January 11, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, among others, write letter to Congress to save DACA The executives said ending the Obama-era legislation would translate into "an impending crisis for workforces across the country."
January 9, 2018 James Damore sues Google, claims tech giant discriminates against white conservative men James Damore, the former Google employee who was fired for writing a memo criticizing the firm for pushing diversity, has filed a class action lawsuit against the tech giant.
January 5, 2018 Google pays higher salaries to men than more-experienced women: suit A former Google employee claims the tech giant has been paying women who work in the company’s child day care center far less than their male counterparts — even though they have more experience.
January 3, 2018 Logan Paul controversy: YouTube under fire for letting shocking video stay up Though YouTube star Logan Paul has faced severe criticism for posting a video to his channel that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese "suicide forest" (which he later deleted and apologized for), it appears the platform itself is also to blame.
December 31, 2017 Facebook, Google could face new tax in Britain for failing to tackle extremism Tech giants like Google and Facebook, already under fire for not doing enough to combat extremism and fake news, could face new taxes in the United Kingdom if a government official has his way.
December 29, 2017 Researchers using facial recognition tech to find Chinese missile sites U.S. researchers are using the same sort of deep learning artificial intelligence employed by Silicon Valley giants like Google and Facebook in their facial recognition technology to identify Chinese surface-to-air missile sites.
December 22, 2017 Google bigwig Eric Schmidt shocks with surprise resignation amid reports his personal life is being eyed In a surprise move, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman of the search giant’s parent company Alphabet next year.
December 21, 2017 Your data is being grabbed by Web 'trackers' The number of trackers on the Web collecting your data is alarming, according to a study.
December 18, 2017 Amazon Echo prices turn smart-speaker market on its ear Amazon.com Inc. has triggered a race to the bottom in smart speakers.
December 14, 2017 Scientists 'Googled' data from NASA's Kepler space telescope to discover new planet Data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope has been crunched using Artificial Intelligence, helping scientists discover a new planet outside our solar system.