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Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers

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Voting Machine Makers Are Finally Playing Nice With Hackers

By Lily Hay Newman

iOS 14’s Best Privacy Feature? Catching Data-Grabbing Apps

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iOS 14’s Best Privacy Feature? Catching Data-Grabbing Apps

By Alex Lee, WIRED UK

Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities

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Old Email Flaws Could Let Attackers Mask Their Identities

By Lily Hay Newman

Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets

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Hackers Could Use IoT Botnets to Manipulate Energy Markets

By Lily Hay Newman

Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers

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Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers

By Lily Hay Newman

Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition for Nearly a Decade

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Rite Aid Used Facial Recognition for Nearly a Decade

By Brian Barrett

Children Stream on Twitch—Where Potential Predators Find Them

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Children Stream on Twitch—Where Potential Predators Find Them

By Cecilia D'Anastasio

Cool, Cool, Russia Tested a Space Weapon Last Week

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Cool, Cool, Russia Tested a Space Weapon Last Week

By Brian Barrett

Apple’s Hackable iPhones Are Finally Here

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Apple’s Hackable iPhones Are Finally Here

By Lily Hay Newman

Masks will soon be mandatory but nobody wants to enforce the rules

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Masks will soon be mandatory but nobody wants to enforce the rules

By Nicole Kobie

Who Pulled Off the Twitter Hack?

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Who Pulled Off the Twitter Hack?

By Brian Barrett

The Anatomy of a Cisco Fake Shows Its Dangerous Potential

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The Anatomy of a Cisco Fake Shows Its Dangerous Potential

By Lily Hay Newman

Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Their Hacking

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Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Their Hacking

By Andy Greenberg

Google Moves to Secure the Cloud From Itself

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Google Moves to Secure the Cloud From Itself

By Lily Hay Newman

15 Billion Stolen Logins Are Circulating on the Dark Web

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15 Billion Stolen Logins Are Circulating on the Dark Web

By Brian Barrett

Smash Players Reckon With Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Smash Players Reckon With Sexual Misconduct Allegations

By Cecilia D'Anastasio

DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid

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DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid

By Lily Hay Newman

The Encryption-Busting EARN IT Act Advances in the Senate

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The Encryption-Busting EARN IT Act Advances in the Senate

By Lily Hay Newman

New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears

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New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears

By Lily Hay Newman

Behind the scenes at the FBI’s gruesome forensics laboratory

Policing

Behind the scenes at the FBI’s gruesome forensics laboratory

By Rachael Pells