Here s what s going on in tech.
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to expand social-media scrutiny as part of the visa-application process. One of the San Bernardino attackers reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS on Facebook. (WSJ)
Yahoo shareholder names possible replacements for embattled CEO Marissa Mayer: former Yahoo executives Ross Levinsohn and Jacqueline Reses.
By the way, Yahoo has announced that its second mobile developer conference will take place on Feb. 18.
VTech hacking: Man, 21, arrested in the U.K.
Qualcomm decides against breaking itself up.
Pew report on video games: 49 percent of American adults play video games but only 10 percent consider themselves gamers ; 40 percent believe there s a link between violent video games and real-life violence.
Senate approves bill protecting negative online reviews.
The Senate this week is tackling making an Internet access tax ban permanent.
Germany says Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech within 24 hours.
In Europe, a last-minute amendment to a proposed data privacy law would require parental consent for teens under 16 to use online services such as Facebook.
Antivirus program MacKeeper exposed personal details of 13 million Mac users.
Netflix is working to re-encode its entire catalog, which would improve streaming and lower data usage, according to Variety.
Ashley Madison victim must identify self in order to sue, judge says.
Photo: A boy looks at VTech s V.Reader, an interactive e-reader for children ages 3 and older. There s been an arrest in the hacking of a VTech database containing information on the more than 6 million children who use the company s toys. (Associated Press)
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