First day as Verizon CEO: Hans Vestberg takes over – CNET

The 5G race is on his agenda.

French to ban smartphones in schools – CNET

Excusez-moi, no smartphone allowed.

Logitech to buy Yeti microphone maker Blue for $117M – CNET

Logitech is apparently going after podcasters and YouTube stars.

Yelp lets stores pledge ‘Open to All’ as part of antidiscrimination push – CNET

On Yelp pages, businesses can distinguish themselves as safe places that welcome all people.

These drug rehab centers are using VR to catch liars — and gross out addicts – CNET

The system monitors eye movement, body heat and heart rate.

Twitter working with academics to spur ‘healthy conversation’ – CNET

One of the goals is to increase civility -- not a word normally associated with Twitter…

Tesla’s $1,500 surfboards are already sold out – CNET

The limited-edition boards are popping up on eBay.

Facebook: We’ve removed hundreds of posts under German hate speech law – CNET

The social network says its own community standards are also effective.