Bill Gates denounced President Trump's decision to withhold U.S. funding from the World Health Organization, calling the move "as dangerous as it sounds."

After a security vulnerability was found that would let hackers swap fake videos into TikTok feeds, the company said it's rolling out more secure connections.

Prices for work-from-home essentials like webcams, routers, and ethernet cables — and even entertainment products like Nintendo Switches — are far above normal.

What can you do to make sure your work data isn't stolen or leaked? We asked cybersecurity experts to share their tips to keep your information safe while home.

Working from home is far less secure than companies think it is, especially when few companies had plans in place to move their workforces online, experts say.

Social distancing has affected remote areas, where a lack of internet service makes videoconferencing software, telehealth services, and homework impossible.

Hateful online abuse targeting Asian people has increased by a whopping 900% since the coronavirus outbreak began, according to a report.

The videoconferencing app was caught by a flurry of bad press around its privacy policy, but the recent changes might not amount to much.

The video chatting app has seen a huge spike in popularity since people were confined inside, but it comes with some major security questions.

People wanting to buy a Nintendo Switch will have to pay an average of 52% higher than the normal retail price: Amazon is one of the few places left to buy one.

Restaurant and hospitality jobs cannot be done from a computer at home, and workers in those sectors are struggling during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Attempted cyberattacks from a sophisticated Chinese hacking group have spiked since late January, according to cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc.

The coronavirus may force schools to get their digital acts together unlike any other potential catalyst. Online degrees may gain the prestige they've lacked.

Hackers and scammers are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis. Here's how to protect yourself.

Project Baseline, a pilot site set up by Google to give access to COVID-19 testing sites, has been accused of collecting patient data and selling it for profit.

When a San Francisco-based artist joked that she was making medical masks with people's face printed on them, she was surprised the internet really wanted them.

Jeff Bezos announced the formation of the Bezos Earth Fund and a $10 billion commitment to fight climate change, following his "climate pledge" for Amazon.

The Chinese government may now grant startup Megvii millions of yuan to develop facial-recognition technology that could be used on mask-wearers in a crowd.

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, revealed YouTube’s revenue from advertising: $15 billion. That's just under 10 percent of Alphabet’s total revenue for 2019.

Law enforcement says it's easier than ever to break into a person's phone, even as the government continues to demand encryption backdoors. But a private company hacking your phone is still better than your government having full access, say ex-NSA and ex-CIA analysts.

The U.S. government is once again asking Apple to decrypt the phone of a terrorist, and Apple is again refusing. But if the government were to get its way and Apple added a backdoor for authorities, experts say it would quickly be used by thieves and lead to an increase in muggings.

After a series of Ring camera hacks, the Amazon-owned company claimed that hackers obtained login credentials from hacking forums or the dark web, not from the Ring's database. But lawyers representing victims said their clients used unique passwords that could not have been stolen anywhere else.

Update all your Microsoft-related software ASAP. The National Security Agency alerted Microsoft that there’s a major flaw in the Windows operating system. Reportedly it could affect the Windows 10 operating system and the Windows Server 2016, but Microsoft has not yet addressed this directly.

The question of privacy vs law enforcement's access to our data looms large again, as U.S. Attorney General William Barr asks Apple to unlock the phone of another alleged shooter. But as the government insists on having backdoor access to our phones, tech companies say that's not how encryption works.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off a new feature on last week: A talking car. But will Tesla owners ever see it in real life? Announcing new Tesla features with delayed follow-through, or none at all, has a bit of a pattern for Musk. Here are a few more of his broken promises.

Facebook leaves a large loophole in its deepfake policy in the form of satire and parody. This will be hard to enforce, from an operational and enforcement standpoint. In addition, if Facebook is serious about combating misinformation, deepfakes are not where it should be focusing, experts say.

Uber has announced that Travis Kalanick, the founder and former CEO of the company, would be stepping down from his position on the board of directors and has sold all of his stock options, estimated to be worth at least $2.5 billion. Kalanick’s last day at the company will be December 31.

Snopes used to partner with Facebook on its fact-checking operation. After Facebook removed a web of fake user profiles following a Snopes report on the problem, Snopes says Facebook is not taking fighting fake news seriously. Snopes has launched an independent crowdfunding campaign to support its fact-checking work.

It used to be one could simply have an opinion about a movie and not have to hire extra security because of it. Then alsog came The Last Jedi. Why does Star Wars: Episode IX -- The Rise of Skywalker have me afraid to like the movie, even before I've seen it? Answer: The fandom.

It's one of the most popular messaging apps worldwide, yet Americans barely know it exists. Why is WhatsApp still so unpopular in the U.S. when it dominates the markets in places like India and Germany?

Amid the hype around deepfakes, the simple truth is that this technology isn’t going away. In fact, it’s going to become as commonplace as Photoshop: We could soon see hyper-targeted ads with our own faces on them. Some companies, in fact, see deepfakes as the future of media.

The biggest shopping season of the year is here. And just in time, a new anti-Amazon initiative has revved up. The new worker coalition Athena says its goals are to prevent worker abuse and shield communities from what it calls Amazon’s predatory actions. Will it be able to sway people's attitudes toward the company?

London announced Monday that it would revoke Uber’s operating license. Uber might soon be banned in a city that's grown accustomed to easy rideshares, just as many American cities rely on similar apps. But there's little many U.S. cities can do to outright ban them as London is attempting to do.

Facebook has removed more than 200 white supremacist organizations from its platform for violating both terrorism and hate speech community standards, a Facebook representative told Digital Trends, part of a broader crackdown on harmful content.