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Mysterious SUV-sized drones may have blocked medical helicopter

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How to securely wipe an old hard drive

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Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest

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How to renew your US passport online (finally)

Hundreds of thousand of athletes and visitors attending this year’s Olympics could have their movements analyzed by a real-time AI video surveillance tool.

Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics

By Mack DeGeurin

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Google is making dark web reports free for everyone. Here’s how they work.

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Save up to 50% on Ring doorbell cameras with this early Prime Day deal

Telecom towers in farmland

Many rural areas could soon lose cell service

Woman's hands typing on laptop

Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US

PaintCam Eve shooting paintballs at home

Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera

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The best VPNs for everyone on the Internet

By Nicholas Ware

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Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us.

CCTV security camera operating in home.

Airbnb finally bans all indoor security cameras

Passenger staying at self-scan TSA station

TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas

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OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?

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FCC bans AI-generated robocalls

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Sharing AI-generated images on Facebook might get harder… eventually

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Facebook and Instagram are making it harder for strangers to DM teens

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Google clarifies Chrome’s ‘Incognito Mode’ isn’t as private as you might think

Two phone screens displaying Facebook content filters for minors

Meta begins automatically restricting teen users to more ‘age-appropriate’ content

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The FTC wants your help fighting AI vocal cloning scams

Chinese exchange student leaving tent after being rescued by law enforcement after cyber kidnapping scam

Teen ‘cyber kidnapping’ victim found hiding near Utah canyon

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Rite Aid can’t use facial recognition technology for the next five years

Pharmacy shelves stocked with medications

Law enforcements can obtain prescription records from pharmacy giants without a warrant

Three smartphone screens displaying new E2EE feature for Meta

Default end-to-end encryption is finally coming to Messenger and Facebook

Woman's hands holding 23andMe saliva testing box

23andMe says a data breach affected nearly half of its 14 million users

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Log into your abandoned Google account now

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Can we find hackers by the clues they leave in their code?

By Sarah Scoles

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Meta will offer premium ad-free Facebook and Instagram options—just not in the US

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Here’s what to know about President Biden’s sweeping AI executive order

Scammers busted in India for impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support

Scammers busted in India for impersonating Amazon and Microsoft tech support

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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The best smart home security systems

By John Alexander

A hand holding a black pen and filling in the 1040 Individual Income Tax Return Form

The IRS’ free online tax filing program will be super exclusive in 2024

An iPhone and a Mac computer keyboard illuminated under a pink light.

It’s a great day to secure your Apple and iCloud accounts

Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

Watch this new Canada-made troop transport pass its explosive tests

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The CIA is building its version of ChatGPT

Skydio X10 drone flying at night

A new drone might help cops stop high-speed car chases

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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The International Criminal Court was hit with a cyberattack

robot approaches voting booth next to person who is voting

Why AI could be a big problem for the 2024 presidential election

By Kenneth R. Rosen

Best VPNs for Crypto

The best VPNs for crypto trading

By Steven T. Wright

Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum

Saab says it has solved a modern camouflage conundrum

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ascento Guard robot

The Ascento Guard patrol robot puts a cartoonish spin on security enforcement

the black hornet drone

The US military’s tiniest drone feels like it flew straight out of a sci-fi film

depleted uranium shells

Depleted uranium shells for Ukraine are dense, armor-piercing ammunition

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Luxury car interior

Your car could be capturing data on your sex life

shadowy figure holds spy satellite

How corporations helped fuel the big business of spying

By Sarah Scoles

Pants on hangers

The US wants to dress military in smart surveillance apparel

US submarine in Australia

Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Cybersecurity experts are warning about a new type of AI attack

By Harry Guinness

Zoom app icon of smartphone home screen

Zoom could be using your ‘content’ to train its AI

Police car on the street at night

Pregnant woman arrested after facial recognition tech error

Audio sound wave

Deepfake audio already fools people nearly 25 percent of the time

Hand held over Amazon One palm reader payment system at Whole Foods store

Amazon’s palm-scanning payment tech will hit all Whole Foods stores this year

an amazon echo glow smart device

A new ‘Cyber Trust Mark’ label could help you pick safer devices

By Harry Guinness

Currency printed by Franklin and his partner David Hall and later by the firm of Hall and William Sellers. Soon after establishing himself as an independent printer, Benjamin Franklin was awarded the “very profitable Jobb” of printing Pennsylvania bills of credit, partly because he had written and published a pamphlet on the need for paper currency in 1729.

Benjamin Franklin used science to protect his money from counterfeiters

By Laura Baisas

a military model of an embassy and a hummer

Why US intelligence wants a new way to make virtual, 3D models

By Kelsey D. Atherton

large dish on earth sends waves out to the moon in illustration

An enormous radio telescope may soon be a powerful tool for planetary defense

By Sarah Scoles

cell phone in hand

Massachusetts proposes ban on the sale of cell phone location data

meta threads twitter app store

You can now join Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads

By Sara Kiley Watson

Person making online purchase.

Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases

By Simon Fondrie-Teitler/The Markup, Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Suicide hotlines promise anonymity. Dozens of their websites send sensitive data to Facebook.

Suicide hotlines promise anonymity. Dozens of their websites send sensitive data to Facebook.

By Colin Lecher and Jon Keegan/The Markup

humvees in Kuwait in 2005

The Pentagon wants to retrofit vehicles to drive themselves

By Kelsey D. Atherton