Privacy

Recent problems with Windows 10's search function--and Microsoft's explanation for what caused the issue--prompted widespread backlash from the operating system's users.

Avast announced that it's shuttering its Jumpshot subsidiary after widespread criticism over selling its users' data.

Avast has long been selling browsing data collected from its users. Now we know how personal that data really is.

In an op-ed, the Google CEO Sundar Pichai called for regulations on artificial intelligence technologies.

A hacker reportedly published the IP addresses, usernames and passwords of 500,000 devices accessed via Telnet.

More than 1 billion medical images can reportedly be found online without a password by connecting to a doctors' office server.

Microsoft reportedly allowed contractors in China to grade recordings from Cortana and Skype with few safeguards.

Amazon issued warnings to its customers saying the Honey browser extension represents a security risk and should be uninstalled immediately.

The U.S. announced a new set of guidelines for autonomous vehicles, and those guidelines were quickly criticized by safety advocates for lack of meaningful regulation.

Researchers from France and Singapore showed that cheap chosen-prefix attacks against SHA-1 signatures are now possible, and that the attacks are getting cheaper every year.