Texas has filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their consent, according to a statement released by the attorney general’s office on Thursday. According to the complaint, companies operating in Texas have been prohibited from collecting people’s faces, voices, or other biometric data without advanced, informed… Continue reading TX AG Sues Google Alleging Collection of Biometric Data of Millions without Consent
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Self-Driving Cars: The Road to Nowhere?
Self-driving cars were meant to be the future. However, prominent critics, including industry pioneer Anthony Levandowski, are becoming more vocal as the losses mount. Jennifer King was awakened at 2 a.m. by a loud, high-pitched hum from the first car. “It sounded like a hovercraft,” she says, but that’s not the strange part. King lives… Continue reading Self-Driving Cars: The Road to Nowhere?
‘Zero-Day’ Hacks Hit Record in 2021: Google
Following a year marked by high-profile ransomware attacks and supply chain breaches, Alphabet Inc.’s Google researchers have identified another ignominious cyber milepost for 2021: a record number of “zero-day” exploits. A zero-day exploit is a previously unknown bug that provides software vendors with exactly zero days to secure. As a result, the technology in question… Continue reading ‘Zero-Day’ Hacks Hit Record in 2021: Google
Google, Facebook Pressure Falls Short as Antitrust Measures Advance in House Committee
A House committee approved far-reaching legislation to curb the market dominance of tech giants, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., but much of the effort faced intensive lobbying by affected firms that slowed the committee’s work and foreshadowed a pitched battle in the Senate. The centerpiece of the six-bill package, a measure to bar… Continue reading Google, Facebook Pressure Falls Short as Antitrust Measures Advance in House Committee
Google Teams Up with Allianz, Munich Re to Insure Its Cloud Users
Google is teaming up with two global insurers to cover cyber breaches and related risks for businesses that use its cloud services, the first time a major provider has opened up such insurance to its clients, the companies said on Tuesday. Major insurers have been treading carefully on cyber risks for years, but the tie-up… Continue reading Google Teams Up with Allianz, Munich Re to Insure Its Cloud Users
Google Uncovers Hundreds of Labor and Safety Violations at Factories Making Its Electronics
Google has uncovered hundreds of labor and safety violations at factories making its phones, laptops and speakers. The technology giant admitted that it found 676 violations of its supplier code in a report to investors this month, a 22pc increase from the year before and the highest number since it first published the annual data… Continue reading Google Uncovers Hundreds of Labor and Safety Violations at Factories Making Its Electronics
U.S. Supreme Court Divided Over Google Bid to End Oracle Copyright Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday as it considered whether to protect Alphabet Inc’s Google from a long-running lawsuit by Oracle Corp accusing it of infringing Oracle copyrights to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones. The shorthanded court, down one justice following last month’s death of Ruth… Continue reading U.S. Supreme Court Divided Over Google Bid to End Oracle Copyright Suit
Google Employees to Work from Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc., and is sure… Continue reading Google Employees to Work from Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Women at Google Sue Over Pay Inequity: Employment Practices
Women at Google lose out on thousands of dollars each year compared with men as a result of discriminatory practices including pushing female employees into lower-paying career tracks, a lawsuit has alleged. The findings stem from an ongoing lawsuit brought against Google in 2017, which accused the tech company of gender pay discrimination between female… Continue reading Women at Google Sue Over Pay Inequity: Employment Practices
Trump Aims Order at Social Media Giants to Limit their Protections
President Trump has been raging against Twitter since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency slapped fact-check links on a pair of his tweets. Now, he’s poised to take action today that could bring a flurry of lawsuits down on Twitter, Facebook and other technology giants by having the government narrow… Continue reading Trump Aims Order at Social Media Giants to Limit their Protections