Twitter has revealed a security incident that occurred at the end of last year, where phone numbers were matched to usernames. The company said Monday that a large number of fake accounts exploited its API to access the information. The accounts were suspended immediately. We recently discovered an issue that allowed bad actors to match …

Netflix wants you to know just how much you’ve been binge-watching its TV and movies. By following the steps in a new how-to posted on the Netflix UK Twitter account Monday, you’ll get an almost endless list of everything you’ve watched — and you can find out the first piece of content you ever streamed through the service. Find out …

The European Parliament has voted to have one common charger for all mobile devices — which could mean the end of the line for Apple’s Lightning charger in the EU. The measure passed by a vote of 582 to 40, and it calls for new guidelines to be adopted by July 2020. The next step would be for the European …

Samsung is already asking for interest in its upcoming flagship phone, which has yet to be revealed. By signing up, you’ll get a notification from Samsung of when you can preorder the next Galaxy phone. “Be the first to experience a new era of Galaxy,” the site says. Delivery will be by March 6 while supplies last, Samsung says. You just have …

Preorders for the Motorola Razr have been backed up until midway through next month. According to a new notice on Motorola’s website on Monday, the expected delivery date of the foldable flip phone is now Feb. 18, 2020. It follows Motorola delaying the sale of its Razr by a month in December, as preorders for the phone finally went live on …

Facebook will create a cash fund of $550 million for its Illinois users who filed a lawsuit over its privacy practices, law firm Edelson PC said on Wednesday. The settlement came after Facebook was sued for collecting facial recognition data to use in tagging photos, which allegedly violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Tagging someone in a photo on Facebook …

Hot on the heels of the UK approving Huawei for 5G, the European Commission has on Wednesday published a “toolbox” green lighting but restricting the use of higher-risk vendors. While the Chinese tech giant isn’t named in the toolbox, EU states are asked to objectively assess risks and adopt mitigating measures to ensure the security of their 5G rollouts, as …

The Justice Department’s first enforcement of a civil complaint against carriers for facilitating robocalls on their networks saw “two major actions” filed in courts Tuesday morning. The calls, originating from India, have spoofed caller IDs from numbers like 911, Social Security and the IRS, and are causing “devastating financial harm,” Assistant Attorney General Jody H. Hunt of the Civil Division …

Google forked out more than $6.5 million in bug bounties during 2019, the tech giant said Tuesday. Its Vulnerability Reward Programs provide payouts for security researchers who find and report bugs in Google’s services. Of the total amount, $2.1 million was paid from the Google program, $1.9 million from Android, $1 million from Chrome and $800,000 from the Google Play program. …

The Pokemon Company and Nintendo have announced cloud gaming service Pokemon Home. The app will allow you to manage and trade all your Pokemon from mobile and Nintendo Switch games, including Pokemon Sword and Shield, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee. You can also use Pokemon Home to access the Nintendo 3DS software Pokemon Bank if you …