The Iowa Caucuses Were Even More Disastrous Than Previously Thought

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 10, 2020 Problems included technology failures, communication breakdowns and poor training. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Phoning It In

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Researchers Find More Cases of Facebook App Data Exposure

The Associated Press Apr 3, 2019 User names and passwords are among the records revealed by a third-party developer, another sign of the company's struggles with privacy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

E-Scooters Are Giving Cities Headaches—and Worse

Geri Spieler / Truthdig Feb 21, 2019 Tech-happy riders in San Francisco and Los Angeles love the new "green" machines, but for other city dwellers, they're hell on wheels. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Weather Channel App Accused of Selling Users’ Personal Data

BRIAN MELLEY / The Associated Press Jan 4, 2019 The 80 percent of users who allowed location tracking to get local forecasts unwittingly sacrificed their privacy, prosecutors say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Palestinian Teens Reach Finals of Silicon Valley Competition

MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH / The Associated Press Aug 5, 2018 Four high school friends head to California this week to pitch their mobile app about fire prevention to tech leaders. More than 19,000 teenage girls participated in the worldwide contest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Private Messaging Apps Increasingly Used for Public Business

RYAN J. FOLEY / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2018 Open government advocates fear such technology is being misused by public officials to conduct business in secret and evade transparency laws. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Facebook Starts to Send Out Millions of Privacy-Related Notices

BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Apr 8, 2018 The 87 million users whose data might have been shared with Cambridge Analytica will get detailed messages through their news feed, the social media giant says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

One in Four at Risk of Hunger in Silicon Valley

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Dec 27, 2017 The tech-gilded region is home not just to the uber-wealthy but also to a population that needs help just to get adequate food. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe

By Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Jun 7, 2017 The ride-share company reviewed hundreds of human resources claims after a February blog post by a former worker drew widespread attention. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the Democratic Party Befriended Megacorporation Uber for Its Convention

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jul 29, 2016 It's no mistake that the Democratic Party, which historically has claimed a stake in labor unions' interests, has cozied up to Uber, one of the least worker-friendly businesses, to service its national convention. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

France’s Smartphone App Is Criticized for Its Slow Response to Tragedy in Nice

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2016 Following the terrorist attacks in Paris last November, the French government launched a smartphone application to rapidly alert users of a breaking crisis. However, the app was reportedly three hours late in warning users of the crisis in Nice, France, on Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )