Officials at WhatsApp on Wednesday sought to clarify the messaging app is not for “public use,” in the run up to the general election in India. Officials maintained WhatsApp will release a white paper to “ensure there is a clear understanding of how our systems work. “[WhatsApp]...

Google is releasing a new Chrome extension that could make account takeovers harder for hackers. The Password Checkup tool, which the tech giant released on Tuesday, warns you if the username and password that you're using were stolen in any data breaches. It then prompts you to change them...

The UK government has announced it’s working on a process to support so-called ‘advanced trials’ of autonomous vehicles — i.e. trials without human safety drivers. It also says it will be beefing up the existing Code of Practice for testing driverless cars to provide a framework to...

Spotify continues to see growing uptake for its all-you-can-eat streaming music (and increasingly podcast) services, even as it fell short of analyst expectations on sales in its earnings. In Q4 results reported today alongside the blockbuster news that it was acquiring Gimlet and Anchor to...