New scam targets mobile payment service -- Facebook shares your phone number and you can’t unlist it -- YouTube shuts down comments to fight pedophiles
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A new scam is targeting people using a popular mobile payment service. Facebook won’t let you unlist your phone number. More teens used Facebook’s controversial research app than they initially said. YouTube is doubling-down on its fight against pedophiles. IBM finds vulnerabilities in various visitor check-in systems. Amazon is planning for even more grocery stores. Google Maps makes it easier to find e-scooters and bikes. All these stories and more tech news from the digital world of Kim Komando.
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