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The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Parting Ways

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Matt Burgess and Vittoria Elliott

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Oh Flock

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Dell Cameron

A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer

No Game

A New York Cop Got Injured at a Boxing Match. Now Madison Square Garden Is Banning His Lawyer

Noah Shachtman

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds

Dark Patterns

Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds

Dell Cameron

You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law

Explicit Demands

You Can Get Some of Your Nudes Removed From the Internet Under a New Law

Maddy Varner

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Trigger Warning

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Ali Winston

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

Security Roundup

Cybercriminal Twins Caught After They Forgot to Turn Off Microsoft Teams Recording

Andy Greenberg, Maddy Varner, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

Find My

Your iPhone Gets Stolen. Then the Hacking Begins

Matt Burgess

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Border Line

DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border

Dell Cameron and Maddy Varner

WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

Private Prompt

WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private

Lily Hay Newman

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Inevitabilities

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Lily Hay Newman

Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Swarm Tactics

Iran Is Using Tiny ‘Mosquito’ Boats to Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz

Vincenzo Leone

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Security Roundup

Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare

Maddy Varner, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg, and Andrew Couts

Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink

Space Race

Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink

Lucia Bellinello

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Drop Out

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg

You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out

Conundrums

You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out

Lily Hay Newman

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web

Bad Vibes

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web

Andy Greenberg

A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool

Master of Disguise

A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool

Fernanda González

Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

Like Minds

Hackers Hate AI Slop Even More Than You Do

Matt Burgess

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Thin Skin

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Maddy Varner