After nearly 20 years, the era of web-based “cookies” appears headed for an end, as companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft explore new ways to track Internet users’ habits, from desktop PCs to ...

When it comes to performance issues, it’s hard to know where the problem lies. This is especially true when your monitoring dashboard shows an all-clear, yet you’re still hearing slow app complaints ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Whenever you do anything on the internet, you’re being tracked. As ...

WASHINGTON — Telecommunications powerhouse AT&T Inc has provided extensive assistance to the U.S. National Security Agency as the spy agency conducts surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic ...

Apple in recent years has made privacy a cornerstone of the iPhone user experience. In fact, Apple's privacy page goes so far as to state that "privacy is a fundamental human right." Company ...

The two-year-old drive to give consumers a simple way to block companies from tracking their behavior as they move across the Internet has faltered, say participants in the process who are struggling ...

A Federal Trade Commission official on Thursday issued a warning of sorts to Internet companies: stop collecting information about your users by default, and give them shorter, more conspicuous ...