After demonstrating how Facebook Messenger was collecting user geo-location data by default with Facebook Messenger to thousands of users, Facebook responded to the public and media pressure by releasing an updated product within 9 days.

The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s tyrant — followed by 4 million people — because the U.S. government required it to do so.

BT and Phorm will not face prosecution for trials of technology that secretly intercepted and profiled the broadband traffic of tens of thousands of people, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced.

A San Francisco-based Facebook data scientist studied HTML code on 3.7 million profiles to find that 71% of users type comments and posts but don't submit them.

Facebook Inc. on Wednesday won its appeal at a Brussels court against Belgium’s privacy watchdog, allowing the U.S. tech company to restore its ability to collect information about internet users in the country not registered with the social media site.

Google has removed the 'gorilla' tag from its new Photos app, after it was found to be misidentifying images of black people

Chris Chambers: A covert experiment to influence the emotions of more than 600,000 people. A major scientific journal behaving like a rabbit in the headlights. A university in a PR tailspin

In Australia pilot effort, company will ‘hash’ images, converting them into digital fingerprints that prevent any other attempts to upload the same pictures

The internet is awash in theories about Facebook using your smartphone's microphone to eavesdrop on your conversations. It's not. Here's why.

New tools are designed to show you how to post to Facebook and Twitter after you are dead.

Here's an unusual technique for managing your workers: Put up giant TV screens everyone can see that show exactly how fast each person is doing his or her job, and make the numbers glow bright red for those who don't keep up. That might sound like a nightmare scenario from [...]

A recently discovered bug affecting cloud company Dropbox resulted in data that was supposedly deleted years ago being restored back to user accounts.

I have spent the past seven months gravely concerned for my future. With the imminent repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the subsequent massive cuts to Medicaid, my ability to receive the necessary supports to live and work in my community is at great risk. This will place me further at harm.

An upcoming service aims to keep a digital version of you alive for your loved ones after you die.

People don’t just listen to Spotify, they live it.

New research shows an alarming new way to track web users Nearly every web browser now comes with a password manager tool, a lightweight version of the same service offered by plugins like LastPass and 1Password. But according to new research from Princeton's Center for Information Technology …

A researcher finds more than 460 models have the hidden software pre-installed.

Mark Zuckerberg's company is accused of intentionally 'sabotaging' its own Android app for hours at a time to see what users would do if it cut ties with Google.

Leaked documents said to describe how the social network shares psychological insights on young people with advertisers

An adult webcam site claims to be the first ever to use facial recognition technology to help users find "sex doppelgängers" of people they know. Individuals can upload photographs of anyone's face...

The company confirmed a longtime conspiracy theory, angering even its most devout customers.

Adobe and Intel were also faced with court case in which lawyers sought $9bn over alleged collusion

Privacy advocates warn feds about surreptitious cross-device tracking.

German request for data audit reveals the web giant 'accidentally' stored payload information from open networks

At a launch party in Chicago, Uber allegedly treated guests to the whereabouts and movements of 30 "notable" Uber users in New York in real time without those users' permission.

Employee wellness firms and insurers are working with employers to mine data on the drugs employees use, how they shop, and even whether they vote, to predict their individual health needs and recommend treatments.

Leila has two identities, but Facebook is only supposed to know about one of them.