Peloton, the connected device that lets spin-class enthusiasts take classes from home, was already gaining traction when the pandemic took off globally in March of 2020. But as it became clear that people weren’t going to be sweating it out in group se…
When John’s friend Irene* fell in her home, it took her an hour to crawl to the phone and call for help. And once she’d recovered, the big question was: What do we do now?
Increasingly, law enforcement agencies and lawmakers are asking smartphone developers like Apple and Google to create backdoors into the encryptions that protect user data. But even without them, investigators can access your data.
You might have missed the news about a FaceTime bug that was found about a year ago. The bug enabled anyone to start a group FaceTime call with one of your contacts, even if that person didn’t explicitly accept the call.
We are very excited to share Episode 1 of our brand new series, Avast Hacker Archives, or AHA for short. Hosted by Avast CISO Jaya Baloo, the series showcases those valuable “Aha!” moments achieved by white hat hackers and researchers that changed the …
It’s one of the biggest clichés of today: data is the new oil. But then, clichés are clichés because they are true.
It’s one of the biggest clichés of today: data is the new oil. But then, clichés are clichés because they are true.
Artificial intelligence (AI) was once something you only heard about in science fiction — but not anymore. These days, AI is used for everything from computers playing chess to self-driving cars to robots you can actually interact with. But the develop…
Earlier this month, WhatsApp gave its users an ultimatum: accept new data sharing terms or delete their accounts. For some of its billion global users, this was not received well, especially since some of your data would be shared across all of Faceboo…
Do you ever “log in with Google” or “log in with Facebook” to access an account that’s not either of those two? If so, you have used single sign-on (SSO), and you probably chose that option because it saved you from having to create and remember yet an…