August 3, 2019 Google wants Trump to lose in 2020, former engineer for tech giant says: 'That's their agenda' A former Google engineer who claims he has been blacklisted by the tech giant says he believes the company will try to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
August 2, 2019 Apple ends practice of Siri contractors listening in on users Apple has halted its practice of having human contractors listen to users' Siri recordings to "grade" them, following an invesitgative report on the issue.
August 1, 2019 Republican engineer fired by Google slams tech giant over alleged 'bullying' of conservatives: report A former Google engineer claims that he was blacklisted, bullied and ultimately fired by the tech giant all because of his conservative beliefs, The Wall Street Journal reports.
July 31, 2019 Facebook isn't doing enough to fight misinformation, fact-checkers say Facebook is not doing enough to combat misinformation on its platform, according to fact-checkers that have worked with the tech giant.
July 31, 2019 Google employees donate heavily to Warren, Sanders despite calls for tech giant's breakup Google employees are donating heavily to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, despite the fact that both 2020 presidential candidates are leading the charge to break up Big Tech.
July 30, 2019 GOP Sen. Josh Hawley takes aim at Facebook and YouTube's 'deceptive techniques' Sen. Josh Hawley has announced legislation designed to curb social media addiction and target “deceptive techniques” that tech giants use to exploit users.
July 30, 2019 Amazon's Ring service may have 200 police department partnerships already Amazon's Ring security service is reportedly working with 200 law enforcement agencies.
July 30, 2019 For Facebook and Google, huge fines will cause only limited harm Regulators have slapped Facebook and Google with some very large fines recently, but are the penalties really hurting the hugely profitable titans of Silicon Valley?
July 29, 2019 Apple's Siri lets contractors hear couples having sex, confidential medical information: report Apple contract workers can overhear confidential medical information and couples having sex, as part of maintaining quality control for the tech giant's AI-powered voice assistant Siri, according to a new report.
July 24, 2019 Facebook says it's under FTC antitrust investigation Facebook disclosed Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an antitrust probe into the company.