Privacy Concerns

The Google Nest Hub and the Amazon Echo Show are two of the best options.  Chris Monroe/CNET Since the Amazon Echo Show launched in 2017, almost a dozen smart displays have hit the market, with a new batch launching this summer. This blossoming category of …

Google Parent Alphabet’s Smart City Vision in Toronto Poses Privacy Concerns

In an interview last week regarding privacy concerns, Instagrams CEO, Adam Mosseri, wants you to know: Your privacy isnt at stake (for now). We dont look at your messages, we dont listen in on your microphone, doing so would be super problematic for a lot of …

A convenience store in Tacoma has installed a facial recognition security system to deny customers entry unless theyre approved by an AI. This news has likely been well-received by the citys discrimination attorneys. State-of-the-art facial recognition sucks…

The wait is finally over. After nearly two years of brainstorming ideas, Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs released a 1,500-page master plan for a high-tech neighborhood in Toronto that would serve as a test bed for emerging technologies like trash-carrying r…

With growing concerns over online privacy and securing personal data, more people than ever are considering alternatives to Google products. After all, Googles business model essentially revolves around data collection and advertisements, both of which infrin…

It's been almost two years since Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs announced its plan to build a high-tech neighborhood in Toronto, and the company is finally ready to put some major questions to rest. Earlier this week, Sidewalk Labs released a 1,500-page ma…

Plus: A sneaker store becomes a unicorn, Brandless struggles to turn a profit, and Google workers clash with their employer over hate speech on YouTube. The National Security Agency obtained info on US calls and text messages without authorization... twice. T…

A lawsuit alleges Google could combine its geolocation data with time stamps on patient records to identify patients. Photofusion/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A partnership between Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center aimed to impr…

Members of the media gather for a walk-through of the stage set-up for the first democratic debate, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Ten presidential candidates, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, are set to converge on the debate stage on the first night of Demo…