News Around the Globe
By Elina Twitter was struggling to restore service to all of its users on Wednesday after a worldwide outage hit the microblogging platform’s website and its dashboard management platform TweetDeck, …
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By Nicolas Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook employees he was ready to “go to the mat” with US Sen. Elizabeth Warren if she gets elected president. The giant social network’s CEO, …
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By Maryn Here, robo kitty! When elderly clients of the Bronx-based RiverSpring Health Plans are feeling low, they might get a cat in their lap — a robotic cat that is. …
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By Vega Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company’s newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centerpiece vehicle of SpaceX’s quest …
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By Edward Facebook is about to begin hiding like counts. The tech firm is starting its experiment Friday in Australia to see if the feature can improve user well-being. A …
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By Garger A Milwaukee couple said hackers broke into their smart home devices and raised the thermostat while blasting vulgar music through the wireless electronics, a report said. Samantha and …
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By Vega Want a job at McDonald’s? Just ask your smartphone. Starting Wednesday, McDonald’s Corp. will let job seekers start an application by using voice commands with Amazon’s Alexa or …
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By Vega Google will make an additional investment of 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) over the next two years to expand its European data centers, chief executive Sundar Pichai said …
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By Chris Facebook is reportedly developing augmented reality (AR) glasses with a twist. These won’t be tethered to a mobile device, but will instead work as a standalone product that …
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By Emma WASHINGTON — A research group says a growing number of countries are following China’s lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizens. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace …
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By Chris Facebook has been doing its best to convince us that it’s concerned about user privacy and security, but it’s not doing a great job. Just a few days …
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By Rogers India has located its missing Vikram lander on the lunar surface after losing contact with the probe when it was in the final stage of an audacious moon …
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By Nicolas Apple and manufacturing partner Foxconn on Monday rebutted allegations of lapses in people management leveled by a nonprofit monitor of worker rights, though they confirmed they employed too …
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By Brown Google has agreed to pay a $170 million fine for allowing YouTube to profit by breaking child privacy laws, authorities announced Wednesday. Regulators said the video site, which …
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By Vega Google’s top lawyer routinely ignored company rules regarding dalliances with underlings — and pointed to the lecherous ways of top Googler Eric Schmidt to justify his philandering, an …
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By Carbone Amazon has introduced a new feature that markets its private-label brands right before consumers add rival products to their shopping carts. The Washington Post conducted dozens of product …
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By Nicolas Sorry we’ve been eavesdropping on your sex life. Apple on Wednesday apologized to its users for employing third-party contractors to listen to audio recordings picked up by its …
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By Crothers Sextortion is seeing an uptick after a lull at the beginning of the year. After relative inactivity during the past several months, sextortion scams are back on the …
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By Vega SAN FRANCISCO — When Liz O’Sullivan was hired at the New York City-based artificial intelligence company Clarifai in 2017, she felt lucky to find work at the intersection …
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By Byrne It’s a brave new world for the IRS: taxing robots. Uncle Sam is padding the Treasury with millions of dollars to assess bots at the same time that …
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