Inside the fall of 23andMe
Once worth $6 billion, 23andMe has lost 98% of its value and is on the verge of being delisted from the Nasdaq after all of its independent board members resigned …
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Why China’s testing its autonomous car technology in the U.S.
Chinese companies are aggressively developing autonomous vehicles. In August, China announced that it had issued 16,000 test licenses for driverless cars and opened up about 20,000 miles of roads nationwide …
What internet data brokers have on you, and how you can get it back
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Data brokers have long operated in the shadows of the internet, quietly amassing unprecedented amounts of personal information on billions of people across the …
Best new Apple iOS 18 iPhone apps, features to protect your privacy
Apple released the latest version of its iPhone operating system, iOS 18, on Monday, including several new security and privacy features. The rollout comes a week after Apple unveiled new …
Biggest risks of gen AI in your private life: ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot
Many consumers are enamored with generative AI, using new tools for all sorts of personal or business matters. But many ignore the potential privacy ramifications, which can be significant. From …
New Apple iPhone app proves how hard it is to kill the online password
Apple Intelligence was unveiled during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple Inc. For years, cybersecurity experts have been predicting the death of the …
Amazon, Best Buy may soon sell smart devices with ‘hacker-safe’ label
Consumers have become accustomed to all sorts of labels and seals of approval on products in the shopping process, from the Energy Star to sustainability standards. Next up, shoppers should …
UnitedHealth says ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans’ information hit by cyberattack, confirms ransom payment
The cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February targeted the data of “a substantial proportion of people in America,” UnitedHealth Group (UHG) said this week, with the company confirming it paid …
Google agrees to destroy private browsing data to settle class-action lawsuit
Google has agreed to destroy “billions of data records” collected during private browsing sessions to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the tech giant of improperly tracking people who thought …
How to stop your internet-connected car from selling your driving data
Nico De Pasquale Photography | Moment | Getty Images So-called connected cars, vehicles equipped with internet access, are becoming the norm, and their proliferation is sounding the alarm for consumer …