June 15, 2020 Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress, letter reveals Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos could testify before Congress as soon as this summer as the company faces antitrust scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
June 14, 2020 Google glitch hides Winston Churchill image from search results Images of Winston Churchill failed to appear Sunday during Google searches for the former British prime minister—but the tech giant says it was not on purpose.
June 12, 2020 Report: 30,000 college football fans unknowingly captured by facial-recognition test at Rose Bowl Over 90,000 fans who attended the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., this past January were being watched before they even got to their seats, as their features were captured by facial recognition software near the FanFest activity area, by a company called VSBLTY.Â
June 12, 2020 Following Amazon, Microsoft will no longer sell facial-recognition software to police Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that the company would follow in Amazon's footsteps and not sell facial recognition tools to U.S. police departments until Congress passes a law clarifying the matter.Â
June 11, 2020 Snap CEO: We're using our free-speech rights by limiting Trump's content Snap CEO Evan Spiegel defended the company's action of limiting the reach of President Trump's content by invoking the First Amendment and free speech, adding that other tech platforms should be more willing to emulate them.Â
June 11, 2020 Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as chief product officer Just one year after leaving Facebook over differences with CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding the tech giant's direction, Chris Cox is returning as its chief product officer.
June 11, 2020 Biden tells Facebook to crack down on election disinformation, prompting sharp response from social network Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called on Facebook to take a range of steps to prevent the spread of misinformation during the election in an open letter published on Thursday.
June 10, 2020 Amazon imposes one-year ban on police use of facial recognition technology Amazon is imposing a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition technology, the company announced Wednesday.
June 10, 2020 Charles Payne blasts Big Tech over lack of black workers: 'They wrote a lot of checks. They did no hiring' A fired up Charles Payne ripped big tech companies on "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday, accusing them of not coming through for African-American workers while professing to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 10, 2020 IBM ditches facial recognition technology, joins call for police reforms IBM has quit the facial recognition technology business, citing concerns that it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.