Social media companies are weaponizing ad tracking pixels to collect extensive personal information about users when they visit advertisers' websites, even if those users expressly request that those ...

A familiar message claiming to block Facebook from using users’ photos and personal information is circulating again, but the post has no legal standing and does not change how the platform handles ...

Newsletter platform Substack is notifying users of a data breach after attackers stole their email addresses and phone numbers in October 2025. Although the incident occurred four months ago, CEO ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Apple users relying on Google Chrome to browse the web may need to reconsider their options after both Apple and Google ...

Jeremiah Fowler, a veteran security researcher, recently stumbled upon 149,404,754 unique logins and passwords, totaling about 96GB of raw data. There was no encryption… and it didn’t even have a ...

Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, iPhone users can now add their passport details to their Apple digital wallets. The company on Nov. 12 unveiled its new “Digital ID” system for users ...

Wikipedia’s sister project Wikidata just got a new database that is easier for AI models to ingest. Wikipedia’s sister project Wikidata just got a new database that is easier for AI models to ingest ...

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. Anthropic is prepared to repurpose ...

PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - France's data protection authority said on Wednesday it had fined Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google 325 million euros ($381 million) for improperly displaying ads to ...

Original story from August 18th, 2025: If you’re a Gmail user, you need to be particularly careful right now as criminals are currently targeting Gmail accounts. Hackers from a group called ...

Some people are using AI as an emotional outlet — and developing a real relationship with artificial intelligence. It's a trend that people and AI companies are hesitant to talk about, but does appear ...