Privacy Concerns

FaceApp, which made headlines in 2017 over controversial racial filters, has once again gone viral. The popular app is the hottest trend for online users, letting folks age themselves with specific filters. But before you download the app, you should take a …

Image copyrightFaceAppImage caption The app has gone viral - but how many fans have read the terms and conditions? Everyone is talking about FaceApp - the app that can edit photos of people's faces to show younger or older versions of themselves. Thousand…

Mr. Prickett found it hard to judge whether the Google device helped his son recognize emotions, but he saw a marked improvement in Esaïes ability to make eye contact. Heather Crowhurst, who lives near Sacramento, said she had experienced something similar w…

Comparing Prime Day 2019 deals for smart home devices takes into account the platforms they run on. For our Prime Day focus, that means Amazon’s Echo Alexa ecosystem or Google Nest’s Google Assistant network. When we compared the Amazon Echo Dot and the Googl…

The German state of Hesse is banning access to Office 365 in schools over privacy concerns (via Ars Technica). The product was launched in the country a couple years back with the promise to keep all data inside its borders, however it has since been under fi…

It's no secret that Microsoft's Office suite of productivity tools has consistently been popular over the years. Tools like Powerpoint are a godsend for students and corporations, whereas software such as Excel has proven invaluable to accountants and individ…

Amazon is striving to put Alexa, the home assistant/listening device, into more automobiles in the coming years. As a result, the company is working feverishly to enhance her vehicular-related capabilities — including wriggling her way into the embedded so…

As a freelance writer, sometimes I have to read foreign language material or a webpage for reference. I have always felt this way, and I'm quite certain that I'm not alone in this, but Google Translate is often terrible. Machined-based translation services o…

The German state of Hesse has banned schools from using Microsoft Office 365 because it fears the software opens up student and teachers' private information to the risk of "potential access by US authorities". The Hesse Commissioner for Data Protection and …

Tyler Lizenby/CNET Prime Day is almost upon us, and among all the deals out there from Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers, you can expect to be tempted by at least a few discounted smart home products.  Do you really need a smart lock? Is it that crucial …