A leak reportedly shows the CIA bought an encryption company and spied on clients — while turning a profit

The American CIA secretly listened in on communications by spies, diplomats, military...

These email apps are scraping information from your inbox and selling the data for a profit

The apps are primarily interested in tracking receipts and shipping emails that show...

TikTok is reportedly on the hunt for a US-based CEO, and it could be the company's latest step to distance itself from ties to China

The move may help to distance TikTok from ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, and...

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman said he likely fell for a phishing scam. Here's how phishing scams work and how to avoid them.

Krugman tweeted that he received a phone call indicating that hackers downloaded child...

Here's why Facebook, Google, and every other major tech company are updating their privacy policy in time for 2020, and what it means for you

A new law was passed in California, but changes being made by most major tech companies...

Apple is appearing at the year's biggest tech conference for the first time since 1992, and it says a lot about where the company is headed

Apple's presence at CES 2020 provides a hint at where the company's priorities lie as it...

This is how Facebook learns what you buy at physical stores in order to show you relevant ads — and how to opt out

Facebook learns about what users are buying in order to serve them ads that reflect what...

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey doesn't use Google on his phone but a privacy-focused rival called DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that prioritizes user privacy, eschewing personalized...