How Big Tech Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Stop Hackers January 3, 2019 By Dina Bass Last year, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One...
How Big Tech Flirted with Insurance in 2018 January 2, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view...
After 20K Employees Protest, Google Searches for New Harassment Policies November 9, 2018 By Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Thursday it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000...
UK Privacy Lawsuit Filed Against Google by IPhone Users Is Dismissed October 8, 2018 By Jonathan Browning A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was thrown out by a London...
Google Partners with Indian Banks to Attract Users to Its Digital Payments Services August 29, 2018 By Sankalp Phartiyal Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday it is partnering with a handful of Indian banks to bring quick loans to...
1-in-5 Consumers Say They’d Use Amazon or Google for Home Insurance August 28, 2018 By Don Jergler One-in-five consumers say they would use Amazon or Google for their home insurance, a J.D. Power survey released today shows....
The Lowdown: Google My Business – Are You Actively Managing Your Listing? August 13, 2018 By Pamela Simpson In this edition of the Lowdown, I’m sharing insights about Google My Business and a new paper hosted on Research...
India Weighs Comprehensive Data Privacy Bill, Similar to EU’s GDPR July 31, 2018 By Saritha Rai A draft of a sweeping data privacy bill has been submitted to India’s government that, if enacted, will restrict the...
Google Claims Google Documents Safe Despite Russian Search Engine’s Warning July 9, 2018 Google said Thursday that its document writing tool Google Documents was secure even as Russian internet users discovered scores of...
Startup California Construction Company Working on Robotic Vehicles March 20, 2018 By Terence Chea As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious...