CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders
Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes, too.
Criminals Abuse Apple Pay in Spending Sprees
Apple Pay is the “easiest” way to make money with a recently developed type of underground bot which steals targets' multi-factor authentication tokens, one fraudster says.
Google’s AI-Powered ‘Inclusive Warnings’ Feature Is Very Broken
A feature rolling out this month uses algorithms to suggest edits in Google Docs, but falls into the same bias traps it’s trying to prevent.
Google Is Teaching AI to Explain Your Jokes to You
Researchers have warned that massive language models like Google’s are inherently risky and can be harmful to marginalized groups.
Google Will Sell Pixel Batteries, Repair Parts to Customers
Google becomes the latest major manufacturer to soften its stance on right to repair, announcing it will sell parts on iFixit.
Google Fiber Workers Vote to Unionize in Historic Election
“We’re really hoping that we're the first in a line of dominos."
Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing
The high-profile National Labor Relations Board case involved Google employees who organized around ethical concerns at the company in 2019.
National Labor Board Demands Amazon Reinstate Fired Worker Activist
The rare request signals the NLRB wants to aggressively enforce the law to protect Amazon workers who are retaliated against for union organizing.
Audio: Google Contractor Tells Employees They Could Lose Work By Unionizing
If the unionization effort succeeds in Kansas City, the Google Fiber subcontractors would be the first in the country to successfully unionize.
What Is the Metaverse? An Explanation for People Who Don’t Get It.
Is it just a buzzword, the next internet, a video game, or an idea? We asked experts to break it down for us.
Google Turns Off Maps Features in Ukraine That Inadvertently Showed Russia’s Invasion
The tech giant said it disabled live traffic data in Ukraine for the safety of local communities.
Android’s E-Waste Problem Can’t Be Solved With Custom ROMs
Custom ROMs have their use cases, but they’re few and far between and difficult to install.