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Formlabs acquisition of Micronics

The cheapest turnkey desktop SLS 3D printer on the market was canceled when Formlabs acquired its maker, Micronics, on July 11, 2024. The Micron printer had raised $1,357,939 from 431 backers on…

Fortnite

Fortnite is a widely known video game, Where 100 users fight each other via a wide variety of options (guns, knives, NPC's, And powers), All of which you collect throughout an island.

Fossify

FossifyOrg develops and maintains a suite of privacy-respecting applications, which were originally forked from Simple Mobile Tools. The applications are available via F-Droid and the Google Play…

Framework

Framework Computer, Inc. is an American personal computer manufacturer.

Free software movement

The Free Software Movement is a movement that aims to create and distribute software that is free in all sense of the word, not just monetarily. The movement was formally initiated by Richard…

FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model

The CEO of FreePhoneLine , owned and run by Fongo, sponsored by DELL, has decided to change the terms of service of their "LIFETIME VoIP" license, taking it away from the people who purchased it and…

Friend app

Friend is a wearable artificial intelligence (AI) pendant device that aims to provide conversation and companionship.

Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines, Inc.] is a major American airline known for its ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) model. In spite of its no-frills approach to air travel, Frontier Airlines has faced increasing…

Frontier Airlines obfuscates web check-in form

Frontier Airlines charges up to $5 per passenger, per direction for checking in to a flight through its website, while making the mobile app check-in free. In mid-2024, the airline redesigned its…

Fruitbat Factory

Fruitbat Factory is an international video game publisher founded in 2012 and headquartered in Finland. The company specializes in the localization and distribution of Japanese indie titles for…

FTC Lawsuit against Turbo Tax free software

The Federal Trade Commission took action against Intuit Inc., the maker of the popular TurboTax tax filing software, by issuing an administrative complaint against the company for deceiving consumers…

Fujifilm Instax Cameras

Instax camera's use proprietary film developed by Fujifilm. This is fine as it is in their instant print, non-digital lines, as users are purchasing these devices to print instantly after taking a…

Funimation "Forever" content license revocation

On April 2nd, 2024 Funimation, a paid media-streaming platform was shutdown as part of a merger with another media-streaming platform known as Crunchyroll. This was a planned merger as a result of…

FUTO

FUTO , founded in 2021 by Eron Wolf (a software developer, and noteworthy investor in WhatsApp), is an organization that develops applications and sponsors FOSS (free and open source) software…

Future Motion

Future Motion Inc. is a self-balancing electric skateboard manufacturer founded in 2013 by Kyle Doerksen.

Futurehome

Futurehome is a Norwegian smart-home technology company founded in 2013, known for the Futurehome Smarthub, a central gateway device that connects and controls IoT devices using Zigbee, Z-Wave, and…

Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee

Futurehome was accused of ransoming customer devices by forcing them to pay a subscription fee, or face disabled core functionality. In 2025, after the company went bankrupt, Futurehome's new owners…

Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing

Gaia GPS, a backcountry navigation app owned by Outside Inc., pushed an update in August 2024 that automatically created public social media profiles on OutsideOnline.com for every user who logged…

Game-of-telephone privacy policy

A game-of-telephone is a children's game that originates from China; where a starting message is passed through to multiple people. Then once the final message has been passed it's compared against…

Games as a service

Main article: Software as a service Games as a service (also known as live-service games) is a business model designed to monetize games after their initial sale or free download. It is typically…

GameSpy

GameSpy was a company founded by Mark Sufas in 1995. It provided multiplayer middleware for video game publishers, documented to be used by over 800 games.

GameSpy server shutdown

On 31 May 2014, all multiplayer services hosted by GameSpy were shut down by Glu Mobile. A documented library of over 800 video games on platforms such as PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and far…

GameStop

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is an American company which sells video games, video-game accessories, gaming merchandise, and collectables.

GameStop Short Squeeze

The GameStop short squeeze of early 2021 was one of the most dramatic financial events in recent history, pitting retail investors against Wall Street hedge funds and exposing deep tensions in market…

GE Appliances

GE Appliances is an American home appliance manufacturer owned by the Chinese company Haier since 2016. It was founded in 1905 as part of General Electric.

GE Refrigerator water filter DRM

GE refrigerators manufactured since 2017 make use of RFID-based Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in their water filtration units, preventing the use of third-party replacement filters. These…

Geeni

Geeni is a smart home company founded in 2017. They specialize in wireless IP security cameras, smart LED lighting, smart power plugs, and various other smart home devices.

GeForce Now

GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service operated by Nvidia that has retroactively imposed a 100-hour monthly playtime cap on subscribers who originally paid for unlimited access. The service lets users…

General Data Protection Regulation

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the European Union's comprehensive data privacy and security law that went into effect on May 25, 2018. The regulation applies to any organization…

General Electric refrigerators

The first household General Electric (GE) refrigerators were made in 1925, and GE is continuing to produce and evolve their refrigerator products to the present day. GE has been gradually adding more…

General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational, automotive-manufacturing company founded in 1908. It owns many car brands, such as Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, alongside other…

General Motors (OnStar)

General Motors (OnStar) is a multinational automotive manufacturing company and its subsidiary, OnStar, which provides in-vehicle security, emergency, and navigation services. This article assesses…

General Motors data collection and sharing controversy

General Motors (GM) has been collecting and monetizing driving data from millions of internet connected vehicles since 2015. Through its OnStar system and vehicle telematics, GM gathers comprehensive…

Generative artificial intelligence

Main article: Artificial intelligence Generative AI, also referred to as GenAI or simply "AI" in colloquial English, is a program or service with the purpose of "generating" pieces of media (text…

Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact is an always online open world free-to-play action role-playing gacha video game developed by MiHoYo.

Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions
Gillette

Gillette is a company with a long history making shaving supplies. Their initial mission was creating safety razors, many of which are still sold preowned to this day.

GitHub

Github (GH) is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GH itself provides access…

Glance

Glance is an Indian artificial intelligence-based software company. The company was co-founded in 2019 by Naveen Tewari (CEO), Abhay Singhal, Mohit Saxena, and Piyush Shah with their headquarters…

Glasswire

GlassWire initially launched as a freeware network monitoring tool, gaining widespread recognition and user trust due to its free access and useful features. However, over time, its business model…

GOG.com

GOG.com (formerly Good Old Games) is a digital provider of DRM-free video games.

GoGuardian

GoGuardian Inc. is a software company focused on education.

GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale

GoIt is an Ukrainian-based online company providing international IT-related educational courses. Some of its courses come with an "employment warranty" (and are advertised as such).

Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile

Good2Go Mobile is a cellphone provider that offered prepaid sim cards with no data. This company was advertised as a no contract cellphone service until the end of July 2025.

Goodlife now requires app to access gyms
Google

Google LLC, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, is one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Originally developed as a search engine to organize and index the growing…

Google Android restrict app sideloading

On 25 August 2025, Google announced that starting in 2026, the company will block the installation of Android apps from outside the Play Store unless the developer has verified their identity with…

Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs
Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a web browser created by Google based on Chromium. Since its inception, it has become the most used browser on the internet by a large margin.

Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin

On March 4, 2025, Google Chrome automatically disabled uBlock Origin, the most popular content blocker to date, for all users as part of shift to the Manifest V3 version of Chrome.