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This story provides a case study of how academic researchers can refocus their research to answer policymakers’ questions.
Informing California Privacy Regulations with Evidence from Research Read More
Research and development of synthetic media will be better served if technical experts see themselves as part of the solution, and not the problem.
What To Do About Deepfakes Read More
Different communities can and do evolve different statements of scientific facts based on the same evidence.
Science Is Not Another Opinion Read More
Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all Read More
The inside story of the world’s most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens Read More
Working with new data from the journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and human rights group Amnesty International, OCCRP and 16 media partners around the world worked to uncover who might have fallen victim to Pegasus, and tell their stories.
The Pegasus Project Read More
The attack was the first in five years to use Sandworm’s Industroyer malware, which is designed to automatically trigger power disruptions.
Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Attempted a Third Blackout in Ukraine Read More
Painstaking new techniques for archiving social media posts could provide crucial evidence in future prosecutions.
The Race to Archive Social Posts That May Prove Russian War Crimes Read More
The Biden White House is using “all of the levers of national power” to counter—or preempt—cyberattacks by Russia’s most dangerous hacker groups.
How Russia’s Invasion Triggered a US Crackdown on Its Hackers Read More
Many facial recognition systems used by law enforcement are shot through with biases. Can anything be done to make them fair and trustworthy?
Can the Biases in Facial Recognition Be Fixed; Also, Should They? Read More
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act § 230 amid an evolving online environment.
The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms Read More
By combining two processors into one, the company has squeezed a surprising amount of performance out of silicon.
How Apple’s Monster M1 Ultra Chip Keeps Moore’s Law Alive Read More
The city is trying to lure in Silicon Valley types, hyping the promise of sun, sand, and seed rounds. Does it want Silicon Valley’s problems too?
Welcome to Miami, Where All Your Memes Come True! Read More
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.
Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve Read More
From Sergei Skripal to Alexei Navalny, Russia’s attempts to silence its enemies have been forensically exposed. At the centre of these revelations has been investigative unit Bellingcat
How Bellingcat uncovered Russia’s secret network of assassins Read More
With more videos and images coming to light each day, Bellingcat and members of its Global Authentication Project have begun to log and map these incidents on an interactive TimeMap.
Hospitals Bombed and Apartments Destroyed: Mapping Incidents of Civilian Harm in Ukraine Read More
On a barren lava plateau in Iceland, a new facility is sucking in air and stashing the carbon dioxide in rock. The next step: Build 10,000 more.
The Quest to Trap Carbon in Stone—and Beat Climate Change Read More
Removing the greenhouse gas from the air will likely be necessary, along with radical emissions cuts, to keep temperatures from rising 2˚C.
UN climate report: Carbon removal is now “essential” Read More
With vast amounts of data becoming available to intelligence analysts, new tools will help them sift and interpret it all—but they will introduce new risks, too.
As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter Read More
A new type of battery could finally make electric cars as convenient and cheap as gas ones.
Novel lithium-metal batteries will drive the switch to electric cars Read More