Privacy Concerns

Even with privacy concerns and threats of a mass user exodus, WhatsApp remains atop the global mobile messaging totem. Work on a potential chat history migration feature between your current and a new phone number might help WhatsApp maintain mobile dominance even with contest from the likes of Telegram and…

Chrome is the world’s most popular browser because it’s made by one of the biggest software developers in the world: Google. That’s also the reason why Chrome is free to use. The majority of Google’s products are available for free because users effectively pay for access with their data. Google…

US Markets Loading... H M S It's easy to delete your TikTok account through the app. Reuters To delete TikTok, tap the three-dot menu in your profile tab, then tap "Manage my account" and "Delete account." Once you confirm your decision, your account will be "deactivated" for 30 days. After…

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Twitter will hand over the official @POTUS account to President-elect Joe Biden when he's sworn in on Inauguration Day, the company said on Friday. The social media company plans to do the same for other Twitter handles linked to the presidency, including @FLOTUS, @VP,…

Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images; Clancy Morgan/Business Insider TikTok, the short-form video app, has become one of the most popular social platforms among Generation Z. It has more than 2.3 billion all-time downloads, and 100 million users in the US alone.However, the future of TikTok's presence in the US is uncertain: The…

Could you speak a little louder, please? Image: Neil Godwin / getty By Jack Morse2020-08-04 00:22:02 UTC Google Home smart speakers, the company dryly warns in a note buried deep on a support page, can "incorrectly" record their users even when they haven't first said an activating wake phrase like…

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David Feinberg gave assurances Thursday that Google and Apple took a "privacy-first" approach to develop COVID-19 exposure notification technology that can aid public health agencies in tracking the virus. The former health system CEO said consumers have to opt in, and Google and Apple will not have any information about…

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