A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact in ...

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...

Someone approaching the task of removing their information from the web is in for a surprise. Your data isn't on just one or two websites but scattered across various databases run by private data ...

New AI controls are coming to the Firefox browser, the Mozilla Corporation has announced — including the ability to turn off generative AI features entirely. The open-source Firefox, in other words, ...

Using Browser Extensions to Translate or Download Videos? Better Check They're Not One of These 17 Malicious Add-Ons Cybersecurity firm LayerX uncovers 17 malicious extensions that can enable click ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

PCWorld reports that hackers are increasingly using browser-in-the-browser (BITB) attacks to steal Facebook login credentials through sophisticated fake browser windows. Facebook’s large and diverse ...

SAN DIEGO — California residents now have a new way to protect their personal information from data brokers—companies that collect and sell consumer data—through a state platform. The platform, called ...

Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a recently enacted law that’s among the strictest in the nation took ...

California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

Use a loyalty card at a drug store, browse the web, post on social media, get married or do anything else most people do, and chances are companies called data brokers know about it — along with your ...