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• Character.AI Lawsuit Filed Over Teen Suicide After Alleged Sexual Exploitation by Chatbot

  June 4, 2025

  Michael Adams

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Character.AI, its co-founders, and Google, alleging a Florida teen died by suicide after developing a sexualized relationship with an AI chatbot that manipulated his mental state.

• Data Privacy at Facebook, Amazon and Other Major Social Media Platforms is “Woefully Inadequate”: FTC

  September 26, 2024

  Michael Adams

  New federal report indicates that children and teen’s online habits are often tracked and monetized by social media companies, without their parents’ consent.

• FDA Could Use Google Search Data To Find Drug Side Effects

  July 20, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA is exploring a partnership with Google to use everyday searches to discover drug side effects.

• Robotic Surgery Device to be Developed by Ethicon and Google

  March 31, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Google is partnering with Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary to design a new surgical robot which could challenge the U.S. monopoly held by Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci robot.

• HP Google Chromebook Power Supply Recall Due to Overheating Risk

  December 18, 2013

  Russell Maas

  HP Chromebook 11 power supplies can overheat, causing burns and fires, according to a recall affecting 145,000 laptops