Safe Browsing on Google Chrome adds real-time protection against malicious sitesThe browser will check URLs in real-time without disclosing which sites you visit to Google's servers.By K. Holt, 03.14.2024
The EU opens a wide-ranging probe into TikTokIt's looking into addictive algorithms, harmful content, privacy and more. By S. Dent, 02.19.2024
Lyft expands program that matches women and nonbinary riders to driversIt’s now available in New York City, Los Angeles, Miami and other places. By L. Bonk, 02.13.2024
The FAA says it's keeping a closer eye on Boeing as it investigates cabin panel blowoutThe agency will conduct an audit of the 737 Max 9 production line and suppliers.By K. Holt, 01.12.2024
Tesla is recalling 120,000 vehicles in the US over a door safety issueThe company has already released an over-the-air update to fix the problem.By K. Holt, 12.22.2023
Meta faces another lawsuit over child safetyThe New Mexico AG's office says it set up dummy kids accounts that were barraged by inappropriate content and requests.By K. Holt, 12.06.2023
Meta whistleblower tells Senate the company 'cannot be trusted with our children'Arturo Béjar says Mark Zuckerberg didn't respond to an email detailing concerns about harms facing kids.By K. Holt, 11.07.2023
Twitch's off-service conduct policy finally covers doxxing and swattingStreamers and mods can soon send anonymous warnings to chatters who step out of line.By K. Holt, 10.20.2023
Utah sues TikTok over child safety issues and its links to ChinaIt's 'an addictive product with design features intended to manipulate children,' the complaint states.By S. Dent, 10.11.2023
Lyft aims to match women and nonbinary riders and drivers with each other more oftenThe Woman+ Connect initiative is designed to bolster safety and encourage more women to sign up as drivers.By K. Holt, 09.12.2023
Synchron's BCI implants may help paralyzed patients reconnect with the worldInstantly learning Kung Fu is great and all but these medical applications will actually save lives.By A. Tarantola, 08.28.2023
Tesla says data breach that affected over 75,000 people was caused by 'insider wrongdoing'The leaks showed that the company received thousands of Autopilot complaints over the past years. By S. Dent, 08.21.2023
Sorry, you won't be able to block Elon Musk (or anyone else) on XThe owner of the service formerly known as Twitter says blocks are going away, except in DMs.By K. Holt, 08.18.2023
Tinder is losing the tool it uses for background checksGarbo didn’t want to be ‘relegated to a piece of big corporations’ marketing goals.’By W. Shanklin, 08.17.2023
Xbox adopts an eight-strike suspension policyPlayers who strike out won't be able to use Xbox's social or multiplayer features for an entire year.By K. Holt, 08.15.2023
Android's earthquake warning system failed in Turkey, according to the BBCAn investigation suggests the safety measure didn't work for the first quake.By J. Fingas, 07.27.2023
Xbox makes abusive-voice-chat reporting a system-wide featureYou'll be able to report inappopriate chatter in thousands of multiplayer games.By K. Holt, 07.12.2023
Discord (still) has a child safety issueA report identified 35 cases that led to physical offenses following communication on the site.By S. Dent, 06.22.2023
US Senate is the latest to look into Amazon's warehouse safety practicesSen. Bernie Sanders savaged the company’s worker safety protections in a nearly 2,400-word letter.By W. Shanklin, 06.20.2023
How to build a box fan air filter to escape the wildfire smoke blanketing NYCIt's more comfortable than wearing an N95 mask to bed.By A. Tarantola, 06.07.2023