Apple Plans to Have iPhones Detect Child Pornography, Fueling Privacy Debate Scott Marlette Aug 6, 2021 The software will detect illegal images,…
Activision Blizzard’s Self-Inflicted Wounds May Not Heal Quickly Scott Marlette Aug 5, 2021 Activision Blizzard probably wishes right now that real life had a reset button. The videogame publisher has been under fire since the…
Activision Replaces Blizzard Head J. Allen Brack As It Faces Gender-Bias Lawsuit Scott Marlette Aug 3, 2021 Activision Blizzard Inc. said an executive named in a gender-bias lawsuit filed against the company last month by California regulators is…
Activision Blizzard Details Steps to Address Workplace Sexual Harassment Ahead of Planned Walkout Scott Marlette Jul 28, 2021 Activision Blizzard Inc. late Tuesday said it had hired a law firm to investigate complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace, hours before…
Activision Blizzard Gender-Bias Suit Shows Videogame Culture Remains a Flashpoint Scott Marlette Jul 26, 2021 A gender-bias lawsuit filed by California regulators against Activision Blizzard Inc. has reignited discussion about videogaming culture and…
Broken iPhone? Stalled Tractor? FTC Wants to Make It Easier to Fix Them Scott Marlette Jul 23, 2021 WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission said it wants to give consumers more power to fix devices such as smartphones and home appliances, voting…
Twitter Adds Captions for Voice Tweets After Criticism Scott Marlette Jul 17, 2021 Twitter Inc. users now have the option of seeing automated captions for voice tweets, a feature the…
China Tech Billionaire Adds to Sector Largess With $2 Billion Donation Scott Marlette Jul 17, 2021 The chairman of smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. has given company shares worth more than $2 billion to…
Lawsuits Over Digital Accessibility for People With Disabilities Are Rising Scott Marlette Jul 16, 2021 The number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that websites, apps and digital videos were inaccessible to people with disabilities rose 64% in the first half of 2021…
Clean Energy Faces the Same Problem as Fossil Fuels: Community Protests Scott Marlette Jul 13, 2021 In late June, about 30 local commercial fishing boats surrounded a towering vessel off the coast of Brittany, seeking to block the installation of…