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When your CEO just faced a grilling by the Senate over a lack of privacy and data protection, it looks pretty bad if a company continues to fight against new privacy laws. So it will come as little surprise that Facebook has decided to no longer fight to block the...

The Chinese government's solution to keeping things running smoothly involves strict controls on everything from the Internet to how individuals go about their daily lives. In order to do that, China has setup a network of over 170 million security cameras, all of...

Nobody likes telemarketing and spam calls, but if you own a Pixel, Nexus, or Android One device, you may never again have to deal with them. 9to5Google reports that Google is planning to update its default phone dialer app with a new feature that will send spam calls...

Are you in the market for a smart doorbell that will let you see and talk to visitors from your smartphone, wherever you are? One popular option just got a little more affordable. Amazon today announced it has completed its $1 billion acquisition of smart home device...

Smartphones! Everybody loves 'em. In fact, they're an absolute necessity in today's information age. We don't do anything or go anywhere without our little magic pocket slabs. But here's the super weird thing about smartphones: They all seem to last around two years...

Do you have an adventurous spirit and some serious money to burn? A company called Orion Span wants to organize your next vacation—to outer space. For just $9.5 million, Orion Span will take you on a 12-day journey 200 miles above the Earth's surface to Aurora...

Good news, Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers: Microsoft just announced several new features aimed at protecting your data from ransomware and other online threats. For starters, if you happen to lose files in a ransomware attack, or for any other reason, you'll...

Facebook today revealed that the Cambridge Analytica data leak affected up to 87 million people, most of whom reside in the US. Previously, it was believed that the leak impacted 50 million. On a call with reporters, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's...

Google is banning extensions that mine cryptocurrency from the Chrome Web Store. Until now, Google has allowed cryptocurrency mining extensions as long as mining was the extension's only purpose, and users were adequately informed about this behavior, Google's...