BrianFagioli writes: Friday, Microsoft released a refreshed preview of Skype for Linux. There are both DEB and RPM packages available, making it easy to install on, say, Ubuntu, Debian, or Fedora. In fact, I successfully installed it on Pop!_OS earlier today. Believe it or not, the new interface is quite nice, making it something I could possibly enjoy using on my Linux machine. “Great news for Skype for Linux users — the next generation of Skype for Linux is launching!” says The Skype Team. “Starting today, you can download Skype Preview for Linux and start enjoying new features across all your devices — including screen sharing and group chat. With Skype for Linux, you can take advantage of the screen sharing feature on your desktop screen. Now, you can share content with everyone on the call — making it even easier to bring your calls to life and collaborate on projects.”

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Source: Slashdot – Microsoft Releases ‘Next Generation’ Preview of Skype For Linux

An anonymous reader quotes Silicon Beat:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak penned an op-ed on Friday with a former Federal Communications Commission chairman, urging the current FCC to stop its proposed rollback of Obama-era net neutrality regulations. In the op-ed published by USA Today, Wozniak and Michael Copps, who led the FCC from 2001 to 2011, argued the rollback will threaten freedom for internet users and may corrode democracy… “Sometimes there’s a nugget of truth to the adage that Washington policymakers are disconnected from the people they purport to represent,” they wrote. “It is a stirring example of democracy in action. With the Internet’s future as a platform for innovation and democratic discourse on the line, a coalition of grassroots and diverse groups joined with technology firms to insist that the FCC maintain its 2015 open internet (or ‘net neutrality’) rules.”

In the joint letter, Wozniak and Copps write that “We come from different walks of life, but each of us recognizes that the FCC is considering action that could end the internet as we know it — a dynamic platform for entrepreneurship, jobs, education, and free expression.”

“Will consumers and citizens control their online experiences, or will a few gigantic gatekeepers take this dynamic technology down the road of centralized control, toll booths and constantly rising prices for consumers? At stake is the nature of the internet and its capacity to transform our lives even more than it already has.”

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Source: Slashdot – Steve Wozniak: Net Neutrality Rollback ‘Will End the Internet As We Know It’

Mark Wilson writes: It’s now a little more than a year since Microsoft first brought extensions to Edge. After so long you would expect the selection of addons to be overwhelming — but that’s far from being the case. In all, there are only 70-odd Edge extensions available, and Microsoft has been moved to explain why. In a blog post, the company almost apologetically explains that it is “building a thoughtfully curated ecosystem,” citing concern over quality and a fear of diminishing the user experience. What some might describe as “slow,” Microsoft refers to as a “purposefully metered approach” to new extensions, and you probably shouldn’t expect things to speed up a great deal any time soon. Colleen Williams, senior program manager for Microsoft Edge, says “We want Microsoft Edge to be your favorite browser, with the fundamentals you expect — speed, power efficiency, reliability, security.” She also adds that “Astute observers of our release notes and active testers in the Insider program may have noticed that some preview builds break extensions temporarily.”

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Source: Slashdot – Microsoft Explains Why Edge Has So Few Extensions

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Equifax’s board of directors has formed a special committee to review the stock sales that top executives made days after the company found out it was hacked. Directors at Equifax have retained counsel and are conducting a “thorough review” of the trades, according to a Sept. 28 letter the company’s outside lawyers submitted to the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The examination adds to investigations already being conducted by federal law-enforcement agencies. “Equifax takes these matters seriously,” the company said in its response to questions posed by Democrats on the panel, led by Frank Pallone, from New Jersey. “The board of directors has formed a special committee,” according to the letter, addressed to Pallone and obtained by Bloomberg News.

The trades, which were first reported by Bloomberg, involve Equifax CFO John Gamble, President of U.S. Information Solutions Joseph Loughran and President of Workforce Solutions Rodolfo Ploder. They unloaded shares worth almost $1.8 million just days after the company says it discovered the breach on July 29. Equifax has repeatedly said the managers didn’t know of the intrusion when they sold stock.

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Source: Slashdot – Equifax Board Forms Panel To Review Executives’ Stock Sales After Data Breach