
AT&T lost information on millions of its U.S. customers last year—not just account numbers, but full names, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, birth dates, and even social security numbers. But that wasn’t the end of the story, as the stolen data surfaced again. And this time, birthdates and SSNs (supposedly encrypted before) are now included in plai

AI’s rapidly expanding capabilities include convincing impersonations—that is, audio and video that sounds and looks like you. Sometimes these deepfakes can be harmless, part of a joke or meme that involves a celebrity, politician, or other public figure. But as you might guess, scammers also use them to steal money from the unsuspecting.
Most of the time,

DuckDuckGo has now extended the fraud protection in its privacy-centric browser to shield users from even more scams — without subjecting your browsing to additional tracking. Yay!
In addition to blocking phishing sites, malware, and known online scams, the DuckDuck Go browser’s protection will now also


AMD’s Ryzen X3D series is the hot ticket for PC gamers thanks to the 3D V-cache, which boosts performance for games and other media applications. There are affordable options out there in the series, but if you want an AM5 version on the latest sock

Meta is now starting to roll out support for passkeys to all Facebook users on Android and IOS.
Passkeys are a password-free authentication standard that is stored locally on your device, be it a smartphone, a computer, or a USB-based hardware security key. After

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The PC has become a crucial part of daily life for me as my essential workstation. But just like anything else I use regularly — my car, for instance — it too needs regular maintenance to work at its best. Here’s a list of the top five regular maintenance tasks I carry out to keep my PC in ship-shape condition.

Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardcore hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. In it, we dive into the hottest topics from our YouTube show, plus hot news from across the web.
This week, we dive into security with ethical hacker Mike Danseglio. Among our topics: Windo

Hey, everyone! Today I’m going to show you how to set apps to not load on startup in Windows.
App developers usually program their apps to load and open by default when you boot into Windows, which puts them front and center. But in my experience, they often just get in the way and block the view of my desktop.
Having a bunch of apps load on start