Google CEO Says He Leads 'Without Political Bias' In Congressional Testimony Sundar Pichai, in his public debut in Congress, is expected to address privacy, allegations of anti-conservative bias, a censored search tool for China and a scuttled Pentagon contract. Alina Selyukh
Google Accelerates Google+ Shutdown After 52.5 Million Users' Data Exposed Users' names, birth dates, email addresses, work history and other data were exposed for nearly a week in November, Google says. It will now close the social network four months earlier than planned. Bill Chappell
2018 In Review: What Happened In The World Of Big Tech Growing awareness of privacy scandals and the spread of misinformation on social media may mean our love affair with technology has ended, and a new era of regulation is about to begin. Alina Selyukh
Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet New Census Bureau estimates underscore the digital divide facing Native Americans living on reservations or other American Indian land in the U.S. Hansi Lo Wang
Microsoft Urges Congress To Regulate Facial Recognition Technology In a rough year for tech, Microsoft unseated Apple as the most valuable company. It's cultivated an image as Silicon Valley's elder statesman, urging regulation for technologies it's still developing. Alina Selyukh
More Potholes, Traffic Jams On The Horizon Unless Interstates Are Fixed, Report Finds A federal report suggests America's interstates are worn, overused and highly congested. It also recommends billions of dollars in fixes. David Schaper
Data Of Some 500 Million Marriott Customers Stolen In Breach Marriott is investigating a hack of its reservation database, as data from some 500 million guests was stolen. Compromised information includes passport numbers, dates of birth and credit cards. Alina Selyukh
Marriott Says Up To 500 Million Customers' Data Stolen In Breach The hotel giant said information on up to 500 million customers worldwide was exposed in a breach of its Starwood reservation database. The data includes dates of birth and passport numbers. Avie Schneider
Google Tweaks Email Program That Assumed An Investor Was Male When Google saw that one of its predictive text technologies assumed someone's gender based on occupation, it blocked the technology from using all gender-based pronouns. Ruben Kimmelman