The plan is ostensibly designed to thwart robocallers but could make it difficult for individuals to use prepaid phones that ...

The European Union nation of 1.3 million will become the first country in the world to take such a step as governments seek to tackle the legal ramifications of the rapid growth of artificial ...

Estonia plans to assign personal identification numbers to AI assistants in an effort to better control and limit the kinds of access and authority such bots possess as they carry out work on behalf ...

“Where can I find the Pixiv user ID of my favorite artist?” The number at the end of the profile page URL ( https://www.pixiv.net/users/123456) is the user ID ...

A cybersecurity incident in Middletown last summer involved files that contained Social Security numbers, financial information and other personal info, according to city officials who released an ...

In 2025, Crunchbase reportedly tracked investments in over 24,000 private companies. Most of these investments did not earn media coverage. The standard, run-of-the-mill startup funding announcement ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) — The City of Middletown is notifying residents that personal information was exposed during a cybersecurity incident that affected city systems last year and may have ...

Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers to the open internet. Chris Walker, a ...

The Pokémon Company has announced it is exploring the introduction of My Number Card identity verification for select Pokémon TCG product lotteries and official events in Japan, with an August 2026 ...

Enrolment of beneficiaries of the "C'est Moi" card in Cotonou, Benin. Credit: Yao Gnona Afangbedji / World Bank. In Benin, undocumented citizens now have access to education, credit, and essential ...

Robocalls are the phone version of stepping on a Lego barefoot. You know the pain. Your phone buzzes during dinner, during a meeting or right when you finally sit down. Then a fake bank alert, ...

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 ...