[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Two influential lawmakers from opposing parties have crafted a deal on legislation designed to strengthen privacy protections for Americans’ personal data. The sweeping...
[ad_1] Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders released a new proposal on...
[ad_1] The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor Project network, a complex, encrypted...
[ad_1] It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed his discovery of a backdoor...
[ad_1] The Journal’s story reveals that cargo hijacking fraud remains a serious problem—one that cost $500 million in 2023, quadruple the year before. Victims say load...
[ad_1] TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is poised to require pornography websites to verify visitors are adults, a move that would follow Texas and a handful of...
[ad_1] Digital signs that can be found throughout the Boston area are collecting data from the phones of unaware people who go near them. Soofa, a...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous. “OK, listen, if...
[ad_1] Electrical engineer Gilbert Herrera was appointed research director of the US National Security Agency in late 2021, just as an AI revolution was brewing inside...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Federal officials said Thursday they will review how airlines protect personal information about their passengers and whether they are making money by sharing...
[ad_1] Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into...
[ad_1] How do you know the internet has a deepfake porn problem? Just look at copyright takedown requests. WIRED found this week that Google is receiving...
[ad_1] Reddit said ahead of its IPO next week that licensing user posts to Google and others for AI projects could bring in $203 million of...
[ad_1] A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in the US Congress...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app TikTok if its China-based...
[ad_1] Each method is weaponized—almost always against women—to degrade, harass, or cause shame, among other harms. Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s e-safety commissioner, says her office is...
[ad_1] For years, Registered Agents Inc.—a secretive company whose business is setting up other businesses—has registered thousands of companies to people who appear to not exist....
[ad_1] In January, the CEOs of X, TikTok, Meta, Snap, and Discord testified in front of a congressional committee about child exploitation on their platforms. “Mr....
[ad_1] LinkedIn may or may not be the perfect Twitter replacement, but one thing is for sure: It’s a profoundly weird place. Staying active on the...
[ad_1] To send those notifications that awaken a device and appear on its screen without a user’s interaction, apps and smartphone operating system makers must store...