An independent group set up to oversee Google's artificial intelligence efforts, has been shut down less than a fortnight after it was launched.

Google+, the search giant's failed social network, will finally be laid to rest on Tuesday morning.

A White House whistleblower has told Congress that dozens of rejected security clearance applications were overturned by the Trump administration.

Google has launched a global advisory council to offer guidance on ethical issues relating to artificial intelligence, automation and related technologies.

As Washington waits for word -- that could come as soon as Friday -- about the status of special counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, President Donald Trump is closing his PR campaign against the investigation on a new note: Who elected this guy???

The passwords of millions of Facebook users were accessible by up to 20,000 employees of the social network, it has been reported.

With the 2020 presidential election just 18 months away, the Democrat party is undergoing an internal struggle for power between the old guard, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the newer, more radical element led by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Malicious quiz apps were used to harvest thousands of users' profile data, according to Facebook.

After a solid year of data breaches, privacy scandals and controversial policy decisions, Mark Zuckerberg now says he wants Facebook to become a "privacy-focused" social network.

President Donald Trump's convicted former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to accuse him of criminal conduct during a hearing on Capitol Hill.