Google confirms diversity exec no longer in role after problematic post

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of Google’s top executives in diversity strategy and research has left his post after a 2007 ...

Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that mostly shields politicians from the content m...

Microsoft Teams Up With Voting Machine Maker To Let Voters Track Ballots

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Hart InterCivic Inc., one of the largest voting machine makers in the U.S., will incorpo...

Biden Administration Makes $1 billion in Grants Available for Broadband on Tribal Lands

The Biden administration will make $1 billion in grants available to expand broadband access and adoption on tribal lands, Vice President Ka...

Apple is updating AirTags to make them less creepy

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is distributing an AirTags software update that makes it harder for people to use them for surrep...

Joe Biden signs order banning US investment in Chinese surveillance companies

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday expanding a Trump-era ban on Americans investi...

US To Give Ransomware Hacks Similar Priority as Terrorism

The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colon...