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.
July 24, 2019 Amazon has 'destroyed the retail industry across the United States,' Mnuchin says Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that although Amazon has provided certain benefits to the consumer, the Jeff Bezos-led company has "destroyed the retail industry across the United States."
July 24, 2019 Inventor of Twitter’s retweet button admits it was a horrible idea The man who invented Twitter's "retweet" button now believes it was a very bad idea.
July 24, 2019 Attorney General Barr targets Facebook, Google and Amazon in broad antitrust probe The Justice Department has opened a broad antitrust inquiry into whether Silicon Valley giants are unlawfully stifling competition.
July 24, 2019 Amazon wasn't scared off by AOC, says New York City mayor Amazon was not scared off by New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in its quest to open a second headquarters in the Big Apple, according to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
July 24, 2019 Facebook pays historic $5B fine and agrees to new privacy regulations as part of massive settlement After months of speculation, Facebook and the FTC agreed to a $5 billion fine for privacy violations, as well as new oversight on how the company handles user data.
July 23, 2019 Facebook let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users A design flaw in Facebook's Messenger Kids app allowed children to enter group chats with unauthorized strangers.
July 22, 2019 FTC's settlement with Google over YouTube kids privacy violations blasted by critics The Federal Trade Commission's reported settlement with Google over YouTube childrens privacy violations was been blasted by tech critics as not going far enough to rein in the search giant.