Google buys Fitbit for $2.1B, stepping back into wearables
MICHELLE CHAPMAN and MATT O'BRIEN
AP Business Writers
Fitbit is being acquired by Google for about $2.1 billion, a deal that enables the internet company...
The pressure is now on Facebook to ban political ads, too
MAE ANDERSON and RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter's ban on political advertising is ratcheting up pressure on Facebook and Mark...
Hackers plead guilty in data breach that Uber covered up
SAN JOSE (AP) — Two computer hackers have pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a...
Twitter bans all political advertisements
RACHEL LERMAN AND BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies...
Survey: Number of kids watching online videos soars
MARTHA IRVINE
AP National Writer
The number of young Americans watching online videos every day has more than doubled, according to survey findings released Tuesday....
Concert promoters turn away from facial recognition tech
MATT O'BRIEN
AP Technology Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Concert promoters in the U.S. are stepping back from plans to scan festivalgoers with facial recognition technology,...
Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware
FRANK BAJAK
AP Cybersecurity Writer
Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in U.S. federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users...
Google sued by Australian regulators over location tracking
ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's consumer watchdog sued Google on Tuesday alleging the technology giant broke consumer law by misleading Android...