Big Tech Backlash May 7, 2019 Apple, Google remove three dating apps FTC said could expose minors to sexual predators Three dating apps have been removed from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store after allegations from the FTC that the apps allowed children as young as 12 to access them and appeared to violate multiple laws.Â
Big Tech Backlash May 6, 2019 Tech giants rethink the businesses that made them big Google, Facebook Inc. and other tech giants have long tinkered with ways to grow outside the core businesses they dominate. Now those efforts are becoming urgent.
Big Tech Backlash May 2, 2019 Google's Sundar Pichai made $470 million last year, for an astounding 'hourly' rate Google CEO Sundar Pichai made an eye-popping $470 million last year.Â
Google May 2, 2019 Google preps new privacy controls to let you delete your location data Google is preparing new privacy controls that can periodically erase your location history from the company's servers.
Big Tech Backlash May 1, 2019 Google workers share retaliation stories at sit-in protest Google employees worldwide are staging a sit-in to protest retaliation at the tech giant on the six-month anniversary of the #GoogleWalkout that saw 20,000 workers leave their offices to demonstrate against sexual harassment and pay inequity.
Google May 1, 2019 Google Maps coordinates reveal exact spot where Titanic sank in 1912 Google Maps coordinates reveal the exact location of the Titanic wreckage – a spooky site that marks one of history's deadliest marine disasters.
Google April 30, 2019 Google shows first cracks in years Google’s once-untouchable online-advertising operation took a body blow, hurt by mounting competition and struggles within its increasingly high-profile YouTube unit.
Facebook April 28, 2019 New tool shows how Facebook and Google track you A new tool shows how the biggest social media companies track you, right down to your device’s battery level and email you’ve sent.
Big Tech Backlash April 24, 2019 Macron, Ardern seek pledge to purge extremism from social media The leaders of New Zealand and France plan to host a meeting of global leaders and tech executives in an effort to stamp out the transmission of violent extremism on social-media sites.
Big Tech Backlash April 23, 2019 #GoogleWalkout organizers say tech giant retaliated against them with rejections, demotions and gaslighting Two Google employees who organized the massive global protest that brought 20,000 workers out of their offices in November have alleged that Google is retaliating against them.
OPINION April 22, 2019 Arthur Milikh: How Big Tech uses 'freedom of expression' to quash free speech Big Tech wants America to conform to their moral assertions about the purpose of speech.