Technology

A 22-year-old New York City woman faces attempted murder charges over claims she duped a Tinder date into coming to her apartment where he was allegedly tortured and held for a $100,000 ransom.

The Twitter account @PayGapApp uses government data in the U.K. to call out companies tweeting for International Women’s Day while having some stark gender pay disparities.

Drones, part of a marketing campaign from Paramount+ to promote its upcoming sci-fi series Halo, formed a QR code over Austin.

Tinder’s parent company will now offer background searches for app users and the general public through its partnership with Garbo, a first-of-its-kind, non-profit background-check platform.

The products will be available beginning March 18.

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on the war in Ukraine.

It’s back to the office for Google employees for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A top Ukrainian official lamented that while Elon Musk was trying to “colonize Mars,” Russia was trying to occupy the country. Hours later, the tech billionaire responded to say Starlink had been activated in the area.

Researchers said one in four children younger than 2 years and one in three children aged 2 to 5 years are meeting screen time guidelines.

Lorna Klefsaas of Motley, Minnesota, paid her son, Sivert, to stay off social media, allowing him to escape many of the pressure teenagers face today.

AT&T becomes the first carrier to shut down its 3G network this week. Beyond mobile phones, here are some of the devices that could be impacted.

The White House has accused Russia of being responsible for recent cyberattacks targeting Ukraine’s defense ministry and major banks.

The White House has expanded plans to make high-speed internet service, laptops, and tablets more affordable and accessible for communities through the Affordable Connectivity Program.

The Social Media NUDGE Act, introduced by Democrat Amy Klobuchar and Republican Cynthia Lummis, aims to address the negative impacts of social media.

While Apple acknowledged that incidents of AirTag misuse are "rare," the company has been working with law enforcement to track down and charge perpetrators who engage in unwanted tracking.

There's been a lot of talk about the metaverse, since the parent company of Facebook decided to rebrand itself as "Meta" to reflect its commitment to metaverse-related technologies. Here's a primer for those who may not understand what the metaverse is, and what it allows people to do.

Facebook’s fourth-quarter earnings report shared this week revealed a drop in its daily active users, a first in its history.