Silicon Valley is racist.
      Motherboard
      (Vice) — For Hank Williams, an entrepreneur based in New York, building a more diverse Silicon Valley isn’t just an economic or moral issue. There are more pressing reasons, ones that no one in the industry or anywhere else likes to talk about. “The problem is, the innovation economy is the economy,” he told me recently. “If all the significant growth that we expect going forward is coming from fields in which vast blocks of people have no participation or engagement, then we are heading for trouble.”
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      It's fishy that a tech glitch shut down United Airlines and the NYSE on the same day.
      USA TODAY
      The New York stock exchange suspended trading in all securities on Wednesday after a major technical issue. This comes on the same day a tech glitch grounded United Airlines.
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      It's scary how much a tech glitch can shut down America.
      CNNMoney
      (Guardian) — The New York stock exchange halted trading in all securities on Wednesday morning after a “major technical issue.” The exchange posted the news on its website and said “additional information will follow as soon as possible”. The halt began at 11:32am ET. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said there was no sign of suspicious activity and no law enforcement action was needed.
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      Reddit is going to lose its loyal users.
      CNN
      (CNN) — On Friday, the social news site Reddit was on lockdown. More than 100 subreddits on gaming, movies, science, etc. went dark for a few hours for the "Reddit Revolt," a reaction to the news that Reddit's communications director, Victoria Taylor, was let go on Thursday. One of Taylor's roles was coordinating the site's wildly popular Ask Me Anything (AMA) series, where celebrities, political leaders, pop culture icons or simply people with interesting stories would answer questions from the Reddit community.
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      Reddit needs to give Victoria Taylor her job back.
      WIRED
      (WIRED) — Reddit is in revolt, and the front page of the Internet is essentially locked down. Moderators have all but shut down more than 265 subreddits to protest the termination of Victoria Taylor, the site’s director of talent. She managed the site’s wildly popular “Ask Me Anything”’ interviews that have included celebrities ranging from President Obama to a guy with two penises.
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      There's absolutely no security in taking a selfie to verify online purchases.
      BBC News
      Mastercard testing facial recognition security app - BBC News
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