December 14, 2018 Fox on Tech: Google Plus data breaches causing more headaches Google is in the gutter again with users and privacy advocates, in the same week the tech giant's C.E.O is defending the company to skeptical lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
December 14, 2018 Taylor Swift used facial recognition to thwart stalkers As one of the biggest pop stars in the world, Taylor Swift has amassed many stalkers.
December 13, 2018 Google slammed by New Zealand lawmaker after naming suspect in the murder of British backpacker Google has been by slammed by a New Zealand lawmaker after the tech giant reportedly published the name of the suspect in the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane.
December 12, 2018 FCC effort to stop robotexts prompts censorship concerns The FCC says it's giving more authority to wireless carriers to stop spam over text messages.
December 12, 2018 How to stop Apple and Google from tracking you Google and Apple can track your every move. But there are ways to mitigate this or shut it down.
December 10, 2018 Microsoft says unregulated facial recognition risks '1984'-like future Microsoft is ratcheting up its call for government regulation of facial recognition technologies by warning that they could pave the way for a "1984"-like dystopia if left unchecked.
December 10, 2018 Facebook opening Bryant Park pop-up to teach users about privacy Mark Zuckerberg’s social network plans to open a pop-up kiosk on Dec. 13 in Midtown Manhattan, where it will field questions about its data-sharing practices and teach users how to understand its new privacy controls.
December 9, 2018 Justice Department investigates millions of fake net neutrality comments for potential crimes The Justice Department is probing whether crimes were committed when potentially millions of people's identities were posted to the Federal Communication Commission's website — without their permission — in comments about net neutrality rules.
December 9, 2018 Florida man jailed for using secretly-recorded sex videos for porn website A Florida man is facing jail time for stealthily recording pornographic videos and running a subscription website.
December 8, 2018 iPhone tracking, eavesdropping on police and more: Tech Q&A Is there an OS that doesn’t report back to Big Tech? I don’t want to use the Windows or Mac operating system.