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If data is the new oil, the U.S. has been operating without an agency in charge of preventing spills or holding those responsible accountable when they occur.

Some people have minds like steel traps. They can see a place they want to remember, and they just remember it, as simple as that. And then there’s the rest of us: the vast majority of humans who want to remember things and places, but generally suck at it. If that’s you, at least you’re […]

Viewed through the reality of surveillance capitalism, Big Tech’s commercials last Sunday take on a new light.

Each day, people adopt technologies and accept policies that ask them to trade privacy for greater convenience or perceived security: from smart home devices, to facial recognition scans at the airport, to endorsing legislation such as the Patriot Act. For many people, this discussion ends with “Well, I have nothing to hide.” That is, nothing […]

There is a finite amount of space between your ears, and while it seems as though you can always store more memories in there, well…science still doesn’t really know how memory works. What we do know, however, is that remembering things is no trivial matter, especially today when it seems we are busier than ever. […]

Smartphones are perfect distraction machines. They bombard us with messages and news updates whether we’re interested or not, and constant connectivity can feel like a double-edged sword. But you don’t need to chuck your phone in a river to get a little peace of mind. Here’s how to simplify your iPhone and rein in unwanted […]

It may be hard for you to remember life before Gmail (it was born in 2004, if you’re wondering), but Google’s client has changed the way we email many times over. By making email vastly more searchable it has saved us time, and by popularizing the conversation view it saved our sanity. But there have […]

Here’s the thing with dating apps: The people who are on them don’t want to be. Okay, there are some exceptions who reeeally like window shopping, but for the most part, people on dating apps want the dating, not the apps. Many would prefer to find their special someone and delete the app once and […]

We spend hours upon hours each day staring at screens. At work, they’re usually our big, bright computer displays, but when we aren’t looking at those, we’re often looking at the little screens in the palms of our hands. Smartphone usage is through the roof these days, and that actually represents a bit of a […]

So you’ve just unboxed a new computer. That glossy screen feels like a blank slate of literal possibilities, right? To get started on the right foot, there are a few important things you need to do to get your system ready. Once you’ve popped all the bubble wrap, here are the first steps you should […]

Everyone celebrates the holiday season differently, but one experience we all shared this December was the flood of emails from seemingly every company we’ve ever interacted with (Dashlane among them). The reason? The California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, prompting companies that do business online (everyone) to update their […]

Dashlane’s fourth annual list of the Worst Password Offenders is out—from a Congressman, to Lisa Kudrow, to the biggest tech companies in the world. What is clearer than ever is that as more and more of our lives have migrated online, everyone needs an easier way to browse the web safely and seamlessly. “The drudgery […]