Scrutiny of Uber and Lyft is intensifying as a growing number of passengers and drivers come forward to claim they were sexually assaulted.
Author: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY
Larry Page steps down as CEO of Google parent Alphabet; Sundar Pichai will be CEO of both companies
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will continue as co-founders, shareholders and members of Alphabet’s board of directors, the company said.
Black students at Oxford University to get scholarships from black American tech entrepreneur
Arlan Hamilton, an African-American entrepreneur in the mostly white and male tech industry, hopes Oxford gift will inspire others to support black students.
E. coli outbreak sickens 17 people; 75K pounds of packaged salad sold at Target, Walmart, other stores recalled
More than 75,000 pounds of salad products sold at retailers including Target and Walmart has been recalled because of possible E. coli contamination.
Facebook considers changes to political ad targeting as Google announces plan to limit it
The move puts pressure on Facebook to make changes to how narrowly Republicans and Democrats can target voters in political ads.
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook is transparent about cleaning up hate speech and violence, others aren’t
Facebook says artificial intelligence is helping detect and police child nudity, suicide, hate speech, bullying and other harmful content.
Facebook Pay launches: Will you trust Facebook with your money?
Facebook unveiled new payments system across Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. Your transactions will influence what ads, content you see.
Black Facebook employees complain racism, discrimination have gotten worse
An anonymous post alleges growing racism at Facebook one year after a former employee complained of discrimination there.
California AG demands Facebook turn over documents in privacy probe
California’s top cop says Facebook has withheld documents in an ongoing probe into the social media giant’s privacy practices.
Facebook while black: Users call it getting ‘Zucked,’ say talking about racism is censored as hate speech
Black Facebook users complain they can’t talk about racism without being censored for hate speech. Civil rights groups want Facebook to fix it.