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More than 500 women are suing Uber over sexual assaults by drivers
A complaint was issued with a San Francisco County Superior Court today claiming that more than 550 women riders were sexually assaulted by drivers who works for Uber Technologies Inc. The complaint says that “women passengers in multiple states were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked.” Attorneys at ...
‘Scarcity breeds clarity’: Google tells staff it will slow hiring next year
Google LLC Chief Executive Sundar Pichai sent a memo to employees today informing them that next year it will cut back on hiring and concentrate on consolidating its investments. Pichai said that doesn’t mean no new hires, but those that do come in will likely work in “engineering, technical and other critical roles.” He added ...
FTC will boost efforts to prevent sharing of sensitive data amid abortion concerns
The Federal Trade Commission today said it’s in the process of cracking down on companies that illegally share data gleaned from consumers, especially health data. In a blog post today, Kristin Cohen, the FTC’s acting associate director in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, said there remain many “shadowy” brokers who collect people’s data ...
Tesla is being investigated for two new fatal crashes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today said it has started an investigation into two fatal crashes involving Tesla Inc. cars. One of the crashes happened recently in California. A 2018 Tesla Model 3 hit a pedestrian and killed her, and investigators believe that the reason for the crash could have been the car’s advanced ...
Tech firms might have to pay big fines under UK’s amendment to Online Safety Bill
The U.K. government announced yesterday that it will be making some changes to its Online Safety Bill, something that could leave tech companies looking at huge fines if they haven’t deployed new technologies to police their products. The government will give more power to the U.K.’s communications regulator, Ofcom. The new tools should help the ...
Twitter is suing the Indian government over far-reaching content removal orders
Twitter Inc. said today that it has just begun a lawsuit against the Indian government over what the company sees as unfair standards regarding speech laws. The lawsuit was filed at the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore, a consequence of a recent spat Twitter had with the Indian government over its aggressive speech laws. The ...
The British Army just had its Twitter and YouTube accounts hacked by crypto scammers
The British Army is currently recovering from embarrassment after it acknowledged on Sunday that its Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked to promote cryptocurrency scams. The scammer, or scammers, changed the bio of the accounts, as well as the cover photos and profile pictures. At first, on Twitter, the profile picture was replaced to look ...
Citing security concerns, FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove TikTok from app stores
The Federal Communications Commission’s Brendan Carr today told Apple Inc. and Google LLC that they should remove the TikTok from their app stores, warning that there are security concerns with the app’s parent company, ByteDance Ltd. Carr, who’s a Republican commissioner, said he believes the Chinese company is violating the standards of Apple and Google ...
Pinterest CEO steps down as company focuses on e-commerce drive
The longtime chief executive and co-founder of Pinterest Inc., Ben Silbermann stepped down today as the company revs up its efforts in the e-commerce business. Bill Ready, who was recently the boss of Google’s commerce business, will take over from Silbermann. Ready had been at Google just three years, and before that was the vice ...
Instagram is now testing an AI system that will scan people’s faces for their age
Instagram said today that it’s testing some new technologies to help it verify people’s age, including an artificial intelligence tool that might be able to tell folks how old they are. People who use Instagram should be at least 13 years of age, but this has not always been the case. It wasn’t until 2019 ...