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"Zoom’s misleading claims gave users a false sense of security ... to discuss sensitive topics such as health and financial information," the US government said.

Black employees pushed for changes over the summer.

Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire.

There’s no risk if devices are installed correctly.

Biden's agency review teams highlight the revolving door between big tech and Washington even as the president-elect opposes Uber's Proposition 22.

My problem with Seraphine is kind of personal. My problem with her is that I think she’s based on me.

Music workers create all of the enormous wealth Spotify accumulates for its CEO, its investors, and the major labels. But we artists continue to be underpaid, misled, and otherwise exploited by the company. As Spotify’s valuation soars, we have seen no increase in our streaming payments. The company’s closed-door contracts and payola schemes ensure that only musicians already on top with extens...

“[Amazon] subjected a class of African American and Hispanic workers to inferior terms and conditions”

YouTube is under fire for spreading misinformation.

In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, content moderators say they’re being asked to risk their lives.

That’s in addition to an earlier $500 million settlement.

The digital safe space for the far right has brought on someone from the allegedly biased SV giant.

Despite recent purges, two ‘Stop the Steal’ Facebook groups count nearly 100,000 users

Tom Moyer of Apple allegedly bribed Santa Clara County officials for gun permits.

Leaked documents reveal Amazon's reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and social movements.

Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company’s bottom line.

The Department of Justice announced today that it is requiring Intuit Inc. and Credit Karma Inc. (Credit Karma) to divest Credit Karma’s tax business, Credit Karma Tax, to Square Inc. in order for Intuit, the creator of TurboTax, to proceed with its $7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma. The department said that without this divestiture, the proposed transaction would substantially lessen competition for digital do-it-yourself (DDIY) tax preparation products, which are software programs used by American taxpayers to prepare and file their federal and state returns.

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) has entered into a definitive agreement with Credit Karma to acquire its tax business, Credit Karma Tax, on behalf of Cash App

The company is taking down Facebook groups trafficking in looted artifacts.

Coinbase, the most valuable U.S. cryptocurrency company, has faced many internal complaints about discriminatory treatment.

Timnit Gebru says she was terminated Wednesday after expressing frustration with the tech company's white male leadership.

The board's investigation has also found evidence that Google illegally fired two worker activists in 2019, and illegally surveilled, retaliated against, and interrogated other employees engaged in labor organizing.

The over 200-year-old Pinkerton security agency, synonymous with anti-labor activities, is still spying on workers in 2020.

Playing fast and loose with guest workers

Gebru was technical co-lead of Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team.

Laurence Berland and Kathryn Spiers were fired in the wake of employee organizing efforts. Now, the NLRB says the terminations violated labor law.

CEO Ben Silbermann knew about allegations of discrimination from people of color at the company.

The cryptocurrency is rumored to launch in 2021.

The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.

Gebru says Google fired her over the paper; the company says she resigned

Courtney Bowden said Amazon fired her because she’d been advocating for better working conditions.

They say Gebru was fired, and the publication review policy was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.”

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, said that “This is a point I plan to make directly to the leadership of YouTube.”

Google wanted Timnit Gebru as an ethics researcher. Until she told Google its business model was unethical.

Regulators are accusing the company of buying up rising rivals to cement its dominance over social media.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit on Wednesday.

The iPhone manufacturing plant, run by Taiwan-based tech giant Wistron Corporation at Narsapura (around 60 km from Bengaluru) came under attack on Sat

A dispatch-worker law led to studies, debate within Apple—but not enough action.

In 2014, Apple executives became alarmed when China enacted a new labor law meant to protect workers’ rights. The law required that no more than 10% of a factory’s workforce be temporary workers. Typically these employees have fewer benefits and legal protections than permanent ones, but Apple’s ...

A departing Facebook employee said the social network's failure to act on hate speech “makes it embarrassing to work here.”

Your iPhone data is not as secure as you think...

Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful whom you offend.

About 2,000 workers were involved in the incidents

The first major tech CEO to stake out a vaccine policy.

Chinese laws require no more than 10 percent of a factory’s employees be temp-workers

The powerful man suggested that it's unethical for journalists to seek to talk to people, and unwise for people to talk to journalists.

“These transactions were intended to provide better products”

Pichai stopped short of saying Gebru was fired.

The suit demands that Facebook divest from WhatsApp and Instagram after years of anticompetitive behavior.

Uber sold its driverless car and flying taxi divisions, putting it back at square one with unprofitable core products that rely on exploiting drivers.