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xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity

Over Exposure

xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity

Matt Burgess

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling

Call Back

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling

Lily Hay Newman

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests

First Amendment

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests

Ali Winston

The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar

WIRED Book Club

The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar

Carlos Barragán

Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive

Frosty Perception

Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

Security Roundup

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron, and Matt Burgess

The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

X-Files

The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

Maddy Varner and Dell Cameron

The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are

Known Knowns

The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are

Dell Cameron

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Unwelcome Guest

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Matt Burgess

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Signing On

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Moving Targets

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Daniel Boguslaw

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

Quick Work

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

Lily Hay Newman

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Security Roundup

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Matt Burgess, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

Say What?

‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

Maddy Varner

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Rampage

A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman

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