Scrolling on your phone while sitting on the toilet might be doing more harm than you think. A new study found that people who use smartphones during bathroom visits had a 46% higher risk of ...

It is easy to forget how much of an impact the smartphone has had on our daily lives and our society. About 91% of Americans own a smartphone, which means most of us are walking around with a device ...

Your phone number can help scammers launch phishing texts, spoofed calls and account takeover attempts. SIM swapping can let criminals intercept calls, texts and ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. US troops could be at risk of being targeted by enemies using commercial location data from their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Adversaries may be tracking US military personnel using their location data on their cellphones. New reporting highlights the ...

AI chatbots are turning into accidental snitches — and in some cases, they’re handing out real people’s phone numbers to total strangers. Privacy experts are ...

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it. A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month ...

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

April 23 (Reuters) - British authorities say they have closed a loophole that could allow rogue actors to secretly track mobile phone users through ‌the international telecommunications system. In a ...

An internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection document reveals that the agency bought online advertising data that could allow it to track mobile phone locations ...