It's 10 pm. Do you know where your data is? Chad Engelgau does. He's the CEO of Acxiom, a data broker. Your info is probably on one of his servers.
Deutschland's anti-trust regulator wants to force Google to give users more powerful controls over the way their data is shared with subsidiaries like YouTube.
Tests showed Apple collects data even when its own settings promise not to. Two lawsuits and several months later, the company hasn't answered any questions.
Koko used GPT-3 to counsel 4,000 people but shut the test down because "it felt kind of sterile." Users rated the AI responses highly. Cue the Twitter backlash.
Take a trip down memory lane with a few Microsoft-y images that you will never, ever be able to forget, for better or for worse.
The company harvested iPhone owners’ data for targeted ads without proper consent, a French regulator ruled. It's a rare privacy misstep for Tim Cook.
European Union regulators say the tech industry, starting with Facebook's parent, needs to get real consent before it slurps up your data.
Elon Musk's ending of the policy ends an era of Twitter's leadership on content moderation.
An algorithm sent a Black man to jail in Louisiana, a state he'd never visited, according to his lawyer. Experts say he won't be the last.
In 2023 you're going to see more advertising than ever thanks to an escalating battle between Apple, Google and Facebook.
I decked the halls with boughs of artificially intelligent holly, and it went... ok. Here's what happened.
You might think a blocker is just for pop-ups, but according to the feds, the bad guys are trying to ensnare you with malicious ads in search results.
A wave of new Google popups is spreading across the web, but a new feature from DuckDuckGo blocks them automatically.
There are a lot of reasons the duopoly is in decline, but my two favorites start with the letter “A.” Perhaps you’ve heard of them: Amazon and Apple.
With Epic Games in its crosshairs, the FTC demonstrates a newfound willingness to go after the manipulative power of interfaces.
Like it or not, the ad industry is about to invade spaces you never even dreamed of, both online and off.
A new immersive platform wants to revolutionize the car ride, but is it worth the €699 price of entry?
Twitter may force you to hand over location data and give consent for targeted ads if you want to keep using it.
As new data points to an ad business and user growth in free fall, there may not be many ads to cut in the first place.
A Twitter advertising tool could be exposing companies, governments, and users alike to the security risks of Elon Musk's wobbling social network.
