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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

Michael Liedtke

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, California on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
May 15, 2024, 9:22 am
Google unveils AI search, sparking advertiser fears about declining web traffic
Anti-Israel protesters attempt to block entrance to Google conference, where tech heads present one of the most dramatic shifts since company’s founding
By Michael Liedtke
Elon Musk, center, leaves a federal courthouse in San Francisco, February 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
February 4, 2023, 2:10 pm
Elon Musk found not guilty of defrauding investors with Tesla tweet
Billionaire makes surprise appearance in California court for closing arguments; jurors believe Musk genuinely thought he had Saudi investors on board
By Michael Liedtke
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)
November 19, 2022, 1:25 am
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to over 11 years in prison for massive Theranos scam
Disgraced tech CEO gets 135 months for lying to investors about startup’s capacity to revolutionize blood testing, raising over $1 billion though its technology didn’t work
By Michael Liedtke
Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose, California. A jury found Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. (David Odisho / Getty Images via AFP)
January 4, 2022, 8:13 am
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes convicted of fraud, conspiracy over blood test scam
Trial exposed hi-tech hustle culture that enabled firm to raise hundreds of millions from investors for a disease-spotting product that didn’t work; cleared of deceiving patients
By Michael Liedtke
In this January 6, 2021, photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
October 4, 2021, 2:14 am
Ex-Facebook manager alleges social network fueled deadly US Capitol riot
Social media giant dismisses accusations as ‘ludicrous;’ whistleblower tells ’60 Minutes’ that Facebook relaxed its security safeguards after the 2020 election
By Michael Liedtke
Clockwise from top left: Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Former British prime minister Tony Blair. (AP Photo, pool via AP)
October 4, 2021, 12:15 am
Bombshell international investigation opens ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets
Nearly 3 terabytes of data in 12 million files leaked to group of 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries, in report dubbed ‘Pandora Papers’
By Michael Liedtke and JONATHAN MATTISE
This Jan. 14, 2015, file photo shows a sign outside Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
April 11, 2019, 8:23 am
Nearly 200 million in US, Israel eligible for compensation in Yahoo data breach
Company’s owners to pay $117.5 million in latest settlement over immense data loss to hackers in 2013-14
By Michael Liedtke
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, California, May 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
March 8, 2019, 4:20 pm
Zuckerberg claims he now wants a privacy-friendly Facebook. Should we trust him?
Move to encrypted messaging could help alleviate government criticism of social media giant, but also threaten its business model of turning user data into ad revenues
By Michael Liedtke
Yahoo Headquarters (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
October 24, 2018, 8:50 am
Yahoo to pay $50m, other costs to millions of Israeli and US hacking victims
Technology giant also offers to fund two years of free credit-monitoring services for those who were impacted by security breach
By Michael Liedtke
The Waze application is displayed on a smartphone in San Francisco, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
October 11, 2018, 6:41 am
Israeli app Waze expands carpooling service throughout US
About 1.3 million drivers and passengers have signed up for scheme, where riders pay a small fee to chip in for gas and other expenses
By Michael Liedtke
People walk by Google's offices in New York, December 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
October 9, 2018, 9:46 am
Google Plus to close after bug leaks personal information
Search giant likely to face heightened scrutiny after mishap exposes personal information of 500,000 users
By Michael Liedtke
Members of the cast of 'Orange Is the New Black.' (Netflix/ via JTA)
April 29, 2017, 12:11 pm
Hacker threatens to release stolen copies of Netflix series
Operating under the name The Dark Overlord, hacker has already purportedly uploaded the first episode to an illegal file-sharing service
By Michael Liedtke
The Waze application is displayed on a smartphone in San Francisco, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
March 29, 2017, 12:14 am
Waze gets into the order-ahead business with Dunkin’ Donuts
Israeli company teams up with fast-food retailer to allow drivers to place orders and pick up food en route
By Michael Liedtke
Yahoo Headquarters (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
December 15, 2016, 3:53 am
Yahoo suffers world’s biggest hack; 1 billion affected
Tech company discovers 3-year-old breach, considered the biggest in history; security experts says it’s likely the work of a foreign government
By Michael Liedtke
Waze system operation engineer Gil Disatnik holds a Waze beacon in Pittsburgh, where the beacons have been installed in two tunnels, September 8, 2016. (Meghan Kelleher/Courtesy of Waze via AP)
September 21, 2016, 8:05 pm
Waze finds way to keep drivers on track in tunnels
Blue-tooth-connected beacons will allow drivers to keep navigating when GPS fails
By Michael Liedtke
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