President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she refused to defend his immigration and refugee ban. Dissent was also mounting within the State Department. Coming today: An order on cyber security and a Supreme Court nomination. — [Mark Landler, Michael D. Shear, Matt Apuzzo and Eric Lichtblau / New York Times]
Recode Daily: Trump fires the acting attorney general for refusing to defend his immigration ban
He’s also considering a rollback of Obama administration LGBT protections.
Trump is considering rolling back a series of Obama administration LGBT protections, including a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by the federal government and its contractors. — [Kara Swisher / Recode]
Amazon, Microsoft and Expedia are joining in a lawsuit filed by Washington state’s attorney general challenging the constitutionality of the immigration ban. Meanwhile, thousands of Google employees held rallies against the ban. — [April Glaser / Recode]
Apple is expected to show a return to growth, driven by an increase in iPhone sales, when it reports its holiday quarter earnings today. — [Ina Fried / Recode]
Twitter’s VP of engineering says the company will soon roll out changes to combat harassment on the service, including “fixes” to the mute/block features and measures to prevent repeat offenders from creating new accounts. — [Rich McCormick / The Verge]
SoftBank is thinking about investing upward of $1 billion from its $100 billion tech fund in shared-office startup WeWork. — [Eliot Brown, Rolfe Winkler and Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal]
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Uber’s decision to turn off surge pricing during a taxi union’s anti-Trump protest was just the last straw.
The only catch is a $35 order minimum.
Those who own one of its Robin phones will only have hardware support for another six months, while software updates are promised for the next year.
It could be because AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile need something from the Trump Administration.
“Tech workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your goddamned open-plan offices.”
Muslim ban today, gay rights tomorrow, encryption after that — techies are going to have to get used to a very political atmosphere fast.
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