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Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

Face Palm

Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US

By Dell Cameron

Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You

Mythos Madness

Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You

By Maxwell Zeff and Lily Hay Newman

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

Losing Face

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology

Changing Tides

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology

By Matt Burgess

Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming

Security Roundup

Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming

By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Maddy Varner

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

About Face

Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

By Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

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

By 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

By 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

By Ali Winston

Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive

Frosty Perception

Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

Security Roundup

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow

By 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

By 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

By 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

By Matt Burgess

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Signing On

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

By 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

By Daniel Boguslaw

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

Quick Work

The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race

By 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

By 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

By 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

By Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman