Tracy Davidson

The Food and Drug Administration’s new sunscreen regulations will require lotions to protect against both UVA and UVB rays, and will not allow them to be marketed as waterproof, only water-resistant. A proposed rule up for public comment would also ban labeling sunscreen with SPFs higher than 50. Dr. Joseph Sobanko, a dermatologic surgeon at [...]

Delaware wants to make sure those who continue to drink and drive are taken off the streets.  A bill filed Tuesday in Dover targets hardcore drunk drivers. The measure calls for enhanced prison sentences, 24-hour monitoring, and intensive counseling for individuals convicted of multiple DUI offenses.  The new sentencing requirements kick in with the third [...]

Citigroup Inc. has become the latest victim in a string of high-profile data thefts by hackers targeting some of the world’s best-known companies. The New York bank said Thursday that about 200,000 Citibank credit card customers in North America had their names, account numbers and email addresses stolen by hackers who broke into Citi’s online [...]

The Pennsylvania Senate has passed a bill that makes texting while driving a primary offense. On a 41-8 vote, the chamber approved a bill allowing police officers to pull a motorist over for texting while driving. The measure makes talking on a hand-held phone while behind the wheel a secondary offense. “Every one of us [...]

A privacy-rights group said it plans to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over Facebook’s facial recognition feature for photo tagging. The Electronic Privacy Information Center based in Washington, D.C., is working on the complaint and will present it to the agency by Thursday, said Marc Rotenberg, the group’s executive director. Other privacy and [...]

The incidents are rare, but horrifying. Children — and sometimes adults, even strong swimmers — can get sucked in by a pool or spa drain, trapping them underwater until they drown or, in some cases, are disemboweled. To prevent those accidents, Congress passed the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act in 2007, named [...]

Nintendo, the manufacturer of the Wii and 3DS game systems, said Sunday that it had been the target of a recent hacker attack, the latest in a flurry of intrusions into corporate Web sites. Nintendo, which is based in Kyoto, said in a statement that a server at an affiliate of its United States unit [...]

Sony just can’t catch a break from hackers. A group calling itself “Lulz Security” announced a fresh attack on Thursday, posting online snippets of data it says came from a breach earlier this week of more than 1 million user accounts on Sony’s website. Lulz began posting messages to Twitter on Thursday about its “Sownage” campaign, [...]

Hundreds of personal Gmail accounts, including those of some senior U.S. government officials, were hacked as a result of a massive phishing scheme originating from China, Google said Wednesday. The account hijackings were a result of stolen passwords, likely by malware installed on victims’ computers or through victims’ responses to e-mails from malicious hackers posing [...]

As any parent can attest, kids and technology make for a confounding mix. Let’s face it: Sometimes, it gets a little scary. What are your children and their friends doing and saying online? What are they posting on Facebook? Texting on their cellphones? Tweeting on Twitter? Are they worried – or should they be – [...]