Experts are sounding the alarm about a setting on the iPhone that can make users vulnerable to hackers. The WiFi setting called “Auto-Join” automatically connects phones and other devices to public ...

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

In November 2025, a rumor circulated that Google's latest update had automatically opted in all users to allow its generative artificial intelligence (AI) program to train on private communications ...

Google automatically opts Gmail users into a feature that allows the company to access email data “to train AI models,” according to cybersecurity experts. Fortunately, users can opt-out in a few ...

Gmail’s most controversial new trick is not a flashy AI assistant or a redesigned inbox, it is a quiet default that lets the service scan your messages to power smarter tools and, crucially, to help ...