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Synology introduces new products aimed at data protection and scalability
On the sidelines of the Computex 2024, Taiwanese storage solutions provider Synology announced an a…
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Inside the landmark Google adtech antitrust trial that could transform the $700 billion global digital ad market
Experts say the trial could result in a breakup of Google, which could boost rivals like The Trade …
Lara O'Reilly
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Google fired 28 employees for staging in-office protests against the company's contract with Israel
Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1.2 billion contract…
Ana Altchek,Meghan Morris
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Google employees react to facial-recognition security being tested at one of its campuses
Google employees are mixed on new facial recognition security being tested at one of their campuses.
Ana Altchek
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Google workers fired for Israel contract protests claim terminations were illegal
The complaint said that about 50 employees were terminated or placed on administrative leave after …
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Google confirmed it 'terminated' an employee who staged a protest against Israel at a tech event
Google fired an employee who protested against Project Nimbus, the company's $1.2 billion contract …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Democrats introduce bill to stop Big Tech companies from targeting you with creepily specific ads online
"The surveillance advertising business model is broken," Rep. Anna Eshoo, who sponsored the bill, s…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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US introduces new privacy bill to ban targeted advertising on digital platforms
It, however, makes some small exceptions, like allowing for "broad" location-based targeting…
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The Justice Department accidentally unsealed a rare 'keyword warrant' ordering Google to hand over data on anyone who searched a victim's name, report says
The rare 'keyword warrant' ordered Google to identify anyone who searched a kidnapping victim's nam…
Hannah Towey
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'Apple is eating our lunch': Google employees admit in lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
Google misled phone makers into hiding privacy settings users liked in order to collect more locati…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Google's cookie crumbles
In an effort to stave off regulatory scrutiny around privacy, Google has spent the last few years d…
Dave Smith
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Documents from an arson attack linked to the R Kelly investigation show how Google hands 'keyword' search data to police
Google provided IP addresses of everyone who'd searched for the victim's address within a certain t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Apple and Google have reportedly banned a major data broker from collecting location data from users' phones amid scrutiny over its national security work
The platforms banned developers from using X-Mode's tracking software as congressional investigator…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Google is reportedly supplying AI technology to the Trump administration's virtual border wall
Documents reportedly show that Google Cloud's technology will be used in tandem with Anduril to ere…
Katie Canales
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A January 6 defendant's Google search history outlines a timeline of the Capitol riot events — and a reference to 'Anchorman' — law enforcement says
Prosecutors alleged Matthew Lawrence Stickney made Google searches, including whether he can bring …
Lloyd Lee
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Google puts a ban on non-consensual ad tracking, digital experts welcome the move
Advertising of spyware and malware with the intent to track user data without their authorization o…
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Google says it's banning ads from 'stalkerware' services that allow people to spy on and track others
Ads that promote surveillance tools "marketed with the express purpose of spying" will no longer be…
Katie Canales
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Microsoft and Google may have to surrender people's data to Saudi Arabia after signing huge deals there
Saudi Arabia is seeking to be an innovation hub, but activists are warning that tech firms could be…
Tom Porter
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Investigators tracked down a hit-and-run suspect through a 1-star Google review
A couple in Florida was involved in a hit-and-run incident, which left one of them dead. A scathing…
Joshua Zitser
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"The worst facial-recognition company in the world": Surveillance-technology vendors quietly complained about Clearview AI at a top surveillance conference recently
The sense I got from this conference is that the industry is upset with the company for giving the …