Google Accused of Secret Program Giving Them an Unfair Advantage in Ad-Buying

Google "has utilized a secret program to track bids on its ad-buying platform," writes the New York Post, "and has been accus...

Apple says it will send a witness to Senate hearing on app stores after all

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After several senators criticized the company, Apple said on Sunday it would send its chief compl...

US Prosecutor Urges Crack Down on 'the Scourge of Online Scams'

Last month America's Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual report on internet crime, which a former federal prosecutor bem...

How a Researcher 'Clinging To the Fringes of Academia' Helped Develop a Covid-19 Vaccine

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The New York Times tells the story of Hungarian-born Dr. Kariko, whose father was a butcher an...

French lawmakers vote to ban some domestic flights to reduce carbon emissions

Air France planes parked at Roissy Airport in Paris | Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images French lawmakers have voted to ban domest...

Iran Nuclear Facility Suffers Blackout, Cyberattack Suspected

While difficult negotiations continue over a deal to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions, this morning Iran suddenly experienced a blackout...

How Union Organizers Will Continue Their Fight With Amazon

"The lopsided vote against a union at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a major disappointment to organized labor...&quo...