June 14, 2019 Amazon's Alexa voice assistant illegally records children without consent, lawsuits claim Amazon's Alexa devices are recording children without their consent, in violation of laws in at least eight states, according to a lawsuit filed in Seattle.
June 13, 2019 Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologizes to LGBTQ community amid hate speech controversy Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized to LGBTQ employees and the community at large in a Wednesday email sent to employees.Â
June 13, 2019 Steven Weisman: Antitrust issues against Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple should be addressed this way On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee began what is expected to be 18 months of inquiry into antitrust concerns with the large tech companies Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple.
June 13, 2019 Inside Facebook: Social network under fire but staffers show no signs of pressure Facebook is under fire from all corners of the globe but anyone who attended the tech giant’s International Press Day would have no idea, as things appear just fine inside Mark Zuckerberg’s sprawling Silicon Valley headquarters.
June 13, 2019 GQ magazine pulls photo of Silicon Valley execs featuring 2 women Photoshopped in: reports Not enough women tech executives in Silicon Valley? They can always be Photoshopped in. GQ magazine recently removed a photo from its website after learning that the two women appearing with 15 male tech executives had been digitally added.
June 12, 2019 Facebook COO Sandberg downplays calls for a breakup, ignores WSJ bombshell Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg ignored a negative bombshell and brushed off calls to break up the tech giant during a Q&A session with reporters from around the world Wednesday at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters.
June 12, 2019 Facebook will pay you so it can track your phone activity Facebook is paying people to monitor their phone habits with a new app called Study.Â
June 12, 2019 Harmeet Dhillon: Champions of free speech have become the censors. Don't let democracy die in silence In 1947, 10 prominent Hollywood writers, directors, and producers were sentenced to serve one year in jail, fined, and blacklisted from the entertainment industry for refusing to participate in a hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee to answer for their suspected ties to the Communist Party.
June 12, 2019 Facebook worries emails could show Zuckerberg knew of questionable privacy practices Facebook Inc. uncovered emails that appear to show Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s connection to potentially problematic privacy practices at the company, according to people familiar with the matter.
June 12, 2019 DOJ antitrust chief warns Big Tech that low prices or free products won't protect them The Justice Department's assistant attorney general highlighted the antitrust case against Silicon Valley's major players during a Tuesday speech.Â