Panera Bread will use Amazon One’s palm-scanning technology for loyalty members

Much like your iPhone may scan and recognize your face, Amazon One captures the minute characteristics of your palm and creates a “palm signature.”

Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for previously free blue check mark

Many prolific Twitter commentators could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.

Twitter to start removing legacy blue checkmarks next week

The change will end the current verification system Twitter launched in 2009 to prevent impersonations of high-profile accounts.

Skeptical US lawmakers grill TikTok CEO over safety concerns

The CEO of TikTok has been grilled by a U.S. congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned.

How TikTok collects your data, even if you don’t use TikTok

Questions over how ByteDance collects and shares information – and who the company shares it with – have been plaguing the social media giant for months.

Instagram users could be seeing more ads

Would more ads drive Instagram users away? Some say yes, but Meta hopes they've found a way to make the ads useful.

TikTok CEO to tell Congress video-sharing app is safe, urge against ban

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is due to answer questions Thursday from U.S. lawmakers concerned about the social media platform's effects on its young user base and possible national security risks.

Woman reunited with camera, photos she lost 13 years ago in river

An Arizona woman thought all was lost when she dropped her digital camera in a river, until a fisherman found it 13 years later and uploaded the photos to Facebook.

Dog reunited with owner 2,000 miles away thanks to microchip

When veterinarians in Ohio located the dog's microchip, it showed that she belonged to a man named Jordan, a truck driver based in California.

Amazon to cut 9,000 more jobs amid 'uncertain economy'

Amazon announced Monday that it plans to cut an additional 9,000 roles within the next few weeks amid the uncertain economic environment.

Sonoma middle school student threatens to shoot classmates, sheriff claims

A student was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening a school shooting at Altimira Middle School, Sonoma County authorities said.

Donald Trump posts on Facebook for 1st time since Jan. 6 riot

Trump's post comes nearly two months after Facebook’s parent company said it would allow the former president to return to the platform.

TikTok under federal investigation for spying on Americans: reports

Both the FBI and the FCC have warned that ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, could share TikTok user data with China’s authoritarian government.

US threatens TikTok ban if Chinese owners don't sell stakes in company

Lawmakers are considering a measure that would give the Biden administration more power to clamp down on TikTok amid national security concerns.