Google is a master archivist when it comes to everything about you. Through its immense ecosystem of products and services, the Big G has eyes on almost everything you do on your phone, tablet, ...

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Apple often promotes the App Store as a secure place to download apps. The company highlights strict reviews and a closed system as key protections for iPhone users. That reputation now faces serious ...

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence products, leaving U.S. users to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted to train AI tools.

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Update, August 9, 2025: This story, originally published on August 7, has been updated with additional information from cybersecurity experts regarding the now confirmed hacking of Google. This ...

As of January 11, 2026, a major Instagram data leak has exposed personal details of approximately 17.5 million users. The leak was first reported by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. A hacker known as ...

The company said that a voice phishing attack led to the compromise of ‘basic’ Cisco.com user profile data. Cisco disclosed that a threat actor was able to access Cisco.com user data stored in a CRM ...

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Discord users received some unfortunate news this week, with the messaging platform informing them that a hack last month did, in fact, compromise some important data that could have serious ...

Anthropic updated its AI training policy. Users can now opt in to having their chats used for training. This deviates from Anthropic's previous stance. Anthropic has become a leading AI lab, with one ...