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June 30, 2018

Oldest veteran in US, 112, robbed of savings, identity, family says

American’s oldest man and oldest military veteran has reportedly been the victim of identity theft.

June 29, 2018

California's sweeping data-privacy bill signed into law

California lawmakers gave consumers unprecedented protections for their data and imposed tough restrictions on the tech industry, potentially establishing a privacy template for the rest of the nation.

June 25, 2018

Facebook rejects ads from restaurants, hair salons, because they're too 'political', report says

In its efforts to scrub its site of the type of political ads used by Russia to influence the 2016 presidential campaign, Facebook was bound to hit some bumps in the road.

June 21, 2018

New York's revenge-porn bill dies after 11th-hour campaign by Google

New York’s revenge-porn bill died early Thursday morning after the Senate adjourned for the year and took no action in the wake of an 11th-hour campaign by Google against the legislation.

June 19, 2018

Bumble founder threatened after app banned gun photos

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said she received threats after her dating and networking app banned images of guns in March following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and other incidents.

June 19, 2018

Rep. Marsha Blackburn: It's time to remind Silicon Valley that no one is 'too big to regulate'

Big Tech is biased against more than just conservatives.

June 14, 2018

Facebook sees significant drop in people using it for news

Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook has come under fire for the rise of so-called "fake-news," something the company is correcting, albeit with mixed success. Despite Facebook's efforts, the company has seen a significant drop in people using it for news, as messaging apps, including Facebook-owned WhatsApp, become more prevalent in how news is consumed.

June 14, 2018

Apple bolsters iPhone security; says change aimed at blocking hackers, not law enforcement

Apple Inc. announced a change to its iPhone default settings Wednesday that's intended to further secure user information from unauthorized access.

June 14, 2018

Amazon, Apple should avoid North Carolina over 'racist' voter ID plan, advocacy group says

Apple and Amazon are reportedly each considering North Carolina as an East Coast headquarters. But voting rights advocates, citing the state's new voter ID proposal, are trying to convince the tech titans to go elsewhere.

June 12, 2018

Facebook releases 500 pages of answers to questions from Congress, but leaves some things vague

Facebook released more than 500 pages of answers to U.S. lawmakers’ questions amid continuing fallout from its handling of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and other issues plaguing the tech giant.