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Android apps with more than 4.2 BILLION downloads leaked user data through Google’s Firebase – study

Posted on May 12, 2020May 12, 2020By Editor

Some 24,000 Android applications have been leaking sensitive data – including mobile phone numbers and passwords – through improperly configured storage on Google’s Firebase development platform, a new study has found. … Read More >Android apps with more than 4.2 BILLION downloads leaked user data through Google’s Firebase – study

World

Huawei’s launch of new map app signals Trump’s ban on China’s tech giant may backfire on Google

Posted on April 29, 2020April 29, 2020By Editor

Huawei’s addition of the HERE WeGo map app to its app gallery shows that Donald Trump’s crackdown on the Chinese tech giant may be not that effective and could in fact inflict greater harm on American companies. … Read More >Huawei’s launch of new map app signals Trump’s ban on China’s tech giant may backfire on Google

World

Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments… and winning

Posted on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020By Editor

US Senator Josh Hawley is demanding a criminal antitrust probe of Amazon as the e-commerce behemoth’s powers grow to rival the government’s own. Google and Apple, too, are now ordering governments around. … Read More >Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved past monopoly status to competing directly with governments… and winning

USA

‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world?

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020By Editor

A new study suggests people may have privacy concerns when it comes to technology, but there are psychological temptations for them to divulge too much, a fact that could have repercussions during the Covid-19 pandemic. … Read More >‘Subtle cues’ make people SHARE more online, study says – what does this mean for a post-Covid-19 world?

Don’t trust Apple or Google with coronavirus data, says German app developer

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020By Editor

A German app developer has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic gives Silicon Valley tech giants perfect cover to suck up personal data. However, while the government may intervene, the tech firms aren’t known for listening. … Read More >Don’t trust Apple or Google with coronavirus data, says German app developer

Op-ed

Don’t be evil, just OBEY: After Covid-19 tech giants will have even more control over what you see & what you think

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020By Editor

Silicon Valley’s algorithms are controlling your cognitive map, and Congress is letting it happen. Covid-19 is providing the perfect cover to bolster that control — just in time for the 2020 election. … Read More >Don’t be evil, just OBEY: After Covid-19 tech giants will have even more control over what you see & what you think

Google ‘seriously damaged’ French media sector, must negotiate compensation – antitrust regulator

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020By Editor

Google has inflicted “serious damage” on the French media and must compensate news companies for using their copyrighted content, the nation’s competition regulator has said. … Read More >Google ‘seriously damaged’ French media sector, must negotiate compensation – antitrust regulator

Documentary

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism | VPRO Documentary

Posted on April 2, 2020By Editor

Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff wrote a monumental book about the new economic order that is alarming. “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” reveals how the biggest tech companies deal with our data. How do we regain control of our data? What is surveillance capitalism? … Read More >Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism | VPRO Documentary

World

Trade war ignited? UK risks wrath of US after vowing to go ahead with digital tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook

Posted on January 23, 2020January 23, 2020By Editor

British Chancellor Sajid Javid has committed the UK to enforcing a digital services tax on global tech companies, despite threats from the US that they may respond by putting “taxes on their car companies” – risking a trade war. … Read More >Trade war ignited? UK risks wrath of US after vowing to go ahead with digital tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook

€150MN FINE for Google: France charges tech giant over abuse of market dominance

Posted on December 20, 2019December 20, 2019By Editor

The French competition watchdog has imposed a 150 million euro fine on US tech giant Google, saying it has abused its market position and failed to provide clear rules for its advertising system, Google Ads. … Read More >€150MN FINE for Google: France charges tech giant over abuse of market dominance