3 Bay Area counties to each get $4.1M in settlement with Apple Inc.
Apple allegedly made misrepresentations about the batteries in some of its iPhones and software that limited performance so the phones would not shut off unexpectedly.
300,000 tweets flagged over election disinformation, CEO says during Senate hearing
A Senate panel is calling on the CEOs of Facebook and Twitter to defend their handling of disinformation in the contest between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
Zoom gets rid of 40-minute limit on free calls for Thanksgiving
Zoom will be getting rid of its 40-minute limit on free calls for Thanksgiving to give families more virtual time together.
San Francisco-based delivery giant DoorDash plans IPO
The San Francisco-based company filed papers signaling its intent for initial public offering Friday.
YouTube down: Service restored after widespread outage on streaming platform
YouTube restored services after a brief outage on Wednesday.
Debt collectors will be allowed to contact you via text, social media messaging, email by 2021
By next year, debt collectors will be allowed to contact debtors via text messages, email and even through private social media messaging.
TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms
TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has until Thursday to sell off its U.S. operations under an executive order that Trump signed in August.
Lyft's results show pain but also hope as some riders return
Lyft is still feeling the pandemic's severe impact on the ride-hailing industry.
FTC: Zoom misled users on its security for meetings
Federal regulators are requiring Zoom to strengthen its security in a proposed settlement of allegations that the video conferencing service misled users about its level of security for meetings.
Home baker kept track of 2020 election results using red, blue icing on giant US cookie
One home baker and TikToker decided to share how she kept track of the voting results for each state using a giant cookie of the U.S. and blue and red icing.
Facebook will label Trump, Biden posts with projected winner of presidency
The social media giant said it would also label presidential candidates’ posts with a label announcing the projected winner.
Dems demand Twitter suspend Trump's account until all ballots counted
Democratic lawmakers are urging Twitter to suspend President Trump's account, suggesting none of his tweets should be posted until all ballots have been counted in the 2020 presidential election.
California voters approve data privacy expansion
Proposition 24 includes provisions to triple the fines for companies that violate kids' privacy and will create a dedicated state agency to enforce the law that was passed in 2018.
Walmart lays off shelf-scanning robots for humans
Walmart is laying off the robots it had deployed in about 500 stores to keep tabs on what’s on and not on the shelves.
Federal judge postpones Trump's TikTok ban in suit brought by users
A federal judge has postponed President Donald Trump's threatened shutdown of the popular short-form video app TikTok.
Tech giants report strong results, but murky outlooks
While all five — Amazon, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Apple and Twitter — exceeded analyst expectations, gloomy forecasts and other uncertainties led to share-price declines for all but Alphabet in after-market trading.
Girl Scouts of America stirs controversy after tweeting then deleting about Barrett Supreme Court appointment
The post read, “Congratulations Amy Coney Barrett on becoming the 5th woman appointed to the Supreme Court since its inception in 1789.”
Republican lawmakers question the heads of social media and tech giants
Allie Rasmus reports.
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs get earful on bias, warning of new limits
With next week’s election looming, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are being scolded by Republicans at a Senate hearing for alleged anti-conservative bias in the companies’ social media platforms.
Social media CEOs get earful on bias, warning of new limits
Lawmakers of both parties, citing the companies' tremendous power to disseminate speech and ideas, are looking to challenge their long-enjoyed bedrock legal protections for online speech.