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Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit concerning the data harvesting Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018. However, it has not admitted to any wrongdoing.

Usama Jawad · Dec 23, 2022 with 16 comments

A disturbing report has revealed that Facebook paid people up to $20 per month to gain "nearly limitless" access to their data. Users enrolled in the program included minors, as young as 13 years old.

Usama Jawad · Jan 30, 2019 with 20 comments

Playboy has announced that it is pulling its accounts from Facebook due to the recent revelations of data misuse. The firm says it had a following of 25 million users on the platform.

Paul Hill · Mar 28, 2018 with 31 comments

Hundreds of revealed emails indicate that several employees from Microsoft, Amazon and other major tech companies were involved in purchasing ''services'' from trafficked sex workers.

Hamza Jawad · Dec 26, 2017 · Hot! with 45 comments

The board of Uber held their meeting yesterday to talk about the future of the company. Uber is now closer to taking a huge investment from SoftBank, and Kalanick's potential manoeuvres are lessened.

Paul Hill · Oct 4, 2017 with 0 comments

Samsung Group's vice chairman Jay Y. Lee could not escape arrest for a second time, after prosecutors presented evidence in court that Lee was hiding assets and could destroy evidence.

Vlad Dudau · Feb 17, 2017 with 2 comments

Samsung Group, still reeling from the Note 7 debacle, is now finding itself in legal trouble, with the company's head being pursued in relation to the corruption scandal that rocked South Korea.

Joel Shedroff · Jan 16, 2017 with 8 comments

Toshiba's CEO, Hisao Tanaka, alongside other top-level executives, have resigned their positions after it came to light that Toshiba had declared $1.2 billion in false profits over the last six years.

Vlad Dudau · Jul 21, 2015 · Hot! with 9 comments

The Amsterdam District Court has asked Facebook to allow private investigators access to its user data in a case where a sex video was published on Facebook, exposing a young woman in the process.

Chris Schroeder · Jun 25, 2015 · Hot! with 6 comments

After a surprising and scandalous fall from grace at HP, former CEO Mark Hurd will now assume the role of co-President at Oracle, according to the Wall Street Journal. Hurd was accused of sexual misbehavior...

Tzvi Friedman · Sep 7, 2010 · Hot! with 13 comments

Although faring better than expected financially this quarter, HP is experiencing more leadership difficulties. CFO Cathie Lesjack has assumed the position of Interim CEO of the company amid former CEO Mark Hurd's sexual harassment allegations...

Brian Donohue · Aug 6, 2010 · Hot! with 16 comments

It's a well-established fact that South Koreans take their gaming very seriously. The country sports a thriving professional gaming industry, known as e-sports in the gaming world. The tournaments and events are held in lavish,...

Tzvi Friedman · Apr 13, 2010 · Hot! with 25 comments

Baidu, China's largest search giant has been accused by the state run media that it is allowing unlicensed medical providers to buy high search rankings. Baidu dominates the Chinese market with about 60% of...

Brad Sams · Nov 28, 2008 · Hot! with 8 comments

Many will remember a few years back before the launch of Vista, Microsoft decided to tout some PC's as Vista capable. This seemed an innocent and easy way to boost sales but what happened...

Brad Sams · Nov 18, 2008 · Hot! with 43 comments

A recent scandal involving the fabricated identity of a Wikipedia editor is causing some to rethink the way in which user-driven sites should evaluate content. The concern stems from the story of a Wikipedia contributor...

Daniel Fleshbourne · Mar 7, 2007 with 15 comments

The stock options scandal that has affected Apple, McAfee and CNet has claimed another victim, and this time it's one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley's chip business. The San Jose Mercury News reports: ...

Steven Parker · Oct 18, 2006 with -1 comments

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay a $10-million settlement after an investigation by New York's attorney general uncovered a scheme that paid radio station employees to play certain artists. "Radio stations are airing...

· Jul 27, 2005 with -1 comments

Just after 7:00pm on Capitol Hill today, the House of Representatives voted 355 to 21 to support a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The purpose of the probe will be...

Todd Tanner · Jul 26, 2005 · Hot! with -1 comments

WorldCom by any other name may still be bankrupt, but the company that's become synonymous with questionable accounting wants to dump its tarnished brand and will likely adopt the name of its MCI residential long-distance...

· Jan 11, 2003 with -1 comments

The 'Skategate' Olympic scandal set the Internet buzzing with opinions that ranged from the cynical to the jingoistic to the obscene. There was even a bit of poetry. "Moral: Complain loudly and...

· Feb 17, 2002 with -1 comments