Swiss politicians have voiced outrage and demanded an investigation after revelations that a second Swiss encryption company was allegedly used by the CIA and its…

Newly surfaced Microsoft patent filings describe a system for deriving and predicting "overall quality scores" for meetings using data such as body language, facial expressions,…

In November 2017, a small-time YouTube video creator and two moderators of the 4chan website, one of the most extreme message boards on the internet,…

A new study shows that the demand for employee surveillance software was up 55% in June 2020 compared to the pre-pandemic average. From webcam access…

The Swiss intelligence service has known since at least 1993 that Switzerland-based encryption device maker Crypto AG was actually a front for the CIA and…

VICE has highlighted six reasons why Google Maps is the creepiest app on your phone. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: 1.…

On modern versions of macOS, you simply can't power on your computer, launch a text editor or eBook reader, and write or read, without a…

A team of academics has detailed this week novel research that converted a smart vacuum cleaner into a microphone capable of recording nearby conversations. Named…

New webcam-based anti-cheating monitoring is so stressful, it's made some students cry, the Washington Post reports. "Online proctoring" companies saw in coronavirus shutdowns a chance…

Manipulated images, whether for entertainment or disinformation, are common on social media. But with millions of images and thousands of hours of video uploaded every…

While the commercial airline industry has been largely grounded following various global lockdowns -- with outbound international travel from the UK set to be banned…

The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents. While…

These spiritual, pseudoscientific groups are domesticating QAnon narratives for non-American audiences. QAnon emerged in the US, but its plasticity makes it easily adaptable in a…

Celebrities, influencers, and personalities have as much influence as a source of current events as friends, family, and news organizations. Teens today are not only…

There are few things as revealing as a person's search history, and police typically need a warrant on a known suspect to demand that sensitive…

Experts say hundreds of thousands of returns don't end up back on the e-commerce giant's website for resale, as customers might think. Marketplace journalists posing…

TikTok--the platform skews young—reportedly one-third of its daily users in the US are 14 or younger—and celebrity gossip has long been the lingua franca of…

While the rest of the U.S. economy languished earlier this year, the tech industry's biggest companies seemed immune to the downturn, surging as the country…

Facebook is being sued for failing to protect users' personal data in the Cambridge Analytica breach. The scandal involved harvested Facebook data of 87 million…

"It's hard for those of us who live outside of China to grasp how paying for everything has gone digital in the country," writes the…