How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens
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 MoreArticles from sources such as magazines, newspapers & blogs.
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 MoreWorking 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 MorePainstaking 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreMany 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 MoreConsidering 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 MoreUkraine 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 MoreBy 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 MoreThe 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 MoreFrom 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 MoreWith 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 MoreOn 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 MoreRemoving 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 MoreWith 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 MoreA 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 MoreSo far, the efforts to observe the currents directly show they’re weirder and more unpredictable than expected.
The Atlantic’s vital currents could collapse. Scientists are racing to understand the dangers. Read MoreYou’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.
Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate Read MoreWith founders and developers scrambling for the exit, the Russian tech scene is taking a major hit.
Russia Is Facing a Tech Worker Exodus Read MoreWestern intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal.
Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls Read More