• Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

    Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

    The Department of Justice has stepped up its investigation of Google’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, a deal that critics say could pose increased threats to customer privacy, two sources close to the situation told The Post. In a move that typically signals increased scrutiny for a merger, regulators are now conducting a so-called …
  • New York Attorney General Examining Zoom Privacy Practices

    New York Attorney General Examining Zoom Privacy Practices

    New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, announces a lawsuit by the state of New York against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc in New York City, November 19, 2019. New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday that she is examining the privacy practices of Zoom as the video conferencing platform spikes in popularity as …
  • Technology, Not Alarmism, Will Help Fight with Climate Change

    Technology, Not Alarmism, Will Help Fight with Climate Change

    A new policy report from the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration warns that “planetary and human systems [are] reaching a ‘point of no return’ by mid-century, in which the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order.” This apocalyptic vision of the year 2050 follows a long tradition …
  • The secrets behind creating a new ‘Westworld’ universe

    The secrets behind creating a new ‘Westworld’ universe

    In the future, mankind will have automated cars and an app for outsourcing crime — at least on Season 3 of HBO’s “Westworld.” “Somehow in the future climate change has been conquered, traffic has been reduced — which in LA is a miracle — and there’s order,” says production designer Howard Cummings. “There seems to …