Disney finally gets hold of Hulu, San Francisco first to ban facial surveillance tech, and more top news

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Comcast has agreed to sell its 33% stake in Hulu to Disney by 2024, although Disney will immediately gain “full operational control” of the streaming-service. The move puts Disney in a position to offer customers a bundled subscription option that includes Hulu and its other streaming services, says Axios. Comcast will also license its NBCUniversal content to the streaming service until late 2024. The deal sees a close to “years of complicated ownership of one of the media industry’s hot properties,” said The Wall Street Journal. ? Here’s what people are saying.

San Francisco is the first U.S. city to ban its government from using facial recognition technology. The city’s Board of Supervisors passed the ban as part of an ordinance that also requires agencies to get its approval to purchase surveillance systems. Supporters of the ban say it will protect against police bias and excessive surveillance, while opponents say the technology can catch criminals and locate missing people. ? Here’s what people are saying.

President Trump is likely to sign an order this week that prevents American firms from using telecoms equipment made by companies posing a national security risk, Reuters reports, citing unnamed U.S. officials. That would effectively set the groundwork to stop them from using Huawei Technologies, says the Financial Times. The U.S. has said equipment made by the Chinese telecoms equipment maker could be used by Beijing to spy — which Huawei has repeatedly denied. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Federal aviation officials failed to perform a safety check on Boeing software implicated in two deadly crashes, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous officials. An internal probe of the Federal Aviation Administration shows that the lapse occurred because the plane-maker "didn't flag the automated stall-prevention feature as a system whose malfunction or failure could cause a catastrophic event,” according to the Journal. FAA officials are set to testify in Congress today about the 737 MAX jet, which was grounded after the fatal incidents that killed a total of 346 people. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Credit-card delinquencies are climbing, along with the number of people in their 20s who own cards. Still, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the proportion of borrowers more than 90 days late with their payments is below pre-financial crisis levels. Among those aged 18 to 59, the younger the borrower, the more likely they were to be delinquent, data shows. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Idea of the Day: Let go of the “mothership mentality” and allow local teams to make decisions that are best for their markets, advises Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz.

"Independence doesn’t weaken our sense of community. It bolsters it."

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