Jose Flores was driving with his family to see “Toy Story 5” on Wednesday in Caracas, Venezuela, when a loud earthquake alert went off on his wife’s Google Android phone. Six seconds later, he felt ...

A Google official confirmed to HT that the company's Android Earthquake Alerts System detected the initial seismic activity in Venezuela and sent warning notifications to users seconds before the ...

Brazil’s civil defense alert system was hacked, sending fake extreme alerts with the word “misantropi4” to millions of phones before the platform was shut down. The Federal Police has been activated ...

An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning is suspected to be the work of hackers, the Brazilian government ...

If data brokers can track the devices you take with you, they know where you live, where you go, and what you do. And the stakes are only poised to climb higher, now that surveillance companies that ...

Google appears to be experimenting with a new AI feature inside Google Messages that could make replying to texts significantly faster. The feature, currently spotted in development, introduces a “tap ...

Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — many of them journalists and civil ...

Thanks to policy changes in six prison systems and several dozen jail systems, families are talking more and saving money. Incarcerated people make phone calls in the Little Scandinavia unit at SCI ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...

Join the Tom's Guide Club for quick access. Enter your email below and we'll send confirmation, and sign you up to our newsletter.

ZDNET experts put every product through rigorous testing and research to curate the best options for you. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn Our Process 'ZDNET Recommends': ...

A cybersecurity attack is affecting several Massachusetts towns that share a regional emergency communications center. The cyberattack affecting the Patriot Regional Emergency Communications Center ...