MeWe social network racking up millions of new users — but what is it? By Tom Pritchard MeWe, the privacy-focused social media network, wants to be a competitor for big platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But what is it?
Trump banned: All the platforms that have suspended his account By Mike Prospero All the sites that have banned or limited Trump from posting
70TB of Parler posts archived — may hold incriminating data By Paul Wagenseil More than 70TB of user posts to the right-wing social network Parler were 'scraped' by online activists before the site went offline. The data might help the FBI find Capitol Hill rioters.
Best Black Friday password manager deals By Paul Wagenseil Most password managers aren't having Black Friday sales, but we found a few that are.
Instagram's secret new feature lets you change app icons — here's how By Adam Ismail Instagram has buried an Easter egg of a feature in its 10th anniversary update — and it's one longtime users are sure to love
You should delete these Chrome extensions ASAP — here's why By Henry T. Casey Facebook says these Chrome extensions were stealing user info. Here's how to delete them from your browser.
Twitter flaw could expose Android users' direct messages: What to do By Nicholas Fearn Twitter has asked many Android users to update their apps due to a flaw that might let attackers view direct messages.
Trump TikTok ban: President gives Microsoft 45 days to buy company By Nicholas Fearn Trump has changed his mind on banning TikTok, and has given Microsoft 45 days to complete the purchase of the Chinese viral-video app.
Disney, Microsoft, Nintendo and 50 more hit by massive source code leak [updated] By Nicholas Fearn More than 50 of the world's biggest companies, including Disney, Microsoft and Nintendo, have had software source code published online.
Walmart customer? You may be due a $750 payout following an alleged data breach By Nicholas Fearn Walmart joins a host of well-known names that have faced lawsuits as a result of California’s strict new privacy laws.
Massive Twitter hack hits Barack Obama, Elon Musk and more as verified accounts frozen By Paul Wagenseil The Twitter accounts of numerous rich and famous people and companies were hijacked to lure followers into a Bitcoin scam.
MGM Resorts data breach grows to potentially 142 million people, hacker claims By Nicholas Fearn As many as 142 million people may have lost personal information in a previously reported data breach at the MGM Resorts casino-and-hotel company.
LinkedIn, like TikTok, copies data from iOS clipboard, but says it's a mistake By Nicholas Fearn LinkedIn admitted that, like TikTok, its iOS app was copying data from the clipboards of iPhone and iPad users.
How to use Snapchat like a pro By Henry T. Casey From sending video notes and stickers to adding filters and swapping faces, here's a step-by-step guide for using Snapchat.
267 million Facebook profiles being sold online: What to do By Paul Wagenseil A set of 267 million Facebook profiles is being sold online, although it's not clear what you can do with it.
WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight coronavirus misinformation By Paul Wagenseil WhatsApp is rate-limiting message forwarding again to stop the spread of false information around COVID-19.
New Android malware can steal your Facebook account: How to stop it By Paul Wagenseil Kaspersky researchers find 'Cookiethief' Android Trojan that steals session cookies to hijack Facebook accounts.
Whisper app data leak exposes 900 million secret confessions: What to do By Paul Wagenseil 900 million posts to Whisper, an online-confession app, were found unprotected in a database, which could lead to some posts being traced back to their posters.
MGM Resorts data breach hits millions of guests: What to do now By Paul Wagenseil 10.6 million MGM Resorts guest records were posted in a hacking forum, and the company confirmed it had a data breach last summer.
Using WhatsApp on PC or Mac? Update right now to avoid this nasty flaw By Paul Wagenseil Flaws in the WhatsApp desktop program for Windows and Mac could let a hacker hijack a Mac or PC, so update it now.
Google is making an all-in-one communications app to take on Slack and Microsoft By Richard Priday The new business-focussed app in development by Google combines some of its most used apps into one.
The 13 biggest tech fails of 2019 By Tom's Guide Staff Here are the biggest tech fails of 2019, from failed Apple and Google products to the infamous Equifax scandal.
iPhone, Android users should delete the ToTok chat app right now By Kate Kozuch Apple and Google have pulled chat platform ToTok from their app stores following reports that the service is a government spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates.
Security alert: Twitter flaw lets hackers hijack your account on Android By Paul Wagenseil Twitter said older versions of its Android app had a serious security flaw that could let miscreants read private messages or even post tweets from your account.
267 million Facebook user accounts exposed online: What to do By Paul Wagenseil Names and phone numbers of more than 267 million Facebook users were found unprotected online.
WhatsApp flaw could permanently crash app: What to do now [Update] By Paul Wagenseil A flaw in WhatsApp could send the app into an endless crash loop, but there's a fix available.
Facebook Admits 100 App Developers Accessed User Data Without Permission By Don Reisinger Facebook said developers were able to retain user data. And now they need to delete it.
Discord 'Spidey Bot' Malware Is Stealing Usernames, Passwords By Paul Wagenseil The Spidey Bot Windows malware injects itself into Discord's code and steals your username, email address, IP address, phone number and Discord user token.
WhatsApp Flaw Lets Hackers See Your Messages: What to Do Now By Paul Wagenseil A flaw in older versions of WhatsApp could let hackers see your messages by making you open a booby-trapped image.
