Facepalm: A widely used web technology is affected by a serious security vulnerability that can be exploited with minimal effort to compromise servers. Known as "React2Shell," the flaw may require ...

Many popular apps collect more of your personal data than necessary to function properly. These 20 apps quietly scoop up your photos, location, contacts, and more. Here's how to protect yourself. I ...

How to Get Your Share of the AT&T Settlement Payouts You're eligible for a payout if your data was compromised in one or both of the two data breaches mentioned above. Emails are going out about the ...

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Dec. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If ...

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence (AI) products, leaving users in the United States to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted ...

A new servicewide policy recasts swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive,” revises harassment provisions and deletes protections for transgender troops. By John Ismay and Minho Kim Reporting ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

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Still got your cordless phone? It could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world when there's a massive mobile outage. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he ...