Google faces a lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of invading people’s privacy and tracking internet use even when browsers are set to “private” mode…
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Google cancels ‘physical’ I/O event due to coronavirus concerns
Google has announced that it will not host an in-person I/O event this year over coronavirus concerns. The company is said to be looking into an…
Self-driving vehicle developers complain California test data may mislead
Developers of self-driving vehicles are ramping up their criticism of a California reporting rule as the state preps release of 2019 “disengagements”…
Hostile to customers and in thrall to China, Apple doesn’t deserve a pass
Monopolists are endlessly inventing ways of extracting rents from their customers and suppliers. In fact, the saying works even outside the free-for-data model of Facebook and Google…
The decade that YouTube changed TV
Taking over TV is quite the coup for a platform that got its start just 15 years ago above a pizzeria in San Mateo, California…
U.S. Congressman asks Apple, Google if apps like TikTok and Grindr must disclose foreign ties
On Friday, the chair of a congressional panel wrote letters to Apple and Google to ask what, if any, disclosures are mobile apps required to make regarding overseas ties…
Feds order Apple and Google to hand over names of 10,000+ users of a gun app
It’s an unprecedented move: Never before has a case been disclosed in which American investigators demanded personal data of users of a single app from Apple and Google…
Former Google engineer at center of Waymo-Uber case charged with stealing trade secrets
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo…
Which is the smartest? Apple Siri vs. Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant
As part of Loup Ventures’ ongoing effort to better understand the practical use cases of AI and the emergence of voice as a computing input, the firm regularly tests the most common digital assistants…
FTC chairman says he’s willing to break up Big Tech companies
The head of the US Federal Trade Commission said he’s prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary…
Google and Amazon follow Apple’s lead on voice assistant grading policies
Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
Apple’s iPad claims another victim: Google exits tablet business
Tech giant Google has officially announced its exit from the tablet business…
Despite Apple’s privacy jab, Google says ‘Sign In with Apple’ is a good idea
I honestly do think this technology will be better for the internet and will make people much, much safer…
Senator Elizabeth Warren demands DOJ antitrust head recuse himself from Apple, Google probes
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division to recuse himself from…
Google confirms that advanced backdoor malware came preinstalled on Android devices
People who value security and privacy use real iPhones…
U.S. Department of Justice gearing up for antitrust investigation of Google
The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of regulatory scrutiny for the search giant…
Google bankrupting Apple’s privacy promises by handing over iPhone data to the police
Having an iPhone doesn’t stop Google handing over your data…
Some 17,000 Android apps track users, even when told to stop
Roughly 17,000 Android apps collect identifying information that creates a permanent record…
Waymo CEO: ‘Level 5’ fully-autonomous vehicles will never exist
How quickly perceptions can change…
Huawei wishes followers ‘Happy 2019’ in a tweet sent from a real Apple iPhone
China’s Huawei Technologies has punished two employees for New Year greetings…
Google’s Android platform exists as it does today because of Apple’s iPhone
This might be a difficult pill for hardcore Android fans to swallow…
Is Google purposefully breaking Microsoft, Apple browsers on its websites?
In what can only be described as painfully ironic, Microsoft engineers are seemingly convinced…
Google CEO Pichai denies company’s political bias in congressional hearing
Google’s chief executive officer Sundar Pichai rejected claims of political bias against conservatives…
Google killing Allo messaging service
Allo, once the vanguard platform of Google’s plans for messaging, will officially shut down…
Why is Google so bad at innovation? 44 dead products and counting…
The failure rate is even higher if you count the Google X moonshot projects…
U.S. senator says privacy bill draft could arrive in early 2019
Members of U.S. Congress from both parties have criticized Facebook, Google, and Twitter over data breaches, a lack of online privacy options, and concern about political bias…
Congress to grill Google CEO about political bias; ‘Search engines can be used to suppress particular viewpoints’ – U.S. Congressman
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next Wednesday…
How Google protected and paid off Andy Rubin, iPhone knockoff artist, from sexual misconduct allegations
Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Instead, the company handed him a $90 million exit package…
New California state law mandates female board directors by 2019
California will require publicly listed companies with headquarters in the state to have…
Will Apple buy Tesla? Or will Google?
One of the things I love about New York City is I’ve forged friendships with people from different backgrounds…
California’s data privacy law highlights growing frustration with tech industry
Driven by everything from the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandals…
California lawmakers approve data-privacy bill despite opposition from Google, Facebook, advertisers
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control…
The Boston Globe Editorial Board: Break up Google
Never in the history of the world has a single company had so much control over what people know and think…
Apple and Google rank amongst the best value stocks in the tech industry
It is no secret that the information technology sector has been one of the favorites with investors…
Alphabet Inc’s Google could face $4.3 billion claim in U.K. iPhone privacy case
iPhone users suing Google over data-collection claims may be seeking as much as 3.2 billion pounds ($4.29 billion)…
EU antitrust chief says investigation of Google’s Android, AdSense is advancing
Investigations into how Google may be using its Android smartphone operating system…
After shooting at YouTube HQ, Google is increasing security at all offices worldwide
On Tuesday, April 3, Nasim Najafi Aghdam approached YouTube’s headquarters in San Diego…
Apple CEO Cook offers ‘sympathy and support’ after YouTube shooter opens fire
Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered condolences aftercrazed YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam…
Amazon’s Alexa is randomly laughing and nobody knows why
Some Alexa users may feel like they’ve been dropped into a science fiction story about an artificial intelligence gone awry…
Spotify, Apple, YouTube lose as Copyright Royalty Board raises streaming music royalty rates
Songwriters will get a larger cut of revenue from streaming services after a court handed technology companies a big defeat…
The Google-Facebook duopoly threatens diversity of thought
Google and Facebook control how millions of people find their news…
Apple makes money faster than J.P. Morgan, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and everyone else
The average American worker earns about $850 a week…
