Teens Are Uploading Cursed Images To Their Schools Google Maps Page
You may be searching for your school, but you'll see photos of potatoes, erotic fan art, and even ALF.
Caroline Haskins
These Hugely Popular Local News Sites In The US And Canada Are Fake
A network of fake local news sites generated millions of pageviews as part of an ad fraud scheme, researchers say.
Craig Silverman
Amazon, Apple, And Google Are Distributing Products From Companies Building China's Surveillance State
Three Chinese companies helped build a security state in China’s Xinjiang region to repress millions of Uighur Muslims. Amazon, eBay, Apple, and Google are still selling their products and distributing their apps.
Rosalind Adams
Jeremy Stoppelman’s Long Battle With Google Is Finally Paying Off
Yelp launched 15 years ago in October, and for most of its existence it's been in an epic battle with Google. Here's why its CEO keeps fighting and keeps focusing on trust.
Mat Honan
Opinion: Why Facebook Should Sit Out The 2020 Election
Digital political advertising is a lawless Wild West. Until rules can be enforced, there's no responsible way for tech giants to participate.
Melissa Ryan
A Google Staffer Helped Sell Trump's Family Separation Policy, Despite The Company Denials
“The idea that you could disassociate from a policy that consumed the entire department while you were deputy chief of staff is ridiculous,” one former DHS official told BuzzFeed News.
Ryan Mac
Google Is Making A Big Change To The Way It Serves Search Results
Meet BERT, the machine-powered language processing technology, that Google executives said will better understand the context of search queries.
Nicole Nguyen
Google Removed Employee Questions About Its Hiring Of A Former DHS Staffer Who Defended The Muslim Travel Ban
“I find it ironic that leadership is worried about the hurt feelings of a single powerful person, but not about the message that their hiring has _already sent_ to Googlers."
Ryan Mac
A Top DHS Staffer Who Defended The Muslim Travel Ban Now Works At Google
Former DHS staffer Miles Taylor once defended a “tough” but “tailored” version of Trump’s controversial travel ban and served under Kirstjen Nielsen during the implementation of the family separation policy at the US–Mexico border.
Ryan Mac
Disgraced Google Exec Andy Rubin Quietly Left His Venture Firm Earlier This Year
Android creator Andy Rubin left Google with a $90 million exit package after investigations into sexual misconduct. Now he's out at Playground Global, the venture firm he founded, allegedly with another multimillion-dollar payout.
Ryan Mac
As Google Backlashes Have Risen And Fallen, So Have Its Grants To News Organizations
Google’s troubles have been moving from Europe to the US, and the money to news organizations has too.
Alex Kantrowitz
YouTube Announced That It Will Be Unverifying Some Creators
It was chaos on Thursday as YouTube tried to announce an update that would remove the verified checkmark from some users.
Ryan Broderick
Alexa Plays The Highwaymen Instead Of The Highwomen
"Me: Alexa, play the Highwomen. Alexa: Shuffling songs by the Highwaymen. Me: [dies of patriarchy]."
Nicole Nguyen
Google Is Allowing People To Dial A Phone Number To Talk To Google Assistant
The feature will let people in countries like India where millions of people still use feature phones ask Google Assistant for sports scores, weather forecasts, and more.
Pranav Dixit
Nearly Every State Is Launching An Antitrust Investigation Of Google
Attorneys general from 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, have announced their plan to launch an antitrust investigation focused on Google, which they referred to as an "online search juggernaut."
Nicole Nguyen
Google Is Promoting Climate Change Denialism On Its Apps And Mobile Homepage
“Google is aiding and abetting the promulgation of climate science misinformation.”
Ryan Mac
Apple Has Confirmed Uighurs Were Targeted In Wide-Ranging Phone Hacking Scheme
In a blog post, Apple also pushed back on claims made by Google researchers and claimed the attack was more limited than first thought.
Ryan Mac
These “Canadian” Websites And Facebook Pages Are Actually Run From Overseas
Some of the websites use fake profile photos for their writers, while others spread false information.
Craig Silverman
An Alphabet Chief Legal Officer Called Himself “Far From Perfect” In Addressing An Extramarital Relationship At Work
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, declined to comment on the matter.
Ryan Mac
A Former Uber Executive Was Charged With Stealing Google’s Self-Driving Car Secrets
If convicted, Anthony Levandowski faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Ryan Mac
Humans Have Always Been Listening To Your Voice Recordings. Why Don’t Tech Companies Just Tell Us That?
Recent revelations could finally force tech giants to explain how they use our data.
Nicole Nguyen
Victims Of Mass Shootings Have Struggled To Hold Larger Forces Responsible In Court After An Attack
While victims of international terrorism can hold terrorist groups accountable in court, the legal path is less clear in cases of domestic terrorism.
Zoe Tillman
Opinion: To Save Journalism, Break Up Silicon Valley
Donald Trump makes no secret of his hatred for journalists, but his administration's investigation into the power of Big Tech is long overdue.
John Stanton
Opinion: Silicon Valley Is Giving Big Bucks To Mayor Pete
His persona fits neatly with Silicon Valley’s own political identity: outwardly progressive, but without much evident anger at the new American oligarchy.
Jeff Hauser
There's An Underground Economy Selling Links From The New York Times, BBC, CNN, And Other Big News Sites
“I'm very impressed,” wrote a satisfied customer who paid to have a link in an old New York Times article redirected to their website.
Dean Sterling Jones
These Tech Companies Are Giving Millions To Politicians Who Vote Against LGBTQ People
A group of 30 advocates sent a letter Wednesday to dozens of companies, including Amazon and Google, calling on them to stop giving money to politicians who discriminate.
Leticia Miranda
A Google VP Told The US Senate The Company Has “Terminated” The Chinese Search App Dragonfly
But Karan Bhatia did not explicitly rule out working on tools for China in the future.
Davey Alba
This Former Google Executive Was Accused Of Running A "Sex Ring"
A newly unsealed complaint shows how Google paid Android creator Andy Rubin $90 million in severance after he left the company amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
Ryan Mac
How To Game Google To Make Negative Results Disappear
Google-savvy reputation consultants will cover up arrests, poor customer reviews, and other image-killing content for the right price.
Craig Silverman
AOC: Facial Recognition Is Growing Amid "A Global Rise In Authoritarianism And Fascism”
Ocasio-Cortez expressed concerns after a House Oversight Committee hearing on facial recognition Wednesday.
Davey Alba
