Technology

A religious publication used data from a smartphone to determine the sexual orientation of a Roman Catholic official. This revealed a problem beyond the debate about church doctrine and priestly celibacy.There are few restrictions in the U.S. on what...

Expecting electric truck manufacturer Lordstown Motors said Thursday it will not have any firm orders for its own vehicles, only days after its president said the company had enough to maintain production through 2022.Questions have been mounting about if...

According to the Justice Department, Russian hackers were responsible for hacking into email accounts of prominent federal prosecutors offices in the country.According to the department, 80% of Microsoft email accounts belonging to employees at four U.S. Attorney offices in...

Ozy Media's CEO said Monday that it was premature to close down the company. He stated that he wanted to continue operating, despite scandals that exposed Ozy as a media outlet that had little audience.CNBC spoke with Carlos Watson,...

The Data Protection Authority of the Netherlands said Thursday that TikTok was fined 750,000 euros ($885,000) because it did not provide a privacy statement. This is because many children who use the video-sharing app will be unable understand the...

Three ex-military and intelligence officials from the United States have admitted to providing computer hacking technology to the United Arab Emirates. They also agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle criminal charges. The Justice Department called Tuesday's agreement the...

Microsoft claims it has fixed a vulnerability in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity experts warned could have allowed hackers to overthrow a cloud-based product used by large companies.Friday's statement by the company stated that there is no evidence...

Anti-monopoly regulators fined companies including the internet giants Alibaba, Tencent and others Wednesday in a move to tighten control of their rapidly-developing industries.The State Administration for Market Regulation announced that 22 companies were given 500,000 Yuan ($75,000 each) for...

It all began with Rihanna's February tweet. This sparked widespread criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of large farmer protests close to the capital. This strained an already difficult relationship between Twitter and the government.Officials issued multiple injunctions...

As the pandemic unfolded, technology companies have faced a new challenge. How, when, and even if they should bring long-isolated workers back to offices designed for teamwork.Brent Hyder, chief people officer at Salesforce, a business software company with approximately...