California vastly expands digital privacy. Will people use it?
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Forty million Californians will soon have sweeping digital-privacy rights stronger than any seen before in the...
Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos
MAE ANDERSON
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated...
UK watchdog set to challenge Google, Facebook ad dominance
KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday signaled its willingness to push for stricter rules to counter Google and...
Fifth fired Google worker files federal labor complaint
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fifth former Google worker has filed a complaint with federal regulators accusing the company of...
Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software...
Twitter brings back election labels for 2020 US candidates
BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is bringing back special labels to help users identify accounts and tweets from U.S. political...
Regulators to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911
MAE ANDERSON
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in...
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
RACHEL LERMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during U.S. Uber rides in 2018,...
Huawei asks court to throw out US telecom funds ban
SAM McNEIL
Associated Press
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei is asking a U.S. federal court to throw out a rule that bars...
Holidays bring phishing scam surge aimed at small business
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to...