Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to ...

World Password Day is here, and it is the perfect excuse to check something most of us ignore until it is too late. Your passwords. Think about it. You are scrolling ...

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...

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We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...

I never thought smart home tech was for me. Maybe that’s because my introduction to it was largely centered around my friends incessantly yelling “Hey Google!” whenever they wanted a light turned on ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Northern Iowa men's basketball is off to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The sixth-seeded Panthers (22-12, 11-9 in MVC) knocked off fifth-seeded Illinois-Chicago (18-15, 12-8) 84-69 in the Missouri Valley ...

The 2026 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament is taking place at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. Here are matchups and scores from the tournament, plus other things to know about the ...

Facepalm: As we continue waiting for it to find a cure for cancer, it seems there's something else that AI isn't very good at: generating passwords. New research suggests that asking large language ...

Can you remember all your passwords off the top of your head? If so, you probably have too few of them – or, heaven forbid, only one that you use everywhere. But that problem could become a thing of ...