The Equifax hack exposed critical personally identifying information on more than 145 million American adults. That’s not all adults by any means, but it’s well over half the adults in the country. Now we know that social security numbers, credit cards (in some cases), full names, and home addresses aren’t …

In the music streaming era, access to data is king. Artists want to know how their music is being discovered, who’s listening, where, how many have streamed their release, and what else their fans are into, among other things. Today, Spotify is releasing an app for artists that aims to …

A team of researchers from Switzerland and the Netherlands has rediscovered and deciphered a 95-foot (29 m) long Luwian inscription found in the late 19th century on a limestone frieze in western Turkey. Luwian hieroglyphic inscription by Kupanta-Kurunta, the Great King of Mira, composed at about 1180 BC. Image credit: …

An international team of paleontologists from the United States, Australia and Tanzania has discovered a new species of hyaenodont that lived 25 million years ago during the Oligocene epoch, in what is now the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. Artist’s reconstruction of Pakakali rukwaensis. Image credit: NSF / Ohio University. The …

Oculus was started as a PC-focused virtual reality platform before Facebook acquired the company, but it has since ventured into mobile VR with the Samsung Gear VR partnership. Now, Oculus is preparing its first all-in-one VR headset known as the Oculus Go. It’s coming to a face near you next …

Fans in China still are buzzing about the latest NBA Global Games days after the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves wrapped up the second of two preseason games in Shanghai. “Every year I am so moved from the bottom of my heart by how enthusiastic the fans are; this …

Update 10/11/17: We have heard back from Google on several outstanding questions and clarifications and updated this story to reflect that and what it lays out in a new FAQ about the change.  Following last week’s sudden announcement that Google AdWords campaigns may now spend as much as twice the daily …

Intelligent assistant platforms like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant could be the next great frontier in computer interface, but there are bound to be some bumps along the way before we reach a Star Trek-style future. For example, Android Police founder Artem Russakovskii discovered a hardware defect in the upcoming …

Adblock Plus is one of the most popular extensions for Chrome with more than 10 million users and 150,000 glowing reviews. However, a spammer was recently able to infiltrate the Chrome web store with a knockoff of Adblock Plus that didn’t trip Google’s security measures. This rogue extension racked up …

Over the last few years, there have been persistent concerns about Kaspersky Lab and its relationship with the Russian government. Earlier this summer, the Trump Administration announced Kaspersky’s various antivirus and security programs would no longer be allowed on any US government systems. Multiple stores have pulled their products from …