10 things in tech you need to know today, September 19

Scooter company Bird is launching in
Brussels.
Bird

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this
Wednesday.

1.
The ACLU accused Facebook of allowing gender discrimination
in job ads. The ACLU claims that Facebook broke
federal and state law by allowing women to be excluded from job
ads on its platform.

2.
iPhone XS reviews are starting to come in, and they are widely
favourable. It seems the major improvement can be
found in the camera, especially with portrait mode and the new
“smart HDR” feature.

3.
Tesla says the US Department of Justice asked for documents after
Elon Musk’s “funding secured” tweet about taking the company
private. Tesla is facing a criminal
investigation by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern
District of California over CEO Elon Musk’s statements about
taking Tesla private, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

4.
Scooter unicorn Bird is now in Brussels as it speeds up its
international expansion. The dockless scooter
company is quickly expanding across Europe in a bid to outgun
well-funded rivals such as Lime, Uber, and Taxify.

5.
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX will livestream its 2023 moon
mission in virtual reality, in real
time. “It’ll feel like you’re there in
real-time minus a few seconds for speed of light,” Musk tweeted.

6.
Netflix named the CEO of Business Insider’s parent company to its
board. Netflix appointed Mathias
Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer SE, to join its board of
directors.

7.
Vernon Unsworth, the diver suing Elon Musk for defamation, plans
to file a separate claim in the UK. Defamation law
stricter in the UK than in the US, and the burden would be on
Musk to prove his claims that Unsworth is a “pedo.”

8.
“Fortnite” streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins said he once received a
$40,000 donation while playing the game. Tyler
“Ninja” Blevins will be the first professional gamer to appear on
the cover of ESPN The Magazine, gracing the front of the October
issue.

9.

A startup that provides Viagra on-demand just raised $88 million
and is now trying to get people to stop
smoking. The startup behind men’s health
company Roman now wants to help people quit smoking with a new
service that provides nicotine gum, a prescription drug, and
an app to track progress.

10.
Renault-Nissan is teaming up with Google to put Android in car
dashboards. Users will get Android features
such as Google Maps, Waze and the hands-free Google Assistant,
without having to connect a phone.

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