The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users…
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Yet another Facebook debacle means it’s time for an Apple social network
The emerging Cambridge Analytica/Facebook affair…
The problem isn’t Cambridge Analytica: It’s Facebook
Cambridge Analytica garnered headlines across the world on Friday as Facebook formally suspended the company…
Delete your Facebook: The only way to win the social game is not to play
Facebook has been caught allowing the personal data of fifty million users — 50,000,000 — get siphoned off by political data company Cambrige Analytica…
How you access the super creepy data that Facebook has on you
Don’t be fooled by the ‘bring the world closer together’ motto: if Facebook’s here, it’s only to make money by selling ads…
No, Apple will not buy Snap
Shares of camera company Snap jumped in Thursday’s pre-market session…
Will Apple buy Snap?
From the windows of the new Snap offices on Ocean Park Boulevard, Snap employees now see…
Facebook asks users: Should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?
Facebook whether pedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website…
Companies scour social media for clues to your physical and mental health
Your digital footprint — how often you post on social media, how quickly you scroll through your contacts…
Her Majesty’s Treasury likely to confirm new taxes for Apple, other tech multinationals
Her Majesty’s Treasury is considering imposing an extra tax on tech giants like Apple…
Royal Society of Arts proposes raising taxes on Apple, Amazon, Facebook more for UK universal basic income
Britain could raise new taxes on Amazon, Facebook and Apple to give every citizen under the age of 55 as much as £10,000…
Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request
In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…
Study: Facebook is for old people
Facebook lost 2.8 million users under the age of 25 last year…
Apple CEO Tim Cook on iPhone addiction, avoiding social networks, paying corporate taxes, and more
The head of Apple, Tim Cook, believes there should be limits to the use of technology…
Twitter sort of denies allegations of employees reading direct messages
On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O’Keefe published undercover footage of Twitter engineers…
Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook; announces major change to News Feed
On Thursday, Facebook announced a major change to News Feed, its central feature…
Facebook developing ‘Portal’ gadget which will let it put microphones and cameras in people’s homes
The oppressive rulers of Oceania used devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens…
FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones
Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…
More than 100 business leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, urge U.S. Congress to pass bipartisan legislation dealing with ‘dreamers’
More than 100 top business leaders, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook and IBM’s Ginni Rometty…
Man charged over ‘FruitFly’ Creepsterware; spied on users via infected Windows PCs’ and Macs’ cameras and microphones
At the time, it was unclear just what the spy tool was for, though it appeared to be used for…
FBI Director Wray calls inability to access electronic devices an ‘urgent public safety issue’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasingly unable to access data from some electronic devices…
Facebook is giving the US government more and more data
Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide…
The Google-Facebook duopoly threatens diversity of thought
Google and Facebook control how millions of people find their news…
‘Suspicious and Intentional’ event redirects cloud traffic from Apple, Google and others through Russia
Traffic sent to and from Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft was outed through a previously unknown Russian Internet provider…
Silicon Valley’s new D.C. partner: Charles Koch
The tech industry has found a surprising new ally in its effort to shape public policy in Washington…
Michael Gartenberg: ‘2018 is going to be a huge inflection point for the mobile world’
I believe that 2018 is going to be a huge inflection point for the mobile world…
Researchers: Smartphone addiction creates imbalance in brain
Researchers have found an imbalance in the brain chemistry of young people addicted to smartphones and the internet…
U.S. Senate Democrat Al Franken decries Facebook’s and Google’s ‘unprecedented’ control of the press
Al Franken has again raised alarms about how Facebook and Google are misusing the ‘unprecedented power’ they wield…
In bid to curtail ‘revenge porn,’ Facebook wants you to send your own nude images via Messenger
If you’ve had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up…
Apple CEO Tim Cook: Russian Facebook ads didn’t elect President Trump
As Washington lawmakers investigate how Russia exploited social media to influence the 2016 presidential election…
Apple’s Cook, Facebook’s Zuckerberg meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing
Xi was speaking to business leaders and officials…
Google engineer proves any iPhone app with camera permission can spy on you
Google engineer Felix Krause has detailed an alarming privacy setting in Apple’s iOS…
NYU Business Professor: Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go out of business, all disappear within 50 years
Do I see all of them dying within our lifetimes? Yes…
EU ratchets up pressure on tech companies to curb ‘illegal content’
The European Commission on Thursday published new guidelines for online platforms to step up…
Facebook plans to spend as much as Apple, up to $1 billion, on original shows in 2018
Facebook Inc. is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video…
Apple CEO Tim Cook signs letter encouraging President Trump to preserve the DACA ‘Dreamers’ program
In a move organized by FWD.us, the immigration reform group led by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg…
Young people are leaving Facebook
This marks the first time eMarketer has ever predicted a decline in Facebook usage for any age group…
Apple has the best business model for generating obscene amounts of cash
Apple is in a financial league of its own…
Ubiquiti unveils FrontRow, a new camera technology for easily capturing and sharing of life’s experiences
FrontRow’s 55-gram form-factor was specifically designed to wear conveniently…
Apple R&D spends almost $3 billion on self-driving and augmented reality
The most talked about, at least by Apple executives, is augmented reality…
Apple’s R&D spending hasn’t been this high since three years before iPhone launched
Apple Inc.’s new 10th Anniversary iPhone is still sight unseen, yet a glance…
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos deposes Microsoft’s Bill Gates as world’s richest person
A surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares Thursday morning in advance of the online retailer’s earnings report…
