Backpage CEO arrested for allegedly pimping children, money laundering
Backpage's CEO has been charged by two states: California charged him with pimping, Texas for money laundering.
Comcast begins planned expansion of 1TB data cap for internet customers
Comcast has announced the next 18 markets where its 1TB internet data cap is set to be enforced.
AT&T just added 11 metro areas to its future gigabit fiber internet wait list
AT&T Fiber added 11 more metro areas to its future expansion list. AT&T's gigabit fiber internet service is currently available in 29 metro areas.
Yahoo secretly scanned millions of users’ incoming emails for U.S. spy agencies
Yahoo reportedly spied on millions of users of its popular webmail service, scanning users’ incoming emails at the behest of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Google Fiber isn't just fiber anymore — now it offers wireless service, too
With its acquisition of high-speed wireless internet access provider Webpass now completed, Google Fiber gets ready to offer hybrid systems.
Deal sweetener: Amazon adds Prime Reading perk to its Prime service
Prime Reading is a rotating selection of books, magazines, and graphic novels available to all Prime subscribers.
The U.S. government no longer controls the internet
As of Saturday, October 1, the U.S. government no longer exercises control over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Google is using artificial intelligence to improve Docs, Drive, Calendar, and more
Google has announced a number of updates to Docs, Calendar, and Drive that use artificial intelligence to improve overall workflow.
Citizens of Switzerland vote for broader government surveillance powers
A majority of Swiss voters voted in favor of a referendum that extends government surveillance powers. The new law permits monitoring first, approval later.
Pichai: India projects inspire improvements to Google services ‘around the world’
Google has been around for 18 years now, and the company is renewing its push to improve connectivity in India.
Travel with a bunch of friends and stay in European castles via Airbnb
If you're planning a trip to Europe, especially with a group of eight or more, check out the Airbnb castle listings. Live like royalty for reasonable rates.
Amazon U.K. gets slapped with $84,000 fine over mislabeling of dangerous materials
Amazon U.K. was fined just over $84,000 after it shipped dangerous goods via airmail, with the goods labeled as non-dangerous.
Why doesn’t Korean Air offer in-flight Wi-Fi? Because it sucks, a top executive says
Korean Air says it hasn't implemented in-flight Wi-Fi because the network is just too slow.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirms he is bankrolling online Trump supporters
Oculus founder and CEO Palmer Luckey has outed himself as the wealthy benefactor of Nimble America, a group dedicated to spreading pro-Donald Trump memes.
YouTube introduces its Heroes program to help make the platform a safer place
The heroes of our physical world make the planet a better place and the heroes of YouTube are tasked with a similar responsibility.
Google just made its Show and Tell AI system open source on TensorFlow
On Thursday, Google announced that it had made the latest version of its image captioning system available as an open source model in TensorFlow.
Confirmed: A hacker accessed records of more than 500 million Yahoo accounts
Yahoo on Thursday confirmed a major security breach of its user database. It said more than 500 million accounts were affected.
North Korea permits 28 websites on its internet — Reddit users crashed them all
North Korea controls internet access, with only 28 websites in total open for public view. Reddit users overloaded the servers by checking out the sites.
Google's image-caption creator, based on AI technology, is now open source
Google has just published the code for Show and Tell, its image-caption creation technology, which uses artificial intelligence to give images captions.
YouTube will live-stream presidential debates from PBS, Fox News, Telemundo
YouTube has tapped several broadcasters to host live-streams of the presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on its service.
AT&T Project AirGig to provide multi-gigabit wireless internet using power lines
Testing won't start till 2017, but AT&T sees Project AirGig technology as a way to bring ultra-fast wireless connectivity to any device.
You can now ask Google Drive where you saved last month’s expense report
Google Drive's productivity app has learned a new trick: the ability to process natural language. Now you can search for files conversationally.
Is this cow a government informant? Google blurs bovine’s face in Street View
Cows deserve privacy. That appears to be the stance Google is taking, as per their decision to blur out the face of a cow on Google Street View.
Microsoft’s Outlook now lets you attach Google Drive files and Facebook photos
Microsoft is updating Outlook with a number of new features, including support for attachments from both Google Drive and Facebook photos.
Google is using machine learning to keep track of fishing activity worldwide
Google has been helping humans for nearly two decades, and now, it's helping a whole new species. Fish. Meet the Global Fishing Watch.
Netflix urges the FCC to nuke data caps imposed by internet service providers
Netflix recently submitted a filing to the FCC asking for the elimination of Internet data caps. This would apply to both wired and wireless connections.
Amazon Wind Farm Texas is expected to produce 1 million megawatt hours per year
Dubbed "Amazon Wind Farm Texas," this new 253-megawatt wind farm will soon take shape in Scurry County, Texas.
With less than two months till voting day 2016, Google introduces its elections hub
Google announced on Thursday the creation of the new Google Trends Election Hub.
Public internet removed from New York kiosks after wide-spread porn usage
Eight months after the appearance of the first LinkNYC hubs, internet kiosks meant to help bring NYC into the 21st century, the city has taken a step back.
Google offers $30,000 scholarship for winner of its Doodle 4 Google contest
Google's annual Doodle 4 Google contest has kicked off. Children in grades K-12 can participate to win a $30,000 scholarship.