These days, keeping your personal information safe feels like a losing battle. After all, even someone you've never met can now get access to your home address, phone number, and even employment ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware has seen a blend of population rises and falls across its cities and towns. Roughly 43 out of 51 municipalities with over 1,000 residents have ...

I've been writing and editing stories for almost two decades that help people use technology and productivity techniques to work better, live better, and protect their privacy and personal data. As ...

The jump was driven almost entirely by international migration, with natural change – more births than deaths – responsible for only a tiny proportion. A record 69.3 million people were estimated to ...

The share of immigrants in Harris County grew slightly last year, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, with Hondurans now possibly making up the second-largest immigrant group in the ...

In my August 2025 GPS World newsletter column, I highlighted that a colleague reminded me that the National Geodetic Survey’s (NGS) new National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) is more than a ...

Highlighting colorful regions, Will Counihan moved a computer cursor around a map of Texas, simply pulling up demographic ...

For all the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, the biggest obstacles have often been bureaucratic, not just technical. Patient privacy laws, incompatible data systems and the ...

People affected by two different privacy breaches at AT&T can claim up to $7,500 if they file a claim soon. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering technology, ...

When Pennsylvania state Sen. Katie Muth toured a small data center in her suburban Philadelphia district this May, she was mostly impressed by what she found. It was quiet and impeccably clean–a ...

B.C. was the only province in Canada where the population declined between April and June, while the province’s birthrate remains the lowest in the country, according to new Statistics Canada data ...

AT&T's $177 million settlement is for data breaches in 2019 and 2024. Claim up to $5,000 (first breach) and $2,500 (Snowflake hack), or both. File claim by Nov. 18, 2025, either online or by mail. If ...