Brandon Silverman is a contributor to a report examining social media monitoring (SMM) companies' practices, finding that data sourcing for SMMs is often opaque and inconsistent.

A new Ohio law requires school districts to ban cell phone use by students. But what are the policies for teachers using their phones in school? In Ohio's two-year budget, state lawmakers prohibited ...

Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...

Between 50 and 100 million Windows users have switched browsers in recent weeks, just as Microsoft reveals its new warning to stop using Google Chrome. The problem is that this switch has not gone as ...

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a freelance health and science journalist based in New York. There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even ...

A federal judge ruled that Google must share certain kinds of data with competitors and is prohibited from entering into exclusive distribution deals — orders aimed at ameliorating its monopoly power ...

After announcing support for Cosmos DB inside the Microsoft Fabric data platform at Build 2025, Microsoft recently opened a public preview of the new service. This release gives Cosmos DB a new role ...

A Nothing Phone 3 retail demo was spotted making misleading claims about photo samples. Android Authority has spoken to two of the photographers who shot the pics, who confirm they did not use the ...

The easiest choice is not always the safest one when it comes to the browser you use on your Android phone. Most people stick with whatever came preloaded, rarely questioning it. If you've never ...

If you have a smartphone and spend any time on the internet, it's likely that at least some of your personal data has been collected, shared, and sold at some point. Many apps you use every day are ...

A web-based attack called clickjacking can get information from password manager browser extensions using auto-fill settings. Here’s how to protect yourself. Moe enjoys making technical content ...

Sony has sold over 80 million PS5 consoles since its launch on November 12, 2020. It's an impressive number that is quickly closing in on the lifetime sales of the PS3. With both Sony and Microsoft ...