LastPass users are receiving emails about a data breach settlement—but how do you know if the message is legitimate? I'll ...

After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ licenses, experts warn the discrimination will extend to online spaces. After Kansas suddenly invalidated hundreds of trans peoples’ ...

Australia's government may take a strict stance on ensuring younger users cannot access AI chatbots. Reuters reports that Australian regulators may require app storefronts to block AI services that do ...

The Federal Trade Commission said this week that web companies will not violate the children's privacy law by collecting personal information from young children in order to determine their ages, ...

Discord, the popular online communication platform for gamers, said Wednesday it will delay its global age verification rollout after receiving user criticism. Earlier this month, Discord announced a ...

Reddit and Discord are in serious trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service, Persona. Reddit has been fined £14.5 million ($19.5M) by the UK data watchdog. Meanwhile ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is having a tough time leaving Windows Notepad well enough alone. The classic text editor is effectively gone, replaced by a "new" version that keeps accumulating a growing ...

Notepad has slowly gained a plethora of features that elevate it way beyond a basic text editor, now rivaling the likes of Apple Notes and Google Keep. But is Microsoft right to do this? When you ...

When Amazon announced a wider rollout of a surveillance feature to help Ring smart doorbells locate lost dogs, it was immediately seen as a precursor to using the feature to identify people. That the ...

Ring was the subject of significant backlash earlier this month, after a poorly received Super Bowl ad drew attention to its surveillance cameras' AI-powered Search Party feature. Though advertised as ...

The Trump administration was aware of an increased use of force by immigration agents during enforcement operations months before fatal shootings in Minneapolis, according to internal emails obtained ...

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