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.
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.
@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.
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.
"I am thrilled to have my very successful team continue with me in leading our country," Trump said.
Judge Garland has cited Justice Scalia 2.16% of the time, while Trump's SCOTUS nominee Judge Gorsuch referenced Scalia in 2.06% of his citations, according to Ravel Law, a legal search and analytics company.
A growing list of tech giants is vowing to file friend-of-the court briefs, defending Apple's position that the company should not be forced to hack into a confiscated iPhone.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee aims to combat “jihadi girl-power propaganda.”
In partnership with a legal research startup, Harvard University is digitizing 200 years' worth of U.S. court decisions and putting them in a searchable database.
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.