Californians can now visit one state website to request all data brokers delete their personal information and refrain from ...

California residents now have a one-stop shop for requesting that their information be removed from hundreds of data brokers ...

Starting January 1, 2026, Californians can submit requests for data brokers to erase their sensitive information through the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP). The new ...

On January 1, a new law known as DROP (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform) took effect. DROP allows California residents to ...

California has quietly handed its residents a powerful new privacy weapon, a centralized system that lets people tell ...

A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal ...

The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) will force registered data brokers to delete your personal data upon request.

A typosquatted domain impersonating the Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) tool was used to distribute malicious PowerShell ...

Another reason to remove bloatware is the peace and quiet it brings. Most pre-installed apps on Windows exist because of partnerships between the app developers and Microsoft or PC manufacturers.

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.