We’ve all had that moment after talking with a friend when we start seeing targeted ads related to our topic of discussion on a social media platform or internet browser. This prompts the question: Is ...

Did you ever get the feeling your phone or other smart device is listening to what you say? Maybe you've seen ads for products you were talking about, and swore you never did a Google search for them.

Linda recently called my national radio show with a question that flooded my inbox about a phone listening. Clearly, a lot of you have experienced a similarly eerie moment. “I was shopping yesterday ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. The bartender's first hoot is so clean and ...

A few weeks back I called my wife and asked her about a charge on our credit card statement. “Were we still using a certain app subscription that we had agreed to cancel last year?” For several ...

If you want a monster, it's not a hot mic. It's more about shadowy presences lurking on the internet. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

It doesn’t have to – advertisers may already have all the information they want to know about you. A product you were just talking about pops up in an online ad. How? Advertising algorithms are so ...

The bartender's first hoot is so clean and high-pitched it sounds piped in from the ceiling speakers — a single whooo that slices through the post-punk and clinking glassware. My friend Michael jolts ...