October 8, 2018 Google+ to shut down following bug that exposed 500K profiles Google today announced that it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ following the discovery of a bug that it opted to keep secret.
October 8, 2018 Google exposed user data, feared repercussions of disclosing to public Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network and then opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears that doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny and cause reputational damage, according to people briefed on the incident and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
October 7, 2018 DHS backs Apple, Amazon denial of China 'spy' chips report The Department of Homeland Security said this weekend it had "no reason to doubt" denials from Apple and Amazon of a report that Chinese spies placed surveillance chips in their server hardware.
October 5, 2018 ‘Greedy’ Google: Community activists slam tech giant over planned San Jose mega-campus A group of activists and local residents marched on Google's campus to demand stronger protections for housing and wages in the company's plans for a massive San Jose complex.
October 5, 2018 White House slams Google, calls on it to abandon China search project Vice President Mike Pence slammed Google and called on it to abandon its controversial Project Dragonfly search initiative, which would see the company potentially re-enter China. Pence said the move would “strengthen Communist Party censorship and compromise the privacy of Chinese customers.”
October 4, 2018 Facebook executive's Kavanaugh support triggers backlash for Zuckerberg Hundreds of Facebook employees have criticized a top executive after he attended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's hearing last week in a show of support for the federal judge, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.
October 4, 2018 Google competitor emerges as worries about bias grow An alternative search engine is seeing growth as Google faces questions about its practices and alleged bias against conservatives.
October 4, 2018 Feds might investigate Google over Android operating system Alphabet’s Google may soon have more federal regulators breathing down its neck.
October 3, 2018 Facebook could be forced to pay you nearly $8G after ‘disaster’ hack attack that left 50M users exposed Hacked Facebook users could be owed as much as 6,000 pounds ($7,800) in compensation as a result of the security breach revealed last week.
October 3, 2018 Facebook finds no evidence third-party apps were hit in hack So far, Facebook has uncovered no evidence that third-party apps were also breached in last week's massive hack on the social networking site.