September 26, 2018 Apple's 'Siri Suggested' Safari search results pushed conspiracies, fake news Facebook isn’t the only tech firm being besieged by fake news and conspiracy theories.
September 25, 2018 Google faces privacy backlash over Chrome's 'forced login' policy A tweak to the Chrome browser is prompting concern that Google is angling to suck up everyone's browser histories.
September 23, 2018 PayPal bans Infowars over hate speech PayPal is the latest tech company to ban conspiracy theory site Infowars over its controversial content.
September 21, 2018 Sessions urged not to go after social media companies by technology activists A group of technology activists and think tanks is urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to go after social media companies.
September 21, 2018 Google staffers wanted to manipulate search results to combat Trump's travel ban, emails show Google is in the spotlight after internal emails show conversations between employees highlighting a desire to manipulate search results on the heels of President Trump’s controversial travel ban in order to mute conservative viewpoints and push ways to combat the ban.
September 21, 2018 Amazon's new gadgets are just another data-collection scheme To use the title of Brad Stone's seminal book about the nation's largest online retailer, Amazon is so much "The Everything Store" that it can be a little hard to remember when it was just a bookstore.
September 19, 2018 EU copyright law may force Google, Facebook to pay billions to music companies, publishers Facebook and Google could be forced to pay billions to media publishers, music companies and filmmakers if a proposed copyright rule is formally adopted in Europe.
September 18, 2018 Facebook accused of allowing gender bias in job ads Facebook is discriminating against millions of women by allowing companies to target job advertisements toward men, according to charges filed on Tuesday against the company with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
September 17, 2018 Google Dragonfly links phone numbers to search results Google isn't doing a very good job of not being evil at the moment.
September 16, 2018 Google's China prototype reportedly links searches to phone numbers Google built a prototype of a censored search engine for China that reportedly links users’ searches to their personal phone numbers—therefore making it easier for the Chinese government to monitor its citizens’ queries.