A majority-American board now owns and operates a separate entity that controls TikTok in the United States. TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is governed by seven board directors, including TikTok chief ...

California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians ...

PCWorld explains how incognito mode only prevents local history saving but leaves DNS cache traces that can reveal visited websites on your device. The guide covers clearing DNS cache on Windows, Mac, ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...

Whether to protect against identity theft, to protect our privacy or to regain control over our information, there are numerous reasons for wanting to delete personal data from the internet. And there ...

The days of traversing the internet without leaving some sort of digital footprint are long gone, but there are still steps you can take to clear away as much of your digital footprint as possible. As ...

If I were to ever go on University Challenge, I’d choose two specialist subjects: moisturizing and facial hair removal. I was blessed with the sort of hair that grows in all places at all times, and ...

Yes, you can remove Meta AI from WhatsApp. The decision to add the controversial blue circle to the world’s leading secure messenger is controversial and has triggered user concern. There’s no opt-in ...

Apple is warning its iPhone users to delete a common app, claiming it’s a danger to digital privacy. Without mentioning the company by name, Apple issued a video ...