Money, Mimicry and Mind Control: Big Tech Slams Ethics Brakes on AI September 9, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO — In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm...
Alphabet Jumps Into Drone Air-Traffic Control With Flight App June 29, 2021 By Alan Levin Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery venture, Wing, is releasing free software for U.S. drone users to get permission to fly near sensitive...
Facebook Worries Smaller Rivals With Openness on Liability December 28, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Google and Others Back Facebook Lawsuit Over Surveillance Tool December 22, 2020 By Robert Burnson Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli...
US Judge Dismisses New Mexico Privacy Claims Against Google October 2, 2020 By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico’s privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New...
U.S. Justice Department Proposes Changes to Internet Platforms’ Immunity September 24, 2020 By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a...
Google Turns Android Phones Into Earthquake Sensors; California to Get Alerts August 11, 2020 By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. — Alphabet Inc’s Google’s Android phones on Tuesday started detecting earthquakes around the world to provide data that...
After Being Sued by Sonos, Google Counters with Patent Infringement Claims June 12, 2020 By y Jonathan Stempel and Paresh Dave Google filed a lawsuit accusing home speaker maker Sonos Inc. of infringing five of its patents, escalating tensions between the...
Arizona Sues Google Over ‘Deceptive’ Location Tracking May 29, 2020 PHOENIX — Google kept tabs on the whereabouts of its users even if they had turned off location tracking, an...
Free Fast Food and Coupons Latest Virus-Related Hacker Scam April 23, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius Hackers have been having a field day exploiting the coronavirus, sending phony emails with malicious links purporting to be from...