Urgent probe as Google Earth reveals where 110,000 GUNS are stored across UK
THE names and home addresses of more than 110,000 British firearms owners have been leaked online. The database posted to a blog last week is available as a file that if downloaded pinpoints houses as likely gun locations on Google Earth. The names and…
Australia May Be First To Force Google & Facebook To Pay For News
The Australian Government Friday unveiled a draft of the new mandatory code of conduct that would force tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for news on their platforms. The document developed by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission…
Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news in world first
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will force U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the…
Mark Zuckerberg kicked off his testimony during the big tech antitrust hearing by suggesting Apple, Amazon, Google, and TikTok may be bigger threats than Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tech antitrust hearing YouTube/House Judiciary Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pointed to the success of rivals like Apple, Google, and TikTok as evidence that there’s plenty of competition in the tech industry. Zuckerberg…
Google did not automatically sign up Android users for COVID-19 tracing app
The claim: Google automatically signed up all Android users for a COVID-19 tracing app. New mobile contact tracing technology aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19 has prompted claims on social media that Google automatically updated all Android…
NY Rep. Jerry Nadler Blasts Facebook, Google For Stealing News & Destroying Journalism Jobs At Antitrust Hearing
Disappearing journalism jobs were among the many ills laid at the feet of top tech execs Wednesday as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) at an antitrust hearing lamented the decline of local news and recalled a massive mess up by…
Lawmakers question the CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon
The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google’s parent company Alphabet are all testifying today before the US House of Representatives’ Antitrust Subcommittee. It’s extremely rare for one of the tech giants’ CEOs to testify…
Tech bosses from Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook face US Congress
The tech industry’s “Big Tobacco moment”, where the bosses of four of the biggest companies – Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google – are giving evidence to the US Congress in Washington today. The House of…
CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google face congressional antitrust grilling
The chiefs of four of the biggest tech companies in the world — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — will face lawmakers Wednesday for a hearing on digital competition that could have cataclysmic impacts on an industry largely unhindered by…
Google, Amazon, Apple And Facebook In Hot Seat At Antitrust Hearing
Click here to read the full article. The CEOs of Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon are testifying on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, in an unusual hearing that reflects the extent to which lawmakers have focused their scrutiny on tech platforms. Hollywood’s…