Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A user in a low-level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free.The exposed data includes the personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A user in a low-level hacking forum on Saturday published the phone numbers and personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users for free.The exposed data includes the personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the...WW…

An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSenators grilled top tech executives about the sprawling SolarWinds cyberattacks during a hearing Tuesday that brought widespread support for new cooperation between the cybersecurity industry and government.The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing was the chamber's first inquiry into the that compromised hundreds of US companies and nine major government agencies. Hackers implanted into widely used software distributed by SolarWinds, which the cybersecurity firm FireEye in December.The CEOs...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSenators grilled top tech executives about the sprawling SolarWinds cyberattacks during a hearing Tuesday that brought widespread support for new cooperation between the cybersecurity industry and government.The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing was the chamber's first inquiry into the that compromised hundreds of US companies and nine major government agencies. Hackers implanted into widely used software distributed by SolarWinds, which the cybersecurity firm FireEye in December.The CEOs...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Working from home can make it feel like managers have less direct supervision over workers. But an always-on video-conference tool changes that by automatically snapping webcam pictures of employees every few minutes.Companies across the world have been forced to abandon offices in favor of working...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Working from home can make it feel like managers have less direct supervision over workers. But an always-on video-conference tool changes that by automatically snapping webcam pictures of employees every few minutes.Companies across the world have been forced to abandon offices in favor of working...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Muslim Pro, a prayer app with over 98 million downloads, reminds users about daily prayers and provides readings from the Quran. The company calls it "The most popular Muslim app."It also tracks users' location and sells that location data to brokers — and the US military is one of the buyers,...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Muslim Pro, a prayer app with over 98 million downloads, reminds users about daily prayers and provides readings from the Quran. The company calls it "The most popular Muslim app."It also tracks users' location and sells that location data to brokers — and the US military is one of the buyers,...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A new law passed by California voters in the November election will set an unprecedented standard for digital privacy in the US, making it harder for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to track people's data.The Consumer Privacy Rights Act, also known as Proposition 24, was in California as...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A new law passed by California voters in the November election will set an unprecedented standard for digital privacy in the US, making it harder for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to track people's data.The Consumer Privacy Rights Act, also known as Proposition 24, was in California as...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The FBI issued a last month for Americans to stay on the lookout for fake voting websites and emails that were set up by cybercriminals to spread misinformation and confuse people around the US presidential election.While the FBI didn't disclose specific fake websites, cybersecurity researchers have...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The FBI issued a last month for Americans to stay on the lookout for fake voting websites and emails that were set up by cybercriminals to spread misinformation and confuse people around the US presidential election.While the FBI didn't disclose specific fake websites, cybersecurity researchers have...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook's former director of monetization Tim Kendall says he had a role in making Facebook as addictive as cigarettes — and worries that Facebook could be just as damaging to its users.In a testimony before the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee published Thursday, Kendall accused...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook's former director of monetization Tim Kendall says he had a role in making Facebook as addictive as cigarettes — and worries that Facebook could be just as damaging to its users.In a testimony before the House Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee published Thursday, Kendall accused...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook estimates that it has helped more than 2.5 million Americans register to vote through Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Facebook app, the company Monday. That total surpasses the 2 million people it helped to register in both 2016 and 2018, according to Facebook's numbers. Facebook's goal is...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook estimates that it has helped more than 2.5 million Americans register to vote through Instagram, WhatsApp, and the Facebook app, the company Monday. That total surpasses the 2 million people it helped to register in both 2016 and 2018, according to Facebook's numbers. Facebook's goal is...WW…

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox.Something is loading.Last week, Facebook announced a raft of meant to spread awareness of climate change and fight misinformation that denies the existence of global warming.This week, several high-profile environmentalist groups said their Facebook pages were suspended without...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox.Something is loading.Last week, Facebook announced a raft of meant to spread awareness of climate change and fight misinformation that denies the existence of global warming.This week, several high-profile environmentalist groups said their Facebook pages were suspended without...WW…

Instagram is accused of illegally harvesting people's biometric data without their knowledge or consent in a new class action lawsuit filed against Facebook, Instagram's parent company.The lawsuit, Whalen v. Facebook, claims that Instagram has a face-tagging tool that and create a "face template" that is stored in its database. While Instagram discloses this practice in its terms of service, the lawsuit alleges that the tool automatically scans the faces of people pictured in other users' posts, even if they don't use Instagram and didn't agree to the terms of service.That practice violates...…Instagram is accused of illegally harvesting people's biometric data without their knowledge or consent in a new class action lawsuit filed against Facebook, Instagram's parent company.The lawsuit, Whalen v. Facebook, claims that Instagram has a face-tagging tool that and create a "face template" that is stored in its database. While Instagram discloses this practice in its terms of service, the lawsuit alleges that the tool automatically scans the faces of people pictured in other users' posts, even if they don't use Instagram and didn't agree to the terms of service.That practice violates...WW…