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As of May 8, Instagram removed end-to-end encryption from direct messages. Every photo, voice note and message you send is ...

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Heading out of town? Don’t make the $800 mistake of leaving your e-bike battery at full or empty. Both can destroy it for good.

Open/download audio Your kid’s post-screen meltdown isn’t because they love the app. It’s because the app was designed to keep them wanting. Neuroscientists call it a digital slot machine. I speak ...

Remember Tamagotchis? Those tiny digital pets that taught an entire generation parenting guilt? NYU students not only made them worse, they made them worse for you. At the school’s Stupid Hackathon, ...

TSA’s facial recognition rollout hit 65 airports nationwide, and 99% of travelers have no idea they can refuse. Here are the ...

Texas sued Netflix for secretly tracking your family’s every click and handing the data to strangers. Here’s exactly what got ...

Americans lost $639 million to text scams in 2025. More than 7x what they lost in 2020. And those are just the people who ...

Tens of millions of Ring cameras. New Echo Shows with cameras pointed at your living room and no privacy shutter. A mesh ...