Kate Conger

7/27/18

Google and Facebook's Security Guards Are Fighting to Earn a Living Wage

The effort began at an Applebee’s in Redwood City, a link in a chain of towns that dot that peninsula that connects…

6/27/18

Google Rolls Out New Internal Rules in an Effort to Fix Its Culture

Google rolled out new workplace policies and guidelines for internal communication last week, a response to…

6/25/18

'Machine Learning President' Designers Have No Idea How the Mercers Got Their Game

When a group of about 40 players first tested out a live game called the Machine Learning President at a private…

6/22/18

Uber Driver in Fatal Tempe Crash May Have Been Watching The Voice Behind the Wheel

The crash of an Uber self-driving car that killed an Arizona woman in March was “entirely avoidable,” according to…

6/21/18

Amazon Workers Demand Jeff Bezos Cancel Face Recognition Contracts With Law Enforcement

Following employee protests at Google and Microsoft over government contracts, workers at Amazon are circulating an…

6/20/18

Microsoft CEO Downplays ICE Contract in Email to Employees

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella downplayed his company’s work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a…

6/19/18

Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Contract

Microsoft employees are putting pressure on their management to cancel a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs…

6/7/18

Google Backtracks, Says Its AI Will Not Be Used for Weapons or Surveillance

Google is committing to not using artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance after employees protested the…

6/7/18

Students Pledge to Refuse Job Interviews at Google in Protest of Pentagon Work

Google will not seek to renew its artificial intelligence contract with the Department of Defense after it expires…

6/5/18

Give Your Nudes to Facebook

When Facebook expanded its pilot program to block revenge porn from being posted on its platforms last month, the…

6/1/18

Google Plans Not to Renew Its Contract for Project Maven, a Controversial Pentagon Drone AI Imaging Program

Google will not seek another contract for its controversial work providing artificial intelligence to the U.S.…

5/25/18

How to Download Your Data With All the Fancy New GDPR Tools

The big new European data-privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here, and it’s…

5/24/18

Alphabet Shareholders and Employees Want Executive Pay Linked to Diversity Goals

A group of shareholders and several Google employees are teaming up to back a proposal that would tie executive…

5/23/18

Facebook Won't Force You to Use a Phone Number for Two-Factor Authentication Anymore

Facebook users who want extra account security but don’t want to share their phone number with the company can now…

5/22/18

Neuralink Is Funding Primate Research at the University of California

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s secretive startup dedicated to the development of brain-computer interfaces that could make…

5/21/18

The Pentagon's Controversial Drone AI-Imaging Project Extends Beyond Google

Google has pressed forward with its effort to provide artificial intelligence solutions to the Department of…

5/18/18

Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct

Google’s unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don’t be evil.” But that’s over, according to the code of…