April 30, 2019 Former Google chief Eric Schmidt steps down from Alphabet’s board Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is not seeking reelection to the board of directors of Alphabet, Google's parent company. Schmidt will step down from…
April 30, 2019 New York City’s MTA will support Apple Pay in early summer If you're a New Yorker, you won't have to wait long to use Apple Pay for mass transit. As part of a call discussing…
April 30, 2019 Warrantless searches of Americans’ data spiked 28 percent in 2018 An annual transparency report published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shows warrantless searches of Americans' data jumped 28 percent in…
April 30, 2019 YouTube wants more YouTubers in its ‘Trending’ feed YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki has answered mounting concerns about how it handles content, including who gets the most coveted promotions. She acknowledged feedback that…
April 30, 2019 Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will leave Alphabet’s board after 18 years Eric Schmidt will depart Alphabet’s board this June, after holding a seat for 18 years. His departure comes just over a year after Schmidt…
April 30, 2019 Border officials have ‘near-unfettered’ access to electronic devices, ACLU says United States officials have largely unchecked power to search electronic devices at the border, and can share the resulting data widely, the American Civil…
April 30, 2019 Slack vocab game that gave away money for no real reason is getting shut down Workplace communication platform Slack says it will be deactivating a public channel dedicated to giving away $1,000 per day to anyone that can guess…
April 30, 2019 All the important stuff from Facebook’s F8 keynote Facebook hosted the opening keynote for its annual developer's conference today and announced several updates to its main social network as well as Instagram,…
April 30, 2019 Apple, Luminary, Spotify, and the podcast wars to come The podcast wars are coming. After Luminary’s troubled launch, The Verge’s Nilay Patel and Ashley Carman sit down with podcast expert Nick Quah of…
April 30, 2019 YouTube CEO addresses top creator issues including copyright claims and trending section YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki published a blog post today addressing some of creators’ biggest concerns and frustrations, including copyright claims removing ads from their…