News7/27/18Jul 27 201833News7/27/18NewsGoogle and Facebook's Security Guards Are Fighting to Earn a Living WageKate Conger81The effort began at an Applebee’s in Redwood City, a link in a chain of towns that dot that peninsula that connects…
Google6/27/18Jun 27 201833Google6/27/18GoogleGoogle Rolls Out New Internal Rules in an Effort to Fix Its CultureKate Conger15Google rolled out new workplace policies and guidelines for internal communication last week, a response to…
Games6/25/18Jun 25 201838Games6/25/18Games'Machine Learning President' Designers Have No Idea How the Mercers Got Their GameKate Conger42When a group of about 40 players first tested out a live game called the Machine Learning President at a private…
News6/22/18Jun 22 201832News6/22/18NewsUber Driver in Fatal Tempe Crash May Have Been Watching The Voice Behind the WheelKate Conger and Bryan Menegus74The crash of an Uber self-driving car that killed an Arizona woman in March was “entirely avoidable,” according to…
News6/21/18Jun 21 201836News6/21/18NewsAmazon Workers Demand Jeff Bezos Cancel Face Recognition Contracts With Law EnforcementKate Conger27Following employee protests at Google and Microsoft over government contracts, workers at Amazon are circulating an…
Microsoft6/20/18Jun 20 201822Microsoft6/20/18MicrosoftMicrosoft CEO Downplays ICE Contract in Email to EmployeesKate Conger26Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella downplayed his company’s work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a…
Microsoft6/19/18Jun 19 201864Microsoft6/19/18MicrosoftMicrosoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE ContractBryan Menegus and Kate Conger212Microsoft employees are putting pressure on their management to cancel a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs…
Privacy and Security6/7/18Jun 7 201822Privacy and Security6/7/18Privacy and SecurityGoogle Backtracks, Says Its AI Will Not Be Used for Weapons or SurveillanceKate Conger10Google is committing to not using artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance after employees protested the…
Google6/7/18Jun 7 201815Google6/7/18GoogleStudents Pledge to Refuse Job Interviews at Google in Protest of Pentagon WorkKate Conger32Google will not seek to renew its artificial intelligence contract with the Department of Defense after it expires…
Privacy and Security6/5/18Jun 5 201813Privacy and Security6/5/18Privacy and SecurityGive Your Nudes to FacebookKate Conger48When Facebook expanded its pilot program to block revenge porn from being posted on its platforms last month, the…
Privacy and Security6/1/18Jun 1 201829Privacy and Security6/1/18Privacy and SecurityGoogle Plans Not to Renew Its Contract for Project Maven, a Controversial Pentagon Drone AI Imaging ProgramKate Conger163Google will not seek another contract for its controversial work providing artificial intelligence to the U.S.…
Privacy and Security5/25/18May 25 20188Privacy and Security5/25/18Privacy and SecurityHow to Download Your Data With All the Fancy New GDPR ToolsKate Conger9The big new European data-privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here, and it’s…
Google5/24/18May 24 20185Google5/24/18GoogleAlphabet Shareholders and Employees Want Executive Pay Linked to Diversity GoalsKate Conger35A group of shareholders and several Google employees are teaming up to back a proposal that would tie executive…
Privacy and Security5/23/18May 23 20187Privacy and Security5/23/18Privacy and SecurityFacebook Won't Force You to Use a Phone Number for Two-Factor Authentication AnymoreKate Conger9Facebook users who want extra account security but don’t want to share their phone number with the company can now…
News5/22/18May 22 20186News5/22/18NewsNeuralink Is Funding Primate Research at the University of CaliforniaKate Conger19Neuralink, Elon Musk’s secretive startup dedicated to the development of brain-computer interfaces that could make…
Privacy and Security5/21/18May 21 20185Privacy and Security5/21/18Privacy and SecurityThe Pentagon's Controversial Drone AI-Imaging Project Extends Beyond GoogleKate Conger18Google has pressed forward with its effort to provide artificial intelligence solutions to the Department of…
Google5/18/18May 18 201828Google5/18/18GoogleGoogle Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of ConductKate Conger363Google’s unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don’t be evil.” But that’s over, according to the code of…
May 18 201845/18/18Gary Lives! ...Or Does He?Kate Conger23Since Elon Musk launched his tunneling project, The Boring Company, in late 2016, he has often said that his goal is…
Privacy and Security5/16/18May 16 20185Privacy and Security5/16/18Privacy and SecurityGoogle Expands Free DDoS Protection to US Political GroupsKate Conger2Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is opening up its free denial-of-service protection program to political groups…
Privacy and Security5/14/18May 14 201836Privacy and Security5/14/18Privacy and SecurityGoogle Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon ContractKate Conger564It’s been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company’s decision to prov…