Anything For You All: 10 things in tech you need to know today

November 23, 2017

Good morning! Here's the technology news you need to know this Thursday.

1. Governments around the world are launching investigations into Uber following its data breach and cover-up. Countries including the UK, the US, Australia, and the Philippines have all said they will investigate what happened.

2. The Federal Communications Commission published its full plan to roll back net neutrality regulations. Net neutrality is the concept that all internet traffic should be treated equally, no matter what ISP is carrying it.

3. Peter Thiel might be looking to buy Gawker.com — the news site he helped Hulk Hogan take down. Thiel's lawyers objected in a court filing that he has been left out of the sales process for the site.

4. Facebook will let its users see if they interacted with Russian propaganda. A new page to be published on Facebook's help center by the end of the year will show if you interacted with Russia-linked accounts and pages.

5. Peter Thiel has sold most of his remaining stake in Facebook. Thiel now owns 59,913 Class A shares in the company after selling 160,805 shares for about $29 million (£21.7 million).

7. Apple showed off a self-driving tech breakthrough in obstacle detection. Apple's latest paper shows that two Apple scientists have devised a new technology called VoxelNet for detecting small obstacles using LiDAR.

8. Administrators found that a failed German tech startup hoarded stolen John Lennon items. Bankrupt German auction website Auctionata was found to own nearly 100 items that had been stolen from Yoko Ono.

9. Russia said it will act against Google if Sputnik and RT get lower search rankings. Alexander Zharov, head of media regulator Roskomnadzor, said that "it is obvious that we will defend our media."