Facebook
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica now face their first state lawsuit
There have been several private lawsuits are already hitting both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and now you can add a state lawsuit to that pile. Illinois' Cook County…
Internet
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Internet
Elon Musk removes SpaceX and Tesla pages from Facebook
You know who joined the #deletefacebook movement? The one and only SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk. Yesterday, in a series of tweeted, Musk wrote that he would…
Facebook
Tumblr says 84 Russian accounts were used to spread disinformation
It's not just Twitter, Facebook and Google that have faced heavy criticism on how things were handled during the 2016 election. Tumblr faced accusation from both researchers and…
Internet
Craigslist closes personal ads section due to anti sex-trafficking law
The controversial Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA-FOSTA) has forced Craigslist to close its personals section. The controversial bill is designed to penalize websites with criminal sanctions if…
Amazon
DropBox IPO priced at $21 to lure in investors
DropBox wants to do well for its IPO, so it's priced at $21 per share. This move is for DropBox to lure in investors but isn't a good…
Entertainment
Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook spoke too slowly regarding Cambridge Analytica situation
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg provided a public response on his Facebook page, and provided responses via rare appearance on media as well. Now company COO Sheryl Sandberg is taking…
Internet
Reddit bans communities involved in trading drugs and firearms
Reddit has been working to clean up communities on its website and that includes trade ones. The company updated its policies to ban the trade of drugs, firearms,…
Cybersecurity
Netflix has opened its public bug bounty program
Today, Netflix has announced that it's public bug bounty program. Prior to opening this program, the company carefully had a vulnerability disclosure program in place since 2013, and…
Cybersecurity
Orbitz experienced data breach, exposing 880,000 payment cards
Today, Orbitz announced that it has discovered evidence of a data breach they experienced (via Gizmodo). Between October and December of last year, infiltrators may have accessed consumer…
Facebook
New York has joined Massachusetts investigation into Facebook’s data usage
Many legal bodies are seeking answers from Facebook right now because of the revelation on Cambridge Analytica, it's involvement in recent elections and how they came to obtain…
Amazon
Amazon Key brings fingerprint authentication to allow for in-home deliveries
While Amazon's in-home delivery is convenient, it also brings up concerns in your mind seeing as the app that powers it isn't entirely secure. The app gives full…
Facebook
UK seeks answers about Cambridge Analytica directly from Zuckerberg
We previously learned from The New York Times, The Guardian and The Observer where they detailed how Cambridge Analytica obtained data on around 50 million Facebook users and…
Companies
FTC is reportedly investigating Facebook over use of personal data
It appears that both former and current officials at the FTC are worried about Facebook's sharing of personal data. In the recent revelation of Facebook's data sharing with…
Internet
LG looks to broaden webOS more with ‘Open Source Edition’
Previously, webOS use to power HP's Palm device and early tablets, but when LG took control of webOS in 2013, it's mostly been used for smart TVs and…
Amazon
Google partnering with big retail brands to better compete with Amazon
While it seems like Amazon continues to take over the online shopping every year, Google isn't going to just sit around and let that happen. The search engine…