Google's long-awaited username change feature lets you swap out your old Gmail handle without losing a single message, file or Google service link. Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer for CNET ...

When you're strapped for cash and short on time, it can be tempting to seek out the quickest and easiest route to funding. No-credit-check loans fit this requirement as they provide a lump sum with no ...

If you're hiring new employees, running a background check can to verify a candidates identity and credentials, and ensure there is no history of criminal activity or other black marks that could ...

WhatsApp has started rolling out, to a limited number of users, the ability to use a username in the app, finally ditching the long-standing requirement to use your phone number. As spotted by ...

Google is now letting users in the U.S. change their Gmail address. Here's how. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Google first unveiled Gmail to the public on April 1, 2004. Now, 22 ...

Despite owning FileMaker, Apple has never included a database app with iWork. Apple has now acquired Kuzu, Inc, a firm developing fast, flexible graph databases. Apple has had the FileMaker database ...

Update: New information added to the end of the story. The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table leaked online.

Earlier this month, a hacker named Lovely claimed to have breached a Condé Nast user database and released a list of more than 2.3 million user records from our sister publication WIRED. The released ...

You could have unclaimed cash sitting in the hands of the Michigan Department of Treasury. The Treasury has a website that tracks unclaimed property, adding up to millions of dollars in lost for ...

You might expect a big check to clear instantly. You put it in your account, the balance goes up, and that's that. But banks don't treat large deposits the same way they treat smaller ones, and the ...

Roblox is in a tight spot. After years of reports involving child predators on Roblox, the company faces pressure from the public and government to clean up its platform. The company's solution, ...

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