UK Lays Out Stronger Cybersecurity Defenses After Attack Crippled NHS Hospitals July 18, 2024 By Mark Bergen The new UK government plans to strengthen the nation’s defenses against cyberattacks, a month after a ransomware hack crippled London...
Microsoft, OpenAI Sued by New York Times for Copyright Infringement December 27, 2023 By Mark Bergen The New York Times Co. sued Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI Inc. for the use of content to help develop artificial...
Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas July 8, 2022 By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen Technology giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google, facing questions about whether they’d hand over users’ personal data to...
Alphabet Directors Sued Over Exit Pay, Coverups Tied to Harassment Allegations January 11, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra, Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Bergen Alphabet Inc.’s directors were sued by shareholders for approving a $90 million exit payment to Andy Rubin, the creator of...
Chinese Manufacturer Ninebot’s Dominance Has Startups Sharing Scooter Product Risks December 6, 2018 By Mark Bergen and Joshua Brustein Scooter-sharing company Lime recently relayed a troubling message to its users: a portion of its fleet was at risk of...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Reach Feared Crossroad with Uber Fatality March 20, 2018 By Polly Mosendz, Mark Bergen and Dana Hull Last week, Waymo showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one...
Uber Halts Road Tests After Autonomous Car Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Arizona March 19, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Mark Bergen Uber Technologies Inc. halted autonomous vehicle tests after one of its cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona,...
Police Report on Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Tells Complex Tale March 30, 2017 By Mark Bergen A recent crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. driverless car suggests autonomous software sometimes takes the same risks as the...
Uber Halts Autonomous Vehicle Testing After Arizona Accident March 26, 2017 By Eric Newcomer and Mark Bergen Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact...