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Russia Fines Google, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Twitch for Not Storing Data Where the Kremlin Can Get It
These four companies ran afoul of a harsh Russian privacy law that led Linkedin to be banned across the country in…
The residency and tax information for hundreds of thousands of residents of a Japanese city were in one contractor's…
If your daily browsing isn't creepy enough for you, there's endless nightmare fodder on Reddit dot com.
The cell service provider's new product bundles info on what apps you've downloaded with what sites you've visited…
Jacuzzi's smart tubs unwittingly left owners' personal details fully exposed for months until the issue was quietly…
The tech giant also agreed to a slate of licensing deals as part of its settlement with the French Competition…
We might not have fully self-aware AI in the real world yet, but there's been plenty of directors who've given us a…
Sergey Brin and Nicole Shanahan quietly got together in 2015, and they're quietly trying to split now, according to…
Facebook's own employees think its efforts combating misinformation on climate change are inadequate. Read the…
Apple's tracking crackdown wasn't only about protecting users—it was about beefing up its own business, German…
Regulators in the EU first began probing tech giants' advertising dominance last year. Now the companies are…
New research estimates that up to $1 billion worth of streaming ads are playing on devices that are powered down…
A new boycott campaign against the conservative broadcaster and ad exchanges is to unveil how complicated tech…
The European Union's highest court found that the company hadn't been using the slogan in any meaningful way for a…
The ecommerce giant is starting a new Local Ads division that could be a boon to small businesses and a blow to…
The Dall-E Mini is supposed to be a tool for realizing artistic visions. What happens when it gets its hands on a…
A bipartisan federal data privacy bill would be a step up from the nearly nonexistent protection of Americans'…
Cruise can now charge for its driver-free rides in San Francisco, but only at night.
A new Nielsen system can tally how bingeable a season of Game of Thrones is (“Very”), label its mood (“Dark”), and…