Our data is for sale — everything from our Social Security numbers to our browsing histories. Data brokers sell our personal details to other companies for marketing, credit reporting, debt collection ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown has a new hub designed to give people easier access to city records. The City of Allentown announced the launch of its new Right-to-Know Data Hub Monday. The RTK Data Hub ...

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The federal government’s requests for social media user data has dramatically spiked over the past decade, a new report found, revealing major technology platforms reported a 770 percent increase in ...

VPNs encrypt everything, but proxies offer speed, flexibility, and unique advantages many people overlook. We explain how proxies work and whether you should be using one. I've been writing and ...

Perhaps it's the focus on empathy and connecting with our subscribers on a human level. Or all of the emphasis on writing in plain English—using colloquialisms, sentence fragments, emojis, and even ...

The Trump administration and its allies have launched a multipronged effort to gather data on voters and inspect voting equipment, sparking concern among local and state election officials about ...