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The change took effect Jan. 1, but overage fees won’t start until July. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan shows you how to monitor your data to avoid fees.

Comcast has rolled out new home internet data thresholds for many of its Xfinity customers, catching some off guard. It means many families who are working and learning from home no longer have access to free unlimited data.

January 28 is Data Privacy Day. It’s a good time to give yourself an online privacy checkup. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.

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An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany

President Donald Trump points to spiking crime and delivers stark statistics on murders and shootings as part of his “law and order” campaign emphasis that suggests cities are overrun with violence that only he can stop.

The coronavirus has sparked concerns about how private medical information is being used

The U.S. created the internet, but you’d never know it given the chaotic way it collects vital pandemic data

For most parents, choosing a name for a child is a difficult process. Do you pick a classic or popular name and run the risk of being labeled “basic”? Or is it better to choose a unique name but potentially set up your child for schoolyard teasing or frequently having to spell their name for others? According to data released…

A Ukrainian security researcher reported finding a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users — nearly all U.S.-based — on the open internet. That data was likely harvested by criminals, said researcher Bob Diachenko, an independent security consultant in Kyiv.

A Boeing engineer filed an internal complaint alleging that company managers rejected a backup system that might have alerted pilots to problems linked to two deadly crashes involving the 737 Max jet, according to published reports. The Seattle Times and The New York Times reported Wednesday that an engineer who worked on the Max said managers were urged to consider...

Boeing did not tell Southwest Airlines, its largest 737 Max customer, that a standard safety feature designed to warn pilots about malfunctioning sensors had been deactivated on the jets. The safety feature is an alert that lights up in the cockpit if a plane’s angle-of-attack sensors transmit faulty data about the pitch of the plane’s nose. This feature is known...

Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. In doing so, Apple closed off Facebook’s efforts to sidestep Apple’s app store and its tighter rules on privacy. The tech blog TechCrunch reported late Tuesday that Facebook paid people about $20 a month to install and use...

D.C., Maryland and Virginia students have improved their scores in the past decade on an annual standardized test measuring math and reading in the fourth and eighth grades, data published by the National Center for Education Statistics shows.

President Donald Trump is continuing his habit of painting immigrants as criminals, highlighting gang connections, calling family reunification a national security threat and bemoaning the death of a pro football player involved in a car accident with a man living in the country illegally. Speaking to law enforcement officials at the White House on Tuesday, Trump singled out the MS-13...

The cyberattack included 50 million Uber riders globally and 7 million drivers in the U.S.

U.S. employers posted fewer job openings in May. But hiring picked up and more people are quitting their jobs — both positive signs for the economy. Job openings fell 5 percent in May to 5.7 million, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The setback occurred after advertised job postings nearly reached 6 million in April, a figure that has been revised...

The U.S. Labor Department is trying to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless the internet company turns over confidential information about thousands of its employees. The potential banishment is being sought in a Labor Department lawsuit filed Wednesday with the Office of Administrative Law Judges.