Part Of Apple's New Billion-Dollar Jobs Fund Will Go To Its Glass Maker, Corning
Apple will invest $200 million in the glass supplier to support US manufacturing jobs.
Hamza Shaban is a technology policy reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.
Apple will invest $200 million in the glass supplier to support US manufacturing jobs.
The world's largest social network spent $3.2 million on federal lobbying, but Google topped the tech world shelling out $3.5 million in the first quarter of 2017.
Google is facing fresh allegations of "systemic compensation disparities against women" from the Department of Labor, yet it's resisting efforts to disclose how it pays its male and female employees.
Silicon Valley's major players want federal regulators to ensure "meaningful net neutrality rules that withstand the test of time," but it's unclear if the FCC and a Republican-controlled Congress want that too.
"It is every industry's dream to be voluntarily regulated," said Vimeo's General Counsel Michael Cheah, who opposes a roll back of net neutrality.
A proposed law would bring back Obama-era privacy rules making it harder for ISPs to collect and share our personal information with advertising partners and other third party companies.
Senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul as well as Representatives Jared Polis and Blake Farenthold have introduced legislation that would require law enforcement to first obtain a warrant before they can search our phones when we enter the US.
Policy experts and advocates skewered Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T's latest statements on the repeal of Obama-era internet privacy rules. "These guys are shameless," said Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy.
The Republican-controlled Congress just voted to repeal landmark privacy rules passed under Obama, but some ISPs see a strong commitment to privacy as their selling point.
Privacy advocates say that without the rules, internet providers could sell our browsing history to the highest bidder, monitor our online habits, and deploy hidden tracking cookies on our phones.
@Possible_Urban_King was a top-notch redditor with an uncanny sense for what people like to read. He wasn't real, of course — but the algorithm he used could have implications for newsrooms and beyond.
Financial Innovation Now, a coalition of five web companies, will advocate for business-friendly regulations as technology alters the market for financial services.
Commercial drones are helping to produce more delicious wines, but they can also play an important part in increasing the world’s food supply as doing more with less defines the future of agriculture.
An internet adage says that the longer a conversation goes on, the likelier it is that someone will glibly mention Hitler. But is it true? One redditor used data to find out.
While encrypted messaging apps are designed to keep chats safe from prying eyes, the people in your phone book will know you use them.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will meet with executives of Apple, Google and Intel to encourage greater inclusion in the tech sector.
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Microsoft have all signed a European Union pledge to combat racism and xenophobia on their platforms. For some, their decision to do so raises the specter of outsourced censorship.
"We are absolutely accountable to making sure that we are as richly represented as we can be."
Only six people from Facebook and two from Twitter have donated to the Republican nominee.
No fate but what you make: Leading artificial intelligence researchers plead for a ban on autonomous weapons.