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October 16, 2018

Google CEO acknowledges controversial Chinese search project after being slammed by White House

Days after the White House and Vice President Mike Pence slammed Google and called on it to abandon its controversial censored search engine project for China, CEO Sundar Pichai has acknowledged it publicly for the first time.

October 16, 2018

Jack Dorsey says we should 'always question' Twitter, does not want freedom of expression 'weaponized'

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is open to making major changes to the platform he co-founded 12 years ago in an effort to make what has become the world's public square a safer place for healthy conversations. 

October 12, 2018

Facebook says hackers accessed phone numbers, email addresses as part of latest breach

Facebook said hackers were able to access phone numbers, email addresses and search information as part of the most recent data breach, although it said the breach affected about 30 million, fewer than previously thought.

October 11, 2018

Mozilla’s $3.5M plan to teach ethics to coders

Despite the high-minded promise of tech's potential to enrich our lives, each day brings a new headline about its negative effects. 

October 10, 2018

After backlash, Amazon to boost pay for longtime workers

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse workers who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn't benefit them, will now get a bigger raise.

October 10, 2018

Amazon drops secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women

Bias in machine learning may be problematic even for tech giants like Amazon who are at the forefront of this field.  A new report from Reuters shows the e-commerce company had to get rid of an internal project used to vet job applications after the recruiting tool displayed an inherent bias against women.

October 9, 2018

Apple has a worrying new ‘kill switch’

A leaked internal memo from Apple has sparked concerns the company will dramatically restrict the ability of customers to repair their devices themselves or get replacement parts from third party repair shops.

October 8, 2018

Facebook's creepy new speakers are freaking people out

October 8, 2018

Google exec slams GOP over Kavanaugh nomination: ‘F--k. You. All. To. Hell'

A design lead at Google has slammed Republicans in an angry Twitter rant over the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

October 8, 2018

Former Google exec urges Silicon Valley to end its 'delusion'

A former executive at Google says that big tech companies need to stop deluding themselves about the realities of its impact on society.