Apple is suspending its Siri grading process globally while it conducts a review. The move comes after a report last week in  The Guardian said a team of contractors around the world listens to a random, small subset of the recordings Siri hears after people push its activation button or say “Hey Siri,” to check the voice …

The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging people affected by the Equifax data breach to choose free credit monitoring over the $125 cash alternative. Why? Because you might end up getting “far less than $125.”  The FTC on Wednesday said the public response to the $700 million settlement it reached with Equifax has been “overwhelming.” The 2017 breach exposed 147 million consumers’ personal information, …

Apple is teaming up with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter on a project to build an easier way for people to transfer data into and out of online services. The iPhone maker has officially joined the Data Transfer Project, or DTP, a collaboration that launched in July 2018. The DTP is working to build a “common framework with open-source code” …

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that Apple won’t get tariff relief for Mac Pro parts built in China, and urged the company instead to make its computers in America. “Apple will not be given Tariff wavers, or relief, for Mac Pro parts that are made in China,” the president tweeted. “Make them in the USA, no Tariffs!” Later Friday, Trump told …

Facebook removed nearly 300 accounts, along with multiple pages, groups and Instagram accounts, as part of its latest purge of “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The social network on Thursday said the accounts stemmed from four unconnected campaigns originating in Thailand, Russia, Ukraine and Honduras.  In total, 294 accounts, 1,509 pages and 32 groups were removed in the past week. Facebook said …

Facebook plans to restrict sales and limit content related to alcohol and tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, on its sites. A new policy, which goes into effect Wednesday, will prohibit all private sales, trades, transfers and gifting of alcohol and tobacco on Facebook and Instagram, according to CNN. Businesses that post content related to alcohol and tobacco will reportedly have to …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing AT&T and two data aggregation services over the sale of customers’ location data. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California, the EFF alleges that AT&T sold customers’ real-time location data to credit agencies, bail bondsmen and other third parties “without the required customer consent and without …

Twitter wants it to be easier for you to follow and join conversations on its platform. Part of that apparently is adding small icons to users’ profile pictures in replies. Twitter on Thursday said it’s testing icons instead of labels within replies. The icons appear toward the bottom right of users’ profile pictures in replies. Twitter is testing three icons: …

Facebook’s recently unveiled Libra cryptocurrency is facing pushback from groups concerned by unanswered questions about the digital coin. In an open letter Tuesday, more than 30 groups — including the Economic Policy Institute and US PIRG — urged Congress and regulators to impose a moratorium on Libra until the “profound questions” raised by Facebook’s proposal are addressed. Facebook is working …

The LG Stylo 5 has made its way to the US. The phone is on sale at Cricket Wireless starting Friday for $229.99 with qualifying service plans. It’s available in a platinum gray color as well as an exclusive Blonde Rose, which appears to be a metallic shade of pink. With a stylus and large display, LG’s Stylo phones are …