July 31, 2019 Facebook isn't doing enough to fight misinformation, fact-checkers say Facebook is not doing enough to combat misinformation on its platform, according to fact-checkers that have worked with the tech giant.
July 31, 2019 Google employees donate heavily to Warren, Sanders despite calls for tech giant's breakup Google employees are donating heavily to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, despite the fact that both 2020 presidential candidates are leading the charge to break up Big Tech.
July 30, 2019 GOP Sen. Josh Hawley takes aim at Facebook and YouTube's 'deceptive techniques' Sen. Josh Hawley has announced legislation designed to curb social media addiction and target “deceptive techniques” that tech giants use to exploit users.
July 30, 2019 Amazon's Ring service may have 200 police department partnerships already Amazon's Ring security service is reportedly working with 200 law enforcement agencies.
July 30, 2019 For Facebook and Google, huge fines will cause only limited harm Regulators have slapped Facebook and Google with some very large fines recently, but are the penalties really hurting the hugely profitable titans of Silicon Valley?
July 29, 2019 Apple's Siri lets contractors hear couples having sex, confidential medical information: report Apple contract workers can overhear confidential medical information and couples having sex, as part of maintaining quality control for the tech giant's AI-powered voice assistant Siri, according to a new report.
July 24, 2019 Facebook says it's under FTC antitrust investigation Facebook disclosed Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an antitrust probe into the company.
July 24, 2019 Amazon has 'destroyed the retail industry across the United States,' Mnuchin says Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that although Amazon has provided certain benefits to the consumer, the Jeff Bezos-led company has "destroyed the retail industry across the United States."
July 24, 2019 Inventor of Twitter’s retweet button admits it was a horrible idea The man who invented Twitter's "retweet" button now believes it was a very bad idea.
July 24, 2019 Attorney General Barr targets Facebook, Google and Amazon in broad antitrust probe The Justice Department has opened a broad antitrust inquiry into whether Silicon Valley giants are unlawfully stifling competition.
