If you’re having problems with your MacBook keyboard, you’re not alone. And now the issue may be heading to court. A class-action complaint filed Friday says people who bought a MacBook or MacBook Pro equipped with Apple’s “butterfly” keyboard “face a constant threat of nonresponsive keys and accompanying keyboard failure” and accuses Apple of failing …

It looks like Cambridge Analytica, the firm behind the recent Facebook data scandal, may be forced to tell a US citizen what data it held on him and how it was being used. And it took a UK regulator to make it happen. The development could clear the way for millions of other Americans to demand info on their data …

YouTube Kids unveiled on Wednesday new features meant to give parents more control over what their children watch, following an outcry late last year over disturbing videos that landed on the app. Google-owned YouTube will be rolling out three control features: Channels curated by YouTube and “trusted partners” like PBS. The ability for parents to handpick every video and channel …

Google’s announcement this week that it’s bringing Nest back under its wing has some former employees of the smart-thermostat maker saying the company never should’ve been spun off in the first place. Tony Fadell, co-founder and ex-CEO of Nest, said both companies’ efforts in connected gadgets were hurt when Google made Nest a separate business less than two years after …

Apparently for some iPhone users, seven isn’t a lucky number. Apple is offering free repairs to owners of the “small percentage” of iPhone 7 devices that may be displaying a No Service notice in the status bar even when cell service is available. In a support page notice late Friday, Apple said the glitch stemmed from a faulty component on …

We’d be hesitant to call it “waving a red flag,” but Twitter is apparently sending a lot more of its users a warning signal about Russian propaganda. On Wednesday, the social network updated an earlier blog post and said approximately 1.4 million people have now gotten a heads-up that they may have interacted on Twitter with Russian-linked content meant to …

You’re not the only one who dreams of cashing in on cryptocurrency mania. Samsung’s right there with you. In its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday, the consumer-electronics purveyor and world’s largest chipmaker by revenue said it expects its foundry business to get a bump-up from “growing demand for cryptocurrency mining chips.” It also confirmed, separately, that it’s making such chips. “Samsung’s …

Qualcomm, the world’s largest supplier of chips for phones, says it’s cut a deal with Samsung that could help it put a Korean antitrust case behind it and avoid a massive fine. In a statement Wednesday, Qualcomm said it had “expanded its global patent cross-license agreement with Samsung covering mobile devices and infrastructure equipment” and that as part of the …

An emergency alert notification that went out Saturday warning of a missile strike on Hawaii was a false alarm, state officials said. “Hawaii – This is a false alarm. There is no incoming missile to Hawaii,” read a tweet from congressional Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. “I have confirmed with officials there is no incoming missile.” In her tweet, Gabbard included a …

If your iPhone began misbehaving Saturday, or if you’ve been worried about that “root” password vulnerability on the Mac, read on — here’s what you can do to get your devices running smoothly and safely. A date-related flaw in iOS involving apps that send frequent reminders was reportedly causing iPhones and iPads to keep crashing as of the wee hours …