A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse

In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record ...
Business Wire

Bloomberg Expands Alternative Data Offering with Web Traffic Data from Similarweb

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloomberg today announced the availability of Similarweb’s web traffic data on the Bloomberg Terminal via {ALTD<GO>}, significantly enhancing its alternative data offering ...
The New York Times

Jobs Data Is Finally Back. But the Economic Picture Is Still Blurry.

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision in January. By Ben Casselman and ...
The News-Press

Deadline nears to file AT&T settlement claim for data breaches involving dark web

AT&T agreed to a $177 million settlement for two data incidents in 2024 that exposed customer info. A federal judge is scheduled to grant final approval of the settlement on Jan. 15, 2026. Time is ...
Android Authority

Google's killing off its dark web report because users didn't know what to do with it

Google has let you scan the dark web for personal information revealed in breaches. That service is going away in early 2026. Google stops scanning for new data on January 15, and deletes all old ...
CNBC

My info ended up on the dark web. Now I always use these 6 tools to protect my identity

I didn't always take online security seriously. I made basic mistakes, like using the same password for all my accounts, logging onto public WiFI networks without a VPN and giving out my email and ...
Search Engine Land

Google launches Data Manager API

Google’s new Data Manager API gives advertisers a simpler, centralized way to feed first-party data into its AI systems. Google is rolling out a new Data Manager API that lets you plug first-party ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
ExtremeTech

All About the Dark Web—And How to Use It

The internet you know—the one you're surfing to read this article—is just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface lies the dark web: a hidden layer of the internet that's invisible to most users, ...
Bleeping Computer

Dartmouth College confirms data breach after Clop extortion attack

Dartmouth College has disclosed a data breach after the Clop extortion gang leaked data allegedly stolen from the school's Oracle E-Business Suite servers on its dark web leak site. The private Ivy ...
Digital Trends

AI browsers are here, and you need to learn how to use the web properly

About a month ago, I gave a tech demo to a bunch of freshman students on how to create a custom skill in an AI browser and automate the research work on assignments. Instead of bogging them down with ...
Reader's Digest

This Internet Browser Is the Worst for Your Privacy—Chances Are, You’re Using It Now

Not all web browsers are created equal when it comes to protecting your privacy. Here's which browser to avoid and which ones to use instead. As much as the internet has changed over the past ...