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The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser as part of settlement in a lawsuit accusing it of illegal surveillance. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Mon,04/01/24-2:11PM , 151 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.

The massive housecleaning comes as part of a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the search giant of illegal surveillance.
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Paul Buchheit, the former Google engineer who created Gmail, works at the company's offices in Mountain View, Calif., in Dec. 10, 1999. Buchheit was the 23rd employee hired at Google, a company that now employs more than 180,000 people. (April Buchheit via AP)

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Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fools' Day joke
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Sun,03/31/24-4:27AM , 338 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools' Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.
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The Reddit app icon is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Reddit is due to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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Reddit poised to make its stock market debut after IPO prices at $34 per share amid strong demand
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Wed,03/20/24-5:17PM , 139 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit will enter a new era as a publicly traded company with a market value of $6.4 billion after the social media platform's initial public offering was priced at $34 per share.
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U.S. ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman speaks at an event in San Francisco, Sept. 15, 2023. An $11 billion deal that blew up into a debacle for Hewlett Packard more than a decade ago, when Whitman was CEO of the company, will be resurrected Monday during a criminal trial that will examine whether the company was ripped off or just mismanaged. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Former British tech star depicted as scam artist, visionary in trial about HP's disastrous 2011 deal
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Fri,03/15/24-5:22PM , 85 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday painted one-time British tech star Mike Lynch as the ruthless mastermind of an $11 billion deal that defrauded Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard.

But his lawyer depicted him as a visionary who was made a scapegoat for a desperate buyer's bad decision.
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