Burners are contract-free, and you can grab them off the counter. They're called burner phones because you can "burn" them (trash them) after use, and the phone can't be traced back to you, which ...

Recent investigations have revealed a startling vulnerability in our global communications infrastructure. Half of the world’s satellites, the silent workhorses of our modern age, are leaking ...

To keep up with the likes of T-Mobile, Verizon has unveiled a new data rollover plan, and is also revamping its current plans to include more data — but at higher prices. The highlight is its revamped ...

Here are some best practices for safeguarding sensitive personal data. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times and author of Tech Fix, a weekly ...

We've all heard before that our cellphones are listening to us and monitoring our every move. While this has been debunked (or, at least, explained), the fact of the matter is that data tracking is ...

Nearly every weekday morning, a device leaves a two-story home near Wiesbaden, Germany, and makes a 15-minute commute along a major autobahn. By around 7 am, it arrives at Lucius D. Clay Kaserne—the ...

In a world where over a billion smartphones are produced yearly, a team of researchers is flipping the script on electronic waste. Instead of tossing out older phones, they ve demonstrated a ...

Last-minute amendments to a Parliamentary bill will give police sweeping powers to access people’s online services and data, including bank accounts, encrypted messaging services, email accounts, and ...

The Trump Organization jumped into the smartphone business on June 16, announcing a $499 gold-hued phone and a mobile phone plan, proclaiming on the Trump Mobile website that device would be "designed ...