The FBI warns that foreign-developed apps, particularly those tied to China, may collect your personal data even if you never ...

Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the ...

Connected cars are the new normal, but they often fail to respect your privacy, and their options to “opt out” are very limited. If you have purchased a new vehicle within the last five years, then ...

A month ago, I’ve talked about using computers to hack on our day-to-day existence, specifically, augmenting my sense of time (or rather, lack thereof). Collecting data has been super helpful – and it ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump administration began mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at U.S. health agencies (Reuters) -The U.S. consumer product safety ...

ATLANTA — Modern cars can capture all types of data, and there is growing attention to how that data is collected and used. "So these days, cars are just big computers on wheels, and like desktop ...

AI apps are all the rage in 2025, but a new study looked into exactly how much data they are collecting, and spoiler alert, it’s a lot. Since ChatGPT, every business under the sun has been jumping on ...

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

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Meta will start collecting "anonymized" data from its global Quest headset users to learn more about their devices, centering on various sets of information from its usage. It was reported that Meta ...