Google has faced a number of class action lawsuits over harvesting data from Android phones without user consent. Last year the company settled a case in California for $314 million. This year, the ...

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

There is currently $135 million up for grabs after Google reached a settlement in January 2026, following a class action lawsuit alleging that Google's Android devices transferred cellular data to ...

Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google's operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users' ...

In modern baseball, everything a player needs to know can be found in the group chat — which has its own rules, conventions, and etiquette. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; iStock In ...

Android phone users can now claim their portion of a class-action settlement connected to Google's collection of their data. The lawsuit, Taylor v. Google LLC, alleged that Google needlessly collected ...

Google has reached a $135 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that Android devices used cellular data without user permission since 2017. Eligible U.S. users (excluding ...

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Americans’ personal data could be collected and stored overseas — even if they’ve never downloaded a foreign-developed app themselves — according to a new FBI alert warning about the risks tied to ...

Algorithms are increasingly using personal data to determine the minimum pay a worker is willing to accept, consumer watchdogs say. You've likely already felt the digital sting of "surveillance ...

AI won’t replace you at work, but someone using AI likely will. Maybe not today or tomorrow. Maybe not this year or even next. But eventually. And if you wait for eventually, it will be too late. For ...