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Private mode browsing is a useful way to cover your online tracks. Just don’t read too much into the word ‘private.’

Researchers found that suicide-related searches soared in the weeks after the show’s release. What are the broader public health implications?

Search engines, like social media algorithms, get you to click on links by learning what other people click on. Enticing misinformation often comes out on top.

Most tech companies make it difficult for users to say no to aggressive surveillance practices. But it is helpful to know about the default settings on your smartphone and how to change them.

The Black Lives Matter movement is having a lasting impact on the racial reckoning in the US that was triggered after the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in 2020.

The world’s largest technology companies are making public the programming and hardware designs at the center of their businesses.

An expert explains how Facebook’s privacy issues are linked to a bigger problem – a ‘hostile information architecture,’ largely controlled by corporate interests.

At the end of the 1925 movie ‘Red Kimono,’ the protagonist, Gabrielle Darley, throws away her garment and moves on to a better life. Real life is more complicated.

Advocates and opponents of breaking up Facebook, Google and other technology giants are falling prey to some serious misconceptions.

How worried should you be?