bruceburge

FYI on the term "Greyballing."

Uber reportedly has a secret tool that identifies and evades law enforcement, in order to operate in cities that have imposed strict rules or even banned the taxi alternative. The tool, called Greyball, uses data collected by the Uber app to identify and deceive authorities, as first reported by the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-...

Is this feature not built into current version of chrome on linux?

On windows, you can go to any URL and in the "Customize and Control Chrome (the 3 vertical dots) and select "Add to desktop" select "open in new window" option. Chrome will then select the icon from the URL's favorite icon, and open the URL in menuless window.

This has been a feature I believe since 2012.

IBM has about 700+ people in two different development centers in Louisiana, with a goal of 1200 total. There has been no word here about the employees having to relocate to one of the locations listed in the article, nor has there been any mass layoffs.

It was published around may of 2016, that IBM was planning to layoff roughly 14000 people, I'm willing to bet, this is more a part of that strategy than it is about people working together.