California Scrutinizing Amazon’s Treatment of Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak July 28, 2020 By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave California’s attorney general and state and local agencies are investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. has taken adequate steps to protect its...
After Being Sued by Sonos, Google Sues Sonos Alleging Patent Infringement June 12, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and Paresh Dave Google filed a lawsuit accusing home speaker maker Sonos Inc. of infringing five of its patents, escalating tensions between the...
Zebra Technology Adds Social Distancing Alerts to Warehouse Workers’ Scanners June 4, 2020 By Paresh Dave Zebra Technologies Corp., which sells barcode scanners and other computers used in warehouses globally, introduced a feature on Thursday that...
Employers Hope to Limit Liability by Catching Social Distancing Scofflaws on Video April 28, 2020 By Paresh Dave Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that...
Washington Governor Signs Facial Recognition Law Curbing Use April 1, 2020 By Paresh Dave Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed the first U.S. state law that sharply curbs law enforcement’s use of facial recognition...
California Probing Facebook, Says Social Media Company Stonewalling November 7, 2019 By Diane Bartz and Paresh Dave California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant...
Google Parent Company Investigating How Sexual Misconduct Claims Were Handled November 7, 2019 By Paresh Dave The board of Google parent company Alphabet Inc. is investigating executives’ handling of sexual harassment and other misconduct claims, and...
Democrats Propose Ban on Mandatory Arbitration in Employment, Consumer Contracts March 1, 2019 By Paresh Dave Six Google employees on Thursday joined U.S. lawmakers to support bills that would ban mandatory arbitration in employment and consumer...
After 20K Employees Protest, Google Searches for New Harassment Policies November 9, 2018 By Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Thursday it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000...
FBI, Global Regulators Investigating Facebook’s Largest-Ever Data Breach October 15, 2018 By Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the...