Neowin News Feed for: Controversy

The Guardian battles controversy over offensive AI-backed poll, blames Microsoft for it

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is being charged with allegations by The Guardian for sharing an offensive AI-generated poll beside a news article on Microsoft Start by The Guardian. Microsoft has yet to reply. Read more...

Study shows kids drawn to online videos promoting greed, gossip, and controversy

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 05:04:01 +0000

Ofcom has looked at the online viewing habits of children in the UK. It found that videos focused on gossip, conflict, and controversy were among the most popular videos being consumed. Read more...

Tripwire CEO steps down following controversial remarks on Texas anti-abortion law

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:48:02 +0000

Following massive backlash to Tripwire CEO John Gibson's controversial statement in favor of Texas' anti-abortion law, the studio has announced that the executive will be stepping down from his role. Read more...

Goldman Sachs addresses the controversy and woes of sexism surrounding the Apple Card

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:34:02 +0000

In an official statement, Goldman Sachs stated that the gender is not factored in when determining creditworthiness. It also hinted at the potential cause for lower credit limits, among other things. Read more...

Steam Store revises policy, is to allow literally "everything" to be sold in it

Sharath Ravishankar — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:42:01 +0000

After its unpleasant tryst with a game that simulated school shootouts, Valve is making significant changes to its policy, in which the company says it will "allow everything" in the Steam Store. Read more...

YouTube star Logan Paul gets into hot water for insensitive dead body video

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:16:01 +0000

American YouTuber Logan Paul is receiving backlash for publishing an insensitive video featuring an apparent suicide victim in Japan's Aokigahara forest. The vlogger has already apologized. Read more...

Don't overREACT: YouTube and Net Neutrality

Cyril Paciullo — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:56:01 +0000

The latest controversy surrounding reaction videos highlights important issues now faced by YouTube uploaders. Let's forget about trademarks and concentrate on the links with Net Neutrality. Read more...

Dropbox appoints Condoleezza Rice as a board member, stirs controversy

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:05:44 +0000

Yesterday, Dropbox announced new management changes through its blog, that also included the appointment of Condoleezza Rice to the company's board which drew criticism from users around the world. Read more...

German Federal Court decides Google auto-complete can violate privacy

Paul Ferson — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:26:43 +0000

Germany's federal court has decided the Google auto-complete function can violate user privacy and former President Christian Wulff's wife is being used as the key example of this problem. Read more...

Facebook misinterprets picture of woman in bath as explicit

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:30 +0000

Facebook has removed an image seemingly showing a woman in rather, ahem, 'risque' positioning while proving someone's theory that the Terms of Service are somewhat flawed in their usage. Read more...

Iran removes block on Gmail again after a week

Paul Ferson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:04:05 +0000

The Iranian government has removed the block on Gmail again after only a week, with ministers in parliament showing their dissent against the sudden loss of one of the most popular email services. Read more...

Wikimedia "in chaos" after co-founder Jimmy Wales steps down

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:01:05 +0000

After Fox News broke a story in April about Wikimedia hosting pornographic images on its servers, company co-founder and president Jimmy Wales started single-handedly purging the Wikimedia databases of all things deemed pornographic. These actions... Read more...

Facebook users vote 'yes' to new content-ownership terms

James Hall — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:29:26 +0000

According to the BBC, around 75% of votes cast by Facebook users were in support of the company's new privacy and content-ownership terms, dubbed the "Facebook Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities". Although the... Read more...

Safari Security Claims Ignite Controversy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:23:44 +0000

Just hours after Apple Inc. released a Windows version of Safari on Monday, security researchers had uncovered more than half a dozen vulnerabilities in the browser beta, including at least three that could let attackers... Read more...

Microsoft Tries to Explain Away Outlook 2007 Controversy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:41:02 +0000

Microsoft is trying to dampen criticism by explaining its controversial decision to unify the rendering and editing engines in Outlook 2007 and use only the Word 2007 engine, even though there are some HTML and... Read more...

Symantec Caught in Rootkit Controversy

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:50:26 +0000

Symantec has been forced to fix a "flaw" in Norton SystemWorks which could possibly allow malware authors to hide files from users. While the feature is designed to prevent SystemWorks users from accidentally deleting... Read more...

Microsoft spec invites controversy

Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:38:44 +0000

A Web services security specification, introduced this week by IBM and Microsoft, could emerge as a rival to the existing Sun Microsystems-backed Liberty Alliance Project. A group of major players on the... Read more...

Red Hat Stands Pat In SCO/Unix Controversy

Fri, 06 Jun 2003 17:49:06 +0000

As SCO Group cranks up the pressure on the Linux community for allegedly misappropriating some of its Unix code, Red Hat Inc. continues to stand by the position that it's done nothing wrong. ... Read more...

New.net downloads reignites Kazaa controversy

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:05:06 +0000

Kazaa's file swapping software downloads are again in the spotlight following complaints regarding New.net software, which comes bundled with the popular P2P download. Launched in March last year, New.net offers access to a series... Read more...