Paul Wagenseil

Google's Topics is a new user-profiling system that replaces FLoC, which itself was intended to replace third-party cookies in Chrome by the end of 2023. Here's how Topics works.

Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek says it has demonstrated the first devices using the next wireless networking standard, Wi-Fi 7, to industry insiders.

Scammers have been trying to get people to pay for bogus Amazon cryptocurrency tokens, researchers say.

Google said it would be converting free G Suite accounts to paid Workspace ones in July, and non-payers would lose access to Docs, Drive, Gmail and other services.

At least 10 different women across the U.S. have reported being stalked by Apple AirTags since mid-December. Here's what to do if you think someone else's AirTag is tracking you.

A flaw seems to exist in iOS 14 and iOS 15 that can endlessly crash iPhones that encounter HomeKit devices with very long names — and there's no fix available yet.

Police in Texas said crooks have been putting bogus QR codes on city parking meters to send people to fake payment sites.

Millions of home Wi-Fi routers, including models made by D-Link, Netgear and TP-Link, seem to be affected by a serious flaw that could let hackers remotely hijack the devices.

The best routers we saw at CES 2022 include a mesh system, scary-looking gaming routers and one unique device that has moving antennas to better focus wireless signals.

Linksys at CES 2022 launched the Hydra Pro 6 Wi-Fi router, which offers Wi-Fi 6 speed and reliability for a reasonable price.

TP-Link's new Archer AXE200 Omni home Wi-Fi router has four rounded antennas that move as connected devices change position around the home.

The new Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 router makes Wi-Fi 6e speed a bit more affordable.

Google plans to end all support for its OnHub routers by the end of 2022, after which users won't even be able to manage the devices.

Microsoft is reportedly declining to fix three serious flaws in its Teams collaboration software, one of which could send users to a phishing or malware site.

Yet another Amazon Web Services outage disrupted service on Slack, Epic Games and possibly Hulu on Wednesday.

Several incidents of Apple AirTags possibly being used to stalk women have shown up online lately. Here's what to do if you detect a rogue AirTag.

Signal Private Messenger now supports up to 40 participants in an end-to-end-encrypted group video call, five times as many as WhatsApp can handle.

Microsoft patched a flaw that is being used to distribute very dangerous malware, along with 66 other vulnerabilities, in December's Patch Tuesday round of software updates.

A second security flaw has been found in the logging utility that created the Log4Shell flaw currently threatening thousands of websites.

The Log4Shell security flaw affects web servers, not personal computers, but the impact on the average person could still be massive.

Google patched the Chrome browser to fix a security flaw likely already used in attacks, along with four other serious vulnerabilities.

Apple has released an Android app that can detect the presence of rogue AirTags that might be used by stalkers or thieves.