Twitter owner Elon Musk requested a meeting with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan late last year, but he was rebuffed and told to stop dragging his heels on providing documents and depositions...
Recently, we asked if it was possible for Europe to have a dominant smartphone again. The answer was simple: no, not unless there's some sort of miracle.The reason behind this is multifaceted, but the...
As the sun begins to set on Google Analytics Universal Analytics (UA), businesses are (or should be) gearing up for the transition to Google Analytics 4 (GA4).With just 100 days left until UA is offic...
When you fire off an important email, you don't get to know when the recipient opens it. You have to sit in front of your computer like a dope waiting for their response. Some emailers out there, howe...
Khari Johnson[photo1]In June 2021, Dave Zvenyach, director of a group tasked with improving digital access to US government services, sent a Slack message to his team. He'd decided that Login.gov, whi...
Most of us share huge amounts of personal information online, and Big Tech companies are in many ways the gatekeepers of this data. But how much do they share with the authorities? And how often do go...
A Dallas County Sheriff's Department deputy, Francisco Castillo, was briefly suspended after livestreaming a traffic stop, allegedly just to gain TikTok clout, in 2021. Now, the Texas motorist that he...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as co...
At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday, FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed for the first time that the agency has in the past purchased the location data of US citizens without obta...
It looks like trusting developers to just tell the truth about data collection on Google Play isn't working out. Just like on iOS, Android launched app privacy "nutrition labels" in the Play Store las...
[photo1]Fruit compote is one of the simplest ways to add a bright and sophisticated component to anything from ice cream to oatmeal, or even roasted meats. While you might normally make a big batch of...
[photo1]For those who don't have an air fryer yet, President's Day has some great deals for you to grab one. Here are our favorite ones.OffEnglish
[photo1]There are a lot of laws that govern the rights you have when you're renting your home, but landlords are also pretty well-protected. You might think that anything that goes on in your apartmen...
[photo1]David NieldYour devices and apps really, really want to know where you are--whether it's to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or better target advertising a...
[photo1]Matt Burgess Lily Hay NewmanWith a major United States intelligence authority set to expire at the end of the year, and a congressional showdown brewing over whether or not to renew it, new de...
ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Within two months of its release it reached 100 million active users, making it the fastest-growing consumer application ever launched. Users are attracted to the...
[photo1]Dell CameronThe same advancements that pulled swaths of humanity out of factories and fields and plopped them behind desks have left consumers outgunned and ill-prepared for life under constan...
Facebook's murky history of letting third party apps help themselves to user data which you may recall blew up into a major global privacy scandal back in 2018 (aka, Cambridge Analytica), gouging the ...
[photo1]Lily Hay NewmanThe European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, enacted in 2018, provides far-from-perfect data privacy protection, but it stands in stark contrast to the legislative d...
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TikTok's growth spurt early in the pandemic alarmed not only competing social networks but also the US government. Could the video sharing app, owned by Beijing's ByteDance,...