May 31, 2018 House Leader McCarthy slams Google over 'Nazism' error, claims bias against conservatives House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was quick to slam Google on Thursday after reports surfaced that an error in the Internet search giant's Knowledge Panel listed "Nazism" as a tenet of the California Republican Party.
May 30, 2018 Twitter carrying out 'concerted attack' on free speech, feminists claim Fair Play for Women, a self-described "group of ordinary women" who say they are concerned their voices will not be heard when it comes to transgender laws, have accused Twitter of making a "concerted attack on women's free speech."
May 30, 2018 Obamas' Netflix deal inked with help from bundler buddy Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos celebrated Barack and Michelle Obama as “among the world’s most respected and highly-recognized public figures” in announcing a deal last week for the Obama family to produce films and series for the streaming service.
May 30, 2018 String of New York taxi driver suicides raise concerns as Uber, Lyft proliferate New York City’s cab industry has been dramatically transformed by the influx of around 70,000 Uber and Lyft cars over the last six years.
May 25, 2018 Amazon Alexa records and shares woman's private conversation A woman in Portland, Ore. claims that her family's Amazon Alexa smart speaker recorded a private conversation and sent it to someone on her contact list, KIRO 7 News reports.
May 25, 2018 Various US news websites blocked as Europe’s GDPR data privacy law goes into effect It's anything but a happy GDPR day for several major U.S. news organizations as their websites are temporarily blocked in Europe as a new data privacy law goes into effect today.
May 25, 2018 Facebook and Google slammed, accused of breaking new GDPR data privacy law Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law has just gone into effect today, it's already causing problems for two of the tech giants it was designed to limit – Facebook and Google.
May 24, 2018 Facebook's Zuckerberg developed a fraudulent scheme to 'weaponize' data, lawsuit alleges Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg developed a “malicious and fraudulent scheme” to misuse a huge amount of private data to pump up his company’s bottom line and push out rivals, a lawsuit alleges.
May 22, 2018 Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg questioned by EU lawmakers, but mostly repeats his US testimony Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg brought his apology tour to Europe on Tuesday.
May 22, 2018 Google search bug identifies rape victims in prominent cases Google has been accused of helping to identify rape victims, according to an analysis by the Times of London.