Privacy Concerns

Tech investor John Borthwick says that smart speakers from the like of Amazon and Google are being used for mass surveillance. Borthwick is forthcoming with his assertion that the information gathering performed by such devices is the same thing as surveillan…

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New Delhi: As macroeconomic headwinds weighed on investor sentiments through the year, foreign portfolio investors pulled out 38,930 crore in 2018-19, according to market regulator Sebi's annual report. "In order to further develop the Indian securities mark…

The Federal Trade Commission is fining Google between $150 million and $200 million to settle the whole debacle with its subsidiary, YouTube, allegedly breaking childrens privacy law, Politico first reported Friday. While details about the settlement havent…

Google has removed a popular app after researchers discovered it was spreading malware. The troubled app is CamScanner, a program that scans files and converts them into PDFs. In the video above: Google cuts some Android data for carriers over privacy conce…

To what extent are democratic elections vulnerable to social media manipulation? The fractured state of research and evidence on this most important question facing democracy is reflected in the range of disagreement among experts. Facebook chief executive of…

Apple on Wednesday said it has suspended audits of consumer interactions with Siri, and undertaken a review of practices and policies related to the voice assistant. Before suspending grading, the process involved reviewing a small sample of audio and comput…

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The Wyze Cam costs just 20 bucks -- and it's pretty darn good.  Tyler Lizenby/CNET If this $20 indoor security camera by Seattle-based smart home company Wyze looks familiar, you'd be right. This cheap cam, called the Wyze Cam, is very similar to iSmartAlar…

Apple today announced some major changes to its controversial 'Siri audio grading program' following criticism for employing humans to listen to audio recordings of users collected via its voice-controlled Siri personal assistant without their knowledge or co…