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Everything you need to know about Apple’s GDPR privacy upgrade
Apple is updating its products and services to bring them in line with the EU’s forthcoming privacy protection rules…
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case
A businessman fighting for the ‘right to be forgotten’ has won a UK High Court action against Google…
Video: 21 minutes with the Apple’s new Head of Machine Learning and A.I. Strategy
Computers are incredibly powerful, but they’re also pretty dumb….
Zuckerberg admits Facebook collects data on non-users
We’ve already learned quite a bit from Mark Zuckerberg’s grilling on Capitol Hill….
Facebook is lying about your data
Mark Zuckerberg’s Congress testimony following the Cambridge Analytica breach…
Apple co-founder Woz deactivates Facebook account
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak announced that he has quit Facebook…
How Facebook lets brands and politicians target users
When Facebook introduced its ad platform in 2007, advertisers could target people using information they had volunteered…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg was ready to slam Apple if Congress asked him about Tim Cook’s privacy comments
It started when Cook was asked what he would do if he were faced with the problems facing Facebook…
How to remove your Facebook data from macOS
Whether you’re planning on keeping your Facebook account, are debating deleting it, or already have…
Apple CEO Cook: ‘Privacy to us is a human right… a civil liberty’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Washington D.C. Tuesday to testify before Congress about customer privacy…
Should Apple create a social network that doesn’t abuse, but protects user privacy?
Recently, Tim Cook gave multiple interviews on Apple’s commitment to protecting their privacy…
Apple co-founder Woz quits Facebook
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak said he’s leaving Facebook amid concerns about privacy and data violations…
Apple’s Siri, HomePod and the voice assistant showdown
The battle of the smart assistants continues, and while people seem to want to get more from using Siri…
Apple’s A.I. efforts get shot of adrenaline with Giannandrea coup
Apple has been criticized for not doing enough in A.I…
A.I. defector gives Apple access to Google’s secrets
The biggest stars among Silicon Valley’s computer engineers hardly ever defect to rival teams…
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…
Gene Munster: Poaching AI chief John Giannandrea from Google a win for Apple
Apple has hired John Giannandrea who formerly served as Google’s head of AI and Search…
Apple’s App Store shrank for the the first time in 2017
Both Apple’s App Store and Google Play were growing consistently all the way up to 2017…
Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook scans the contents of all private Messenger texts
Facebook scans the contents of messages that people send each other on its Messenger app…
Facebook to warn 87 million users that their data ‘may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica’
Facebook will warn these users with a notice atop the News Feed with information about what data of theirs might have been attained…
Apple’s latest hire should see Siri get seriously smarter
A day after news broke of John Giannandrea’s departure from Google…
Apple CEO Cook offers ‘sympathy and support’ after YouTube shooter opens fire
Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered condolences aftercrazed YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam…
Apple hires Google’s A.I. chief to improve Siri
The 53-year-old native of Scotland known to colleagues as J.G., helped lead the push to integrate A.I. throughout Google’s products…
Mark Zuckerberg and the never-ending stench of Facebook
How do we trust Facebook’s public stances on what they will or won’t do to censor speech, content, or connections with which they don’t agree?
Apple may be the biggest winner from Facebook’s data scandal
In 2014, Apple CEO Tim Cook penned a missive regarding Apple’s approach to privacy….
Mark Zuckerberg blasts Apple CEO Cook’s criticism of Facebook as ‘extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rejected Apple CEO Tim Cook’s critique of his company’s business model…
Bad news for those who want Facebook listening in their homes: Facebook delays smart speaker debut amid data privacy scandal
The fallout from Facebook Inc.’s data privacy scandal is spreading…
Apple CEO Cook: Facebook should have self-regulated, but it’s too late for that now
Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook…
Appeals court rules that Google infringed Oracle’s Java copyrights, orders trial on damages
A federal appeals court revived Oracle Corp.’s multibillion-dollar copyright infringement claims…
U.S. FTC will investigate Facebook over privacy or lack thereof
The Federal Trade Commission has an open investigation into Facebook’s growing privacy scandal…
Apple CEO Cook calls for more data oversight, ‘well-crafted regulation’ after Facebook debacle
Executives from Apple Inc and IBM Corp have called for more oversight on how personal data is used…
Apple CEO Cook ramps up pressure on Facebook, calls for more regulations on data privacy
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has called for stronger privacy regulations that prevent the misuse of data…
Apple CEO Cook hopes ‘calm heads’ prevail on U.S. – China trade
I’m cognizant that in both the U.S. and China, there have been cases where everyone hasn’t benefited, where the benefit hasn’t been balanced…
How Apple blew it and lost the education market to Google
Five years ago, Apple appeared to own the education market…
Why Apple can end up benefiting from the trade skirmish
Apple can end up as one of the biggest winners in the current rhetoric about tariffs between U.S. and its trading partners….
Steve Jobs tried to warn Mark Zuckerberg about privacy in 2010
Facebook’s executives have spent much of the past week dealing with the fallout of reports…
Facebook has gotten too big, too powerful, too influential for Mark Zuckerberg to handle
Mark Zuckerberg is not comfortable with the enormous influence he has over the world…
Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to China as President Trump orders 25 percent tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese imports…
Apple looks to win back students and teachers with new low-cost iPads
Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce new low-cost iPads and education software next week…
How to block Facebook completely from your Mac
Even if you deleted your Facebook account, Facebook can still track you around the web like Google does…
How Facebook made it impossible to delete Facebook
To say Facebook has had a rough time of it lately would be putting it mildly…
