More than $1 billion in donations have flowed through Facebook's birthday fundraisers alone over the past few years, thanks to the over 45 million Facebook users who have donated or created a fundraiser through the massive social platform.
The just-launched app Zao lets users slap their own faces onto movie clips, letting them cosplay as Leonard DiCaprio or Wolverine within seconds. It's only available in China, where it's a massive viral hit. Zao's success has spurred plenty of concerns about privacy violations.
A malicious app has been downloaded more than 100 million times directly from the Google Play app store. The app, called CamScanner, allowed mobile devices to create PDFs. Here's how that app slipped through, and what it means for the cyber-safety of app downloaders everywhere.
YouTube won't negotiate with the YouTubers Union, a group pushing for creator-friendly changes. The decision highlights the tech industry's rocky relationship with unions.
YouTube is throwing in the algorthmic towel: The Alphabet-owned video giant has revealed plans to stop running targeted ads on its videos aimed at child audiences.
Facebook has a moderator problem: An internal letter has accused Facebook of pressuring its moderators' onsite trauma counselors to divulge confidential information.
There's a new type of malware on the internet: "Stealers." They're aimed at swiping the autofill information stashed in your
Samsung just debuted the next two installments in its decade-old flagship Galaxy Note line: The Note 10 starts at $949, and the larger Note 10 Plus starts at $1099. They're available on August 23. You can preorder from the Microsoft store online or across the country.
Nearly half of all phone calls made in the US are from scammers, and the growing number of robocalls is a problem.
The Philadelphia police department plans to fire 13 officers for advocating violence through prejudiced social media posts. Thank the Plain View Project, a research project that has compiled a database of Facebook posts from more than 3,500 police officer accounts.
FaceApp's viral images come with a policy offering little data privacy, a company based in Russia, and 80 million users' photos. Should we be worried? The app's backlash might not be entirely justified, but it definitely says a lot about how public opinion on photos has evolved.
For the first time, an artificial intelligence system has beaten a team of professional poker players in a game of six-player no-limit Texas hold 'em. It's just the latest and greatest example yet of AI-powered bots excelling at games that once belonged entirely to humans.
In May, Deleware's Sen. Chris Coons sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking how long the company keeps recordings and transcripts of its customers. Amazon says it keeps the records indefinitely, deleting them only when a user makes the move to delete the data first.
The race towards a great foldable phone now has its strangest entry yet: Google has filed a new patent for a book-like device that might have as many as five foldable screen "pages" to flip through. Here's how it would work and how likely it is to actually happen.
In May, the Trump administration issued a blanket ban on US companies supplying hardware or software to the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Now a new report claims that tech companies including Intel and Micron sold millions of dollars worth of products since the ban was announced.
Chinese Smartphone company Oppo has just debuted a first look at their new innovation: a phone with a forward-facing camera embedded underneath its screen. Here's how it works and when we can expect it.
LA is the third most in-demand market among job-seekers, according to the report from AngelList, but it's also leaking techni
Two big internet researchers dropped new studies within the past few days, and they both make the same point: Way more internet users opt for their smartphones over desktop or laptops when getting on the internet. A growing number are even smartphone-only.
The just-revealed Nokia 2.2 smartphone costs just €99, or about $112. It's the absolute cheapest option for anyone who wants an Android One phone capable of running Android Q. Here are all the specs to know.
Apple WWDC 2019 revealed a new Mac Pro, available starting at a hefty $5,999. Also debuting: the biggest iPad software update ever, iPadOS, and new updates that include iOS 13, macOS Catalina, and tvOS.
Amazon might be developing a technology for its Alexa-enabled devices that lets them record audio before first hearing a wake word like "Alexa." If a new patent application from Amazon goes into effect, the devices could constantly record audio around them.