
My work number? How about a pic of me in St. Barts with a mimosa? The Atlantic says some younger networkers prefer swapping Instagram handles over work phone numbers. “It’s so much more casual to give someone your Instagram handle and keep in touch through stories and DMs,” Chris Rackliffe, a motivational speaker, tells the Atlantic. “Swapping numbers feels so serious and stiff nowadays.”
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