CFPB drops Zelle lawsuit in latest reversal under Trump administration

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its lawsuit over peer-to-peer payment system Zelle, the latest in a series of dismissals from this department under President Donald Trump's a [...]

Credit Bureau TransUnion Hit With Data Breach Affecting 4.4 Million People

Personal information, including Social Security numbers, could have been stolen. [...]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut 90 percent of its employees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew. The department, which was created to oversee banks and financial institutions, has cut about 1,500 jobs, leaving about 200 [...]

All the tech and gadgets announced at CES 2026

It's the first week of a new year and there's no time for the tech world to slowly ease back into things following the holidays. That's because CES 2026 is in full swing, with all manne [...]

CFPB fines Block $175m over Cash App's lax fraud controls

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that's it's fining Block, the creator of Cash App and parent company of Square, $120 million in "refunds and redress" [...]

Vercel breach exposes the OAuth gap most security teams cannot detect, scope or contain

One employee at Vercel adopted an AI tool. One employee at that AI vendor got hit with an infostealer. That combination created a walk-in path to Vercel’s production environments through an OAuth gr [...]

T-Mobile is under fire again over its 2021 data breach

T-Mobile is once again being sued by Washington state over the 2021 data breach which exposed sensitive information for over 79 million people, The Verge reports. The lawsuit filed on Monday alleges t [...]

Massive TransUnion breach leaks personal data of 4.4 million customers - what to do now

Swiped data includes social security numbers. Even if you're not one of the unlucky 4.4 million, you might want to take these defensive measures anyway. [...]

Engadget's best of CES 2026: All the new tech that caught our eye in Las Vegas

This year, over 4,000 exhibitors descended on Las Vegas, Nevada to showcase their wares at CES, and the Engadget team was out in full force. The week started with press conferences from the biggest co [...]