The New York Times

Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data

Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost. By Adeel Hassan For more than 20 years, ...
Los Angeles Times

Google is at last letting users swap out embarrassing Gmail addresses without losing their data

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Google has finally answered users’ cries, allowing Gmail users to swap out embarrassing teenage email addresses.
Bleeping Computer

Malicious extensions in Chrome Web store steal user credentials

Two Chrome extensions in the Web Store named 'Phantom Shuttle' are posing as plugins for a proxy service to hijack user traffic and steal sensitive data. Both extensions are still present in Chrome's ...
9to5google

Honey accused of sketchy user data practices as more Chrome users uninstall [Video]

The popular PayPal-owned extension Honey has been under fire for the past year regarding sketchy tactics against online creators as well as its customers, and as millions have already ditched the app, ...
Business Wire

Bloomberg Expands Alternative Data Offering with Web Traffic Data from Similarweb

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloomberg today announced the availability of Similarweb’s web traffic data on the Bloomberg Terminal via {ALTD<GO>}, significantly enhancing its alternative data offering ...
Dark Reading

Browser Extension Harvests 8M Users' AI Chatbot Data

A popular browser extension that acts as a VPN to protect users' privacy is actually harvesting and facilitating the sale of data from conversations with AI chatbot assistants. While versions previous ...
TechRepublic

Google to Kill Popular Dark Web Report Tool

Google’s Dark Web Report tool will soon go dark. The tool is getting the axe next month, leaving countless users scrambling for alternatives after the tech giant announced that the feature failed to ...
9to5google

Google is shutting down its ‘Dark web report’ tool after just over a year

One of the lesser-known features that Google offers is a “Dark Web Report” monitoring tool, but it’s about to shut down in early 2026. Google has just sent out an email to active users of its “Dark ...
Ars Technica

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...
Android Authority

Google's killing off its dark web report because users didn't know what to do with it

Google has let you scan the dark web for personal information revealed in breaches. That service is going away in early 2026. Google stops scanning for new data on January 15, and deletes all old ...
ZDNet

OpenAI user data was breached, but changing your password won't help - here's why

Some OpenAI customer data was exfiltrated in a supply chain attack. The attack only affected visitors to OpenAI's API documentation. The damage was minimal yet noteworthy. A supply chain attack occurs ...
CSOonline

Chinese cyberspies target VMware vSphere for long-term persistence

CISA and the NSA warn that Chinese state-sponsored attackers are deploying malware dubbed BRICKSTORM on VMware servers to perform lateral movement inside victim networks. Chinese state-sponsored ...