Overnight Tech: Tech firms back teen in transgender rights case |…

MORE TECH COMPANIES TAKE ON TRANSGENDER RULING: Major technology companies including Apple, Amazon, Twitter and Intel on Thursday officially signed an amicus brief in support of a Supreme Court case regarding protections for transgender students. The brief, organized by the Human Rights Campaign , is in favor of a suit brought by transgender student Gavin Grimm.

Overnight Tech: Dems fire back on net neutrality, internet privacy |…

DEM FCC COMMISH VOWS TO FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY: The lone Democratic commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission joined with activists on Capitol Hill Monday to commemorate the anniversary of the agency’s landmark net neutrality rules and vowed to fight to defend them. “Now it is time for us to once again roll up our sleeves and fight for the protections embodied in the Open Internet Order, that are designed to ensure that the internet remains an open platform, that enables free speech, freedom of expression and the ability for innovation to flourish,” said Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, speaking alongside representatives from civil rights groups and advocates of net neutrality.

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule arrives at the space station

The Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station on April. The A day after aborting an attempted docking, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station Thursday and was captured by the station’s robotic arm while flying over Australia.