Feds say Twitter used contact info collected for security purposes to target ads
Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the…
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SEC’s Hester Peirce says the U.S. has dropped the ball on crypto regulation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has dropped the ball on crypto regulation, according to Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce, and she says the knock-on effects of that…
Hyundai recalls 239,000 cars for exploding seat belt parts
The logo of Hyundai is shown at the #WeAreMobility fair at the 97th edition of the Brussels Motor Show on 18 January 2019, in Brussels. Dirk Waem | AFP via Getty Images Hyundai is…
DC AG sues Meta CEO Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announces a civil lawsuit against extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
Democratic senators concerned about phone location data being used to track people seeking abortions
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a…
New bipartisan bill would force Google to break up its ad business
CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai Mateusz Wlodarczyk | Nurphoto | Getty Images A new bipartisan proposal takes aim at Google and would force it to break up its digital…
FTC sues TurboTax owner Intuit for advertising tax software as ‘free’
Kimberly White | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission sued Intuit in federal court on Monday, claiming it has deceived customers for years by…
The SEC wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about climate change
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on the SEC on Capitol…
Volkswagen recalls 246,000 Atlas SUVs due to issue with airbags, brakes
Volkswagen recalled 246,000 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because of a wiring issue that could cause problems with the airbags, windows and brakes of the…
She lost everything in a fire. Then her bank froze the savings she needed to move on
Brauns | E+ | Getty Images Siraba Keita survived New York’s deadliest fire in decades — only to see her bank freeze the savings she needed to pick up the pieces. Her story…
U.S. clears way for truly driverless vehicles without steering wheels
DETROIT – Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of driverless vehicles that do not include manual controls such as a steering…
Musk seeks to end SEC settlement that required pre-approval for some tweets
Entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk gestures during a visit at the Tesla Gigafactory plant under construction, on August 13, 2021 in Gruenheide near Berlin, eastern…
Online daters lost a record $547 million to scams in 2021. How to stay safe, according to Nev Schulman from MTV’s ‘Catfish’
Romance scams have surged during the pandemic, cheating online daters out of millions of dollars in the quest for love. In 2021, consumers reported they lost a record $547 million…
Tesla phantom braking complaints elicit NHTSA investigation
Visitors look at a Tesla Model 3 during a press preview of the Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on March 28, 2019. Jung Yeon-Je | AFP | Getty Images The National…
New bill would require companies like Facebook, Google to add features that protect children
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., conduct a news conference in Capitol. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Two senators introduced a…
Texas AG sues Facebook for allegedly collecting facial recognition data without consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leaves the U.S. Supreme Court following arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks in Washington, U.S.,…
Tesla recalls over 26,600 cars over windshield defroster software error
Tesla Super Charger Courtesy: Tesla Tesla is recalling 26,681 vehicles over defective windshield defroster software that may reduce visibility, the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Tesla says the SEC delivered another subpoena in ongoing conflict over Musk tweets
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla, on September 03, 2020 in Gruenheide near Berlin. Odd Andersen…
Meta threatens to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data-sharing dispute
The Facebook and Instagram logos displayed on a smartphone with the Meta Platforms logo pictured in the background. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Meta…
Senate committee advances bill targeting Google and Apple’s app store profitability
Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook Source: Reuters; Apple The Senate Judiciary Committee passed its second tech competition bill of the year Thursday, this time targeting Apple and…
Tesla to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles that may disobey stop signs
The Tesla Model S P100D Mack Hogan | CNBC Tesla will recall 53,822 U.S. vehicles with the company’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) software that may allow some models to conduct…
Four AGs sue Google for allegedly tracking you without permission
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Four…
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet all announced more deals in 2021 than in the last 10 years as regulators plot their next move
Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on…
FTC Chair Lina Khan says agency won’t back down in the face of intimidation from Big Tech
The Federal Trade Commission won’t back down in the face of intimidation from better-resourced opponents, said Chair Lina Khan in an exclusive interview with CNBC Wednesday,…
CNBC exclusive: Watch live as FTC Chair Lina Khan sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Kara Swisher to discuss her plans to take on Big Tech
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will join…
Apple says antitrust bills could cause ‘millions of Americans’ to suffer malware attacks
Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook listens as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a meeting with members of his national security team and private sector…
State AGs appeal dismissal of their antitrust suit against Facebook
New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a “Defend Democracy” rally, taking place on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.…
Google, Facebook CEOs oversaw illegal ad auction deal that gave Facebook an advantage, states allege
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai. REUTERS Google and Facebook’s chief executives personally oversaw an illegal 2018 deal that…
Judge grants FTC second chance to challenge Facebook on antitrust grounds
FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April…
Crypto scams are the top threat to investors ‘by far,’ say securities regulators
Investments related to cryptocurrencies and digital assets are the top threat to investors “by far,” according to new data from the North American Securities…