5 ways to scour the dark web for your data after Google kills its free report

Google's support page has confirmed the closure, of which some users were initially notified via email. Scans for new dark web data breaches will stop on Jan. 15, 2026, and by Feb.16, 2026, the report ...
PCMag

Pornhub Premium Members' Search and Viewing Activity Stolen by Hackers

The hacking group ShinyHunters claims to have access to 94GB of Pornhub viewing data, including over 200 million records of ...

PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data

Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its ...
Forbes

OpenAI Data Breach Exposes User Data. Here’s What To Do Immediately

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. A few days ago, on November 26th, right before Thanksgiving, ...
The Verge

Microsoft is speeding up and decluttering File Explorer in Windows 11

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...
CNBC

Best data removal services of 2025

Our data is for sale — everything from our addresses and Social Security numbers to our browsing histories and employment records. Data brokers sell our personal details to other companies for ...
Wired

Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants

Last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) quietly updated a public notice to reveal that the agency would be sharing “citizenship and immigration information” with the Department of Homeland ...
The Hill

Cities starting to push back against data centers: Study

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 ...
CNET

Apple's New App Store Rules Take Aim at Personal Data Sharing With AI

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
Wired

If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...
Reuters

Rumble to buy German AI firm Northern Data for about $767 million, shares soar

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Video platform Rumble (RUM.O), opens new tab, which hosts U.S. President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, said in a statement on Monday it is acquiring German AI ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Tether-backed Rumble, Northern Data Said Close to Merger Deal

Rumble Inc. is pushing ahead with an all-share offer to buy German data center company Northern Data AG, with the deal set to value the target at less than its $894 million current market ...