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<p>Facebook is among the first companies to be hit with a complaint under EU privacy laws.</p>

GDPR: Google and Facebook face up to $9.3B in fines on first day of new privacy law

An Austrian privacy group is wasting no time.

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<p>The Netgear Nighthawk R7000, which this author owns, is one of the many pegged as vulnerable to VPNFilter.</p>

The FBI wants you to reboot your router NOW to help destroy a botnet

DO IT NOWWWWW.

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<p>Joint effort: human and tech solutions are required to tackle the problem.</p>

What the GDPR means for Facebook, the EU and you

Everything you need to know about the European Union's new data privacy law, regardless of where you live.

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<p>Activists wave European Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)</p>

Why it's meaningless to accept a GDPR privacy policy

You're drowning in these thanks to the GDPR. But they leave out something important.

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My 3 months with Amazon Key were better than expected

Not only did Amazon Key keep my front porch blissfully free of boxes, the in-home deliveries didn’t even freak me out.

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Facebook accused of collecting user data from texts, photos

A lawsuit alleges Facebook used its apps to gather info on users and their friends.

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Amazon confirms Echo shared Oregon family's private audio

Seattle TV station KIRO interviews a woman who says her Amazon Echo recorded private conversations and sent audio clips to someone on the family's contact list.

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<p>PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 16: In this photo illustration, a visual representation of digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin is displayed on February 16, 2018 in Paris, France. Digital cryptocurrencies have seen unprecedented growth in 2017, despite remaining extremely volatile. (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)</p>

$1.2 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen since 2017, says report

"Put the Bitcoin in the bag and nobody gets hurt."

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<p>The malware, called VPNFilter, has infected more than 500,000 routers in 54 countries, researchers said.</p>

US takes aim at Russian hackers who infected over 500,000 routers

The VPNFilter malware targeted devices worldwide from Linksys, MikroTik, Netgear and TP-Link.

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<p>There's a handful of tools you can use to help protect your personal information online.&nbsp;</p>

It takes work to keep your data private online. These apps can help

Take off that tinfoil hat and try one of these privacy tools instead.

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GDPR: Here's what you need to know

The EU's new privacy law takes effect Friday. Here are the basics.

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<p>Google is taking action against scammers.</p>

Google won't let mobsters use its name to scam you

"It'd be a shame if something were to happen to your Google ranking..."

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Help, my PC with Windows 10 won't shut down properly

Since upgrading to Windows 10 my computer won't shut down properly. I use the menu button shutdown and the screen goes blank, but the system does not fully shut down. The only way to get it to shut down is to hold the physical power button down till it shuts down. Any suggestions?