Privacy Concerns

Speaker company Sonos filed a lawsuit against Google on Tuesday claiming that the search giant stole its technology. Google is also using the misappropriated tech to "vacuum up invaluable consumer data from users" to fuel its continued dominance in the intern…

FANG stocks  Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL) had a good showing in 2019. The same is true when the group includes Apple (AAPL) and becomes FAANG, as all five stocks surged by double digits over the past year…

Apple iPad When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad to the world in January 2010, many were skeptical. "It's just a big iPhone," people said. The name was also mocked, especially in reference to feminine hygiene products. Turns out that people actually liked it b…

2020 is just around the corner, and another decade will soon come to an end. A lot has happened over the past ten years, and not all of it was pleasant: 3D television came and went, the headphone jack slowly died and the intersection of tech and politics freq…

By all counts, 2019 has been a great year for investors. After 2018 gained the dubious honor of being the first negative calendar year return for stocks since 2008, the S&P 500 rallied 29% higher. Tech stocks are doing even better, notching a 48% return w…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Digital voice assistants, and do-it-yourself home security systems were popular Christmas gifts this year. There are ways to keep your personal information safe from hackers after you set up these new devices. Best Buy’s Nathan R…

The Google Assistant ride at CES 2019 -- those were the days. James Martin/CNET This story is part of CES 2020, complete coverage of the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. CES is a celebration of the latest and greatest in tech, with n…

The 7-inch Google Nest Hub is a great device to either begin or expand a Google Home smart home setup, especially while you can still get it at a discount. Tyler Lizenby/CNET Your first Google Home or Nest Home smart speaker is kind of like that first potat…

from the not-going-to-fix-anything dept Last week, Karl wrote up a fascinating post about a NY Times effort to use a dataset that a whistleblower at a data broker firm gave them to track the whereabouts of President Trump, by spotting the location data of wh…

Google (GOOG, GOOGL) may have suffered a public backlash, and invited federal scrutiny, after reports it had access to identifiable patient data, but how the incident affects the companys future trustworthiness remains to be seen. The outcry came last month …