Nicole Nguyen
Nicole Nguyen is a tech reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in San Francisco.
Contact this reporter at nicole.nguyen@buzzfeed.com
Amazon Bought A Router Company You've Never Heard Of. Here Is Why It's A Huge Deal.
Experts are concerned about what Amazon’s acquisition of Eero means for consumer privacy.
Nicole Nguyen
• 4 days ago
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Claims The National Enquirer Tried To Blackmail Him Over Dick Pics
"Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten."
Leticia Miranda
• 10 days ago
Update Your iPhone ASAP — There's Now A Fix For The Group FaceTime Bug
You should update your iPhone's iOS software as soon as possible.
Nicole Nguyen
• 10 days ago
How Slack’s New Logo Became a Lightning Rod For Everything Bad On The Internet
Designers in 2019 face all kinds of challenges. One of them: figuring out how trolls are going to turn their logos into swastikas or human genitalia.
Nicole Nguyen
• 13 days ago
Apple Just Shut Down Google's Internal iOS Apps
Apple has revoked Google's developer certificate, which disables internal apps used by the company's employees.
Nicole Nguyen
• 17 days ago
A FaceTime Bug Allows You To Access Someone's iPhone Camera And Microphone Before They Pick Up
BuzzFeed News confirmed that the FaceTime bug exposes the call recipient's front-facing iPhone camera before it is answered if a volume button is pressed.
Nicole Nguyen
• 19 days ago
Stolen Artwork Is All Over Amazon — And Creators Want The Company To Do Something About It
Independent artists, who aren’t afforded the same protection as big brands on Amazon, say that fighting copyright infringement by third-party sellers is never-ending. They want that to change.
Nicole Nguyen
• 25 days ago
Millions Of "Fortnite" Accounts Were Exposed By A Security Flaw
Epic Games, the company behind the popular video game Fortnite, acknowledged the vulnerability and said it had been “addressed.”
Nicole Nguyen
• One month ago
Debit Cards Suddenly Stopped Working For Ally Bank Customers
This morning, customers of the online-only Ally Bank couldn’t use their debit cards, which is the only way they can access their funds.
Nicole Nguyen
• One month ago
This Man Was Scammed By A Fake Sugar Daddy On Grindr — But He Can’t Report The Identity Theft Because Of The Government Shutdown
The Federal Trade Commission’s website that allows victims to report identity theft and file fraud claims is currently down.
Nicole Nguyen
• One month ago
The Year’s Biggest Data Breaches — And What To Do About Them
The databases at Marriott, Facebook, and more were breached this year. Here’s how to secure your account and protect yourself from identity theft.
Nicole Nguyen
• One month ago
6 Times When “Opting Out” Doesn’t Actually Stop Data Collection
Telling a company you want out doesn’t necessarily mean it stops collecting, or even sharing, your data.
Nicole Nguyen
• One month ago
Twitter Just Released A New "Sparkle" Button To Switch Between Algorithmic And Chronological Timelines
Now you can quickly switch between the two timelines with a new "sparkle" icon.
Nicole Nguyen
• 2 months ago
Netflix Wants To Change The Way You Chill
Log on to Netflix today, and you’ll see a lot of stuff you’ve never heard of. Here's how the streaming service is convincing you to click on it anyway.
Nicole Nguyen
• 2 months ago
25 Things BuzzFeed News Tried And Loved In 2018
Some of these things may change your life.
Katie Notopoulos
• 2 months ago
Netflix Wants To Change The Way You Chill
Log on to Netflix today, and you’ll see a lot of stuff you’ve never heard of. Here's how the streaming service is convincing you to click on it anyway.
Nicole Nguyen
• 2 months ago
Facebook Filed A Patent To Calculate Your Future Location
The methods described in three Facebook patent applications use your historical location data — and others’ — to figure out where you’ll go next.
Nicole Nguyen
• 2 months ago
Gmail Users Are Saying That Their Inboxes Are Full Of Promo Emails
Google confirmed that the email filter fail is fixed.
Nicole Nguyen
• 2 months ago