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ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

ICE'd Out

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

Caroline Haskins

Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files

Raise The Alarm

Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files

Caroline Haskins

Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

Under the Influence

Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America

Vas Panagiotopoulos

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late

Miner Harm

Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late

Molly Taft

Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

Chips Down

Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

Will Knight and Zeyi Yang

Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins

Waddle It Be

Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins

Caroline Haskins and Leah Feiger

Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free

Takeover

Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free

Brian Barrett

Democratic Senators Call for Privacy Act Reform in Response to DOGE Takeover

Takeover

Democratic Senators Call for Privacy Act Reform in Response to DOGE Takeover

Dell Cameron

Beneath Greenland’s Ice Lies a Climate Solution—and a New Geopolitical Battleground

Rare Earth

Beneath Greenland’s Ice Lies a Climate Solution—and a New Geopolitical Battleground

Matt Simon

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

It's a Journey

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact

Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Education

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Maggie Chen

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Cut and Run

Trump’s Aggression Sours Europe on US Cloud Giants

Matt Burgess

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Clean Break

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Violet Blue

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

Crypto Wars

A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

Matt Burgess

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Brute Force

‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge

Eric Geller

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Fourth Amendment

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Dell Cameron

A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation

Uncanny Valley

A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Loose Cannons

Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Justin Ling

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

Falling Star

If Ukraine Loses Starlink, Here Are the Best Alternatives

Chris Baraniuk

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Search and Destroy

The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials

Jared Keller