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What You Should Know About the Google Play Store Changes
With the first updates kicking in this month, Android apps should be more streamlined and lightweight. Google is also getting a greater level of cont…
5 years, 1 month ago
All the Ways Spotify Tracks You—and How to Stop It
Whether you're listening to workout music or a "cooking dinner" playlist, the app can show you ads based on your mood and what you're doing right now…
5 years, 2 months ago
Citizen's New Service Helps Paying Users Summon the Cops
The crime-tracking app is charging $20 per month to give subscribers access to their own virtual security service.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem
Vulnerabilities in Signal, Facebook Messenger, Google Duo, and more all point to a pervasive privacy issue.
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5 years, 2 months ago
France Cracked Down on Google’s Ad Tech. What’s Next?
The French Competition Agency has hit the company with $855 million in fines this year. The money is meaningless—but the changes could be profound.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Hospitals Still Use Pneumatic Tubes—and They Can Be Hacked
The tech may seem antiquated, but it poses very modern cybersecurity problems.Â
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5 years, 2 months ago
A Guide to RCS, and Why It Makes Texting So Much Better
Google is pushing the new standard for Android devices, which promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS.
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5 years, 2 months ago
The Privacy Battle That Apple Isn’t Fighting
California has begun enforcing a browser-level privacy setting, but you still can’t find that option in Safari or iOS.
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5 years, 2 months ago
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones
The latest weapons in the global information war are fake vessels behaving badly.
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5 years, 2 months ago
A Controversial Tool Calls Out Thousands of Hackable Websites
PunkSpider is back, and crawling hundreds of millions of sites for vulnerabilities.
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5 years, 2 months ago