October 12, 2018 Facebook says hackers accessed phone numbers, email addresses as part of latest breach Facebook said hackers were able to access phone numbers, email addresses and search information as part of the most recent data breach, although it said the breach affected about 30 million, fewer than previously thought.
October 11, 2018 Mozilla’s $3.5M plan to teach ethics to coders Despite the high-minded promise of tech's potential to enrich our lives, each day brings a new headline about its negative effects.
October 10, 2018 After backlash, Amazon to boost pay for longtime workers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse workers who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn't benefit them, will now get a bigger raise.
October 10, 2018 Amazon drops secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women Bias in machine learning may be problematic even for tech giants like Amazon who are at the forefront of this field. A new report from Reuters shows the e-commerce company had to get rid of an internal project used to vet job applications after the recruiting tool displayed an inherent bias against women.
October 9, 2018 Apple has a worrying new ‘kill switch’ A leaked internal memo from Apple has sparked concerns the company will dramatically restrict the ability of customers to repair their devices themselves or get replacement parts from third party repair shops.
October 8, 2018 Google exec slams GOP over Kavanaugh nomination: ‘F--k. You. All. To. Hell' A design lead at Google has slammed Republicans in an angry Twitter rant over the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
October 8, 2018 Former Google exec urges Silicon Valley to end its 'delusion' A former executive at Google says that big tech companies need to stop deluding themselves about the realities of its impact on society.
October 8, 2018 Google+ to shut down following bug that exposed 500K profiles Google today announced that it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ following the discovery of a bug that it opted to keep secret.
October 8, 2018 Google exposed user data, feared repercussions of disclosing to public Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network and then opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears that doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny and cause reputational damage, according to people briefed on the incident and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
