Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. A group of Republican lawmakers announced the introduction of two new data privacy bills on April 22: the SECURE Data Act and the GUARD ...

According to a report by Forbes, defunct companies are selling their digital footprints to AI companies as training data—and making real money from it. Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software ...

The Digital Choice Act would protect user privacy and make it easier for New Yorkers to "move" from one platform to another. Credit: Getty Images. Whether it’s a decade’s worth of family photos or an ...

As the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI) increases at an exponential rate, so do concerns about the privacy of user data. Increasingly, organizations around the world are adopting something ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach that led to unauthorized access to the sensitive information of individuals affiliated with ...

Contractors said in at least five lawsuits that AI training startup Mercor exposed their data to hackers. Mercor said last week it was "impacted" by compromised LiteLLM software. One of the suits ...

On April 1, Slack deactivated all workspaces with billing addresses in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Both paid and free users lost access instantly — messages, files, channels, integrations, ...

In a recent experiment, researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz asked Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini 3 to help clear up space on a computer system. This involved deleting a bunch ...

The loss of essential photos or app data can happen on any Android device. It also feels even more stressful, especially if there is no immediate backup. Yet, acting correctly in the first few minutes ...

There's a trade-off between convenience and privacy, but you can reduce online tracking. VPNs, browser choice, and anti-tracking software can all reduce the risk of monitoring. There are also ...