Economy Dec 01 Salesforce to buy work chat service Slack for $27.7 billion Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft.
Nation Nov 11 TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene.
Politics Nov 04 Did social media actually counter election misinformation? Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, up to and including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates.
Nation Oct 12 Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts Facebook is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust and will start directing people to authoritative sources if they search for information about the Nazi genocide.
Politics Oct 09 Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractors The president has also ordered the Labor Department to set up a new hotline to investigate complaints about anti-racism training sessions that Trump has called “anti-American” and “blame-focused.”…
World Aug 17 Trump administration imposes new Huawei restrictions The U.S. government is imposing another round of restrictions on tech giant Huawei as President Donald Trump renews accusations the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment is used for spying.
Politics Aug 13 WATCH: White House press secretary defends Trump’s TikTok, WeChat orders TikTok and its U.S. employees are planning to take President Donald Trump's administration to court over a sweeping order that could ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits.
Nation Jun 24 Detroit police challenged over face recognition flaws The complaint by Robert Williams is a rare challenge from someone who not only experienced an erroneous face recognition hit, but was able to discover that it was responsible for his subsequent troubles.
Nation Jun 11 Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM.
Nation Jun 11 Amazon bans police use of face recognition technology for a year Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.