Google December 6, 2018 San Jose votes to sell 10 acres to Google for massive downtown campus after protest-filled meeting San Jose's City Council approved a $110 million public land sale of 10 acres to Google in the first step to building a massive campus for 20,000 workers downtown — as protesters disrupted the contentious, 10-hour meeting by chaining themselves to chairs.
OPINION December 5, 2018 John Stossel: Google and Facebook cross 'The Creepy Line' of censorship every day This morning Google told me that it would not allow my YouTube video “Socialism Leads to Violence” to be viewed by young people. It violates “community guidelines,” said the company in a computer-generated email.
Google December 4, 2018 Ryan of ToysReview, 7, is YouTube's highest-paid star A 7-year-old toy reviewer who posts videos of his playful critiques and analysis to YouTube is reportedly the video-sharing site’s highest-paid star.
Apple December 4, 2018 Apple's Tim Cook: Violence, hate and division have ‘no place’ on his platform Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company is no place for hate, violence and division, seemingly taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter in the process without mentioning them by name.
Google December 4, 2018 YouTube mobile videos will now play automatically Love them or hate them, autoplay videos are coming to YouTube's mobile apps on Android and iOS.
Google December 3, 2018 Google CEO Sundar Pichai's House testimony has been postponed Google CEO Sundar Pichai's testimony before the House of Representatives has been postponed due to the state funeral for former President George H. W. Bush.
Media November 30, 2018 Google staffers discussed burying conservative news outlets, but tech giant claims talks didn't amount to anything Google staffers reportedly discussed burying conservative news organizations in the company’s search function with the goal of impacting future elections – but the tech giant says nothing came out of the conversations.
Security November 29, 2018 China is using 'economic espionage' and 'theft' to grab US technology A new report issued by several prominent experts on Chinese and American foreign policy claims that China is using a range of methods to misappropriate U.S. technology.
Big Tech Backlash November 28, 2018 Google hit in Europe with complaint over 'deceptive' location tracking, faces massive fine Google was hit with a privacy complaint by a group of seven European consumer watchdog agencies over what they call the company's "deceptive" location tracking for ad-targeting purposes.
Big Tech Backlash November 28, 2018 Google's controversial Dragonfly project sparks employee backlash A group of almost 700 Google employees signed a letter calling on the tech giant to halt its potential plans to build a censored search engine for China — known as Dragonfly — saying it would "enable state surveillance" in the communist country.
Big Tech Backlash November 27, 2018 Boycott tech giants until they tackle terror content, UK lawmakers urge U.K. lawmakers have urged advertisers to consider boycotting tech giant such as Google and Facebook until they deal with terrorist content on their platforms.