Most people assume scammers need to hack something. A database. A password. A bank system. They don't. In most cases, everything a scammer needs to target you is already sitting online, publicly ...

As Raleigh prepares to implement water restrictions on Monday amid the ongoing drought, attention is turning to how much water large data centers could use and how that demand is managed during dry ...

If you regularly share your iPhone's data connection with your laptop or iPad, or let family members piggyback on your device's data, you'll be glad to learn that Apple recently made it a lot easier ...

WASHINGTON — Android users could be owed money from a Google settlement over allegations the tech giant collected users' data without permission. Google agreed to pay $135 million to settle a ...

Android phone users can now claim their portion of a class-action settlement connected to Google's collection of their data. The lawsuit, Taylor v. Google LLC, alleged that Google needlessly collected ...

The Minecraft Chaos Cubed update has just landed on the Java side of the sandbox game, and I'm already eager to see what the wealth of inventive Minecraft creators and modders can do with its ...

Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S.

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of peak demand, the company said on March 19, in its ...

Your VPN is supposed to hide your identity online, but server errors and misconfigured settings can give it away. I'm here to show you how to fix it. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, ...

There are six locations in Mississippi where data centers, large and small, are being built. Here is a list. In March of 2026, it was announced that an undisclosed company will be investing $750 ...

This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on artificial intelligence – from how teens use chatbots to how they think about AI ...