A QR Code scan is like a raised hand in a crowded room. It’s voluntary, visible, and tells you exactly who’s interested. Compare that to website cookies, which are more like secretly following someone ...

A QR Code scan is like a raised hand in a crowded room. It's voluntary, visible, and tells you exactly who's interested. Compare that to website cookies, which are more like secretly following someone ...

Meta Platforms Inc.-owned Instagram has denied it suffered a data breach after a wave of unsolicited password reset emails sparked claims that data from more than 17 million user accounts had been ...

The company claims there was no breach of its systems. The company claims there was no breach of its systems. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as ...

Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost. By Adeel Hassan For more than 20 years, ...

The Department of Justice was dealt a setback in the bid to revive the case against former FBI Director James Comey after a federal judge blocked them from using evidence belonging to his former ...

For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add ...

Viral posts claim you need to opt out of Gmail’s ‘smart features’ to avoid having your emails used to train AI, but Google says it doesn’t use the content of your emails for AI training. Viral posts ...

Here's some light — and revolting! — reading while we wait for the Epstein Files to be released (or stonewalled). You can now peruse the Jeffrey Epstein emails, recently released by Congress, in a ...

The New Yorker’s Jessica Winter sums up an ugly truth: As is the case with the Epstein birthday book, these documents run an enervating gamut from the inane to the depraved. Not one of these people ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. This week there was yet another ...

At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. Research collected by Data Center ...