Uber concealed massive hack that exposed data of 57m users and drivers

Company paid hackers $100,000 to delete data and keep the breach quiet, it emerged on Tuesday, as CEO says I will not make excuses for itUber concealed a massive global breach of the personal...

Facebook’s Not Listening Through Your Phone. It Doesn’t Have To

In the bright-eyed naiveté of my first few weeks as Facebook's first leader of the ads targeting effort, I'd eagerly confront each new conspiracy theory."Is Facebook scanning my photos and using that for ad...

The stories to read to be the smartest person at the Thanksgiving table

Become an instant expert on Trump, sexual harassment, race, guns, America, the world, science and culture with our roundup of the best in-depth journalismAcross the turkey and cranberry sauce, your most opinionated relative waits,...

Spiegel hopes to save Snapchat with an algorithmic feed

Snap got destroyed by Wall Street today after a horrible Q3 earnings where revenue and user growth fell well under expectations. So to get things going in the right direction, CEO Evan Spiegel...

6 Totally Stupid Things Twitter Will Ban You For Doing

Given all the hate you can see on Twitter at any given moment, you'd think you could do anything short of creating @DailyRacialSlur and remain unbanned. But occasionally, Twitter does enact some justice....

Twitter just made huge changes to its controversial rules

The controversial Twitter rules of old are finally gone for good. The company on Friday overhauled “The Twitter Rules,” its oft-cited but not well understood set of guidelines that govern its decisions...