When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Google has enhanced its ‘Results About You’ privacy tool to help users monitor and remove personal information like government ID numbers from search results, according to PCWorld. The update includes ...

It seems as though Michigan has a timeline in place to hire its full-time football coach to replace the fired Sherrone Moore. Poggi will lead Michigan in the Citrus Bowl vs. Texas on Dec. 31. Michigan ...

If you’re going online to buy some last-minute gifts this holiday season, there’s a chance the price you pay will be influenced by what’s known as “surveillance pricing.” Some retailers are using ...

Google now allows users to automatically delete their search and location history. This feature offers options to purge data every 3, 18, or 36 months, giving individuals greater control over their ...

Police in Washington have said that they will now scale back their manhunt for Travis Decker, a triple-murder suspect accused of killing his three daughters. Decker is accused of killing his three ...

None of us signed up for our personal info to be bought and sold online. Between data brokers, people-search sites and all the other places our details end up, it happens constantly and usually ...

THE GENETIC TESTING COMPANY 23 AND ME. IT HAS ARGUABLY FAILED TO BOUNCE BACK FROM A CYBERATTACK THAT SAW ITS CUSTOMERS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND GENETIC DATA COMPROMISED. THE COMPANY COLLECTED DATA ...

Many 23andMe customers signed up to the genetic testing service in hopes of learning fun or interesting information about their past. But consumer advocates are now urging those users to request the ...

The Sony Xperia 1 VI was announced in mid-May with a promise of three OS updates and four years of security patches (the phone itself came with Android 14, of course). Here comes the first of three OS ...

The latest Xbox update restores friend requests, improves search, and adds more personalization options for profile pictures and home screens. Starting with this update, you can only be friends with ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Currently, your data ...