A US Bill Would Ban Kids Under 13 From Joining Social Media
The broadly bipartisan effort also showcases the pressure ratcheting up on party leaders by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who are demanding Congress act...
Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning
The literally unprecedented indictment against Donald Trump marks an outright dangerous—and politically fraught—moment for the United States and serves as a reminder of the unparalleled level...
How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online
Kawakami “was afraid that Nishimura could be arrested by the police,” says Sei, author of the upcoming book The World of 2 Channel. Sei recently interviewed Kawakami....
Microsoft’s ‘Security Copilot’ Sics ChatGPT on Security Breaches
Jakkal says that while machine learning security tools have been effective in specific domains, like monitoring email or activity on individual devices—known as endpoint security—Security Copilot...
North Korea Is Now Mining Crypto to Launder Its Stolen Loot
In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, coins have a story, tracked in the unchangeable blockchains underpinning their economy. The only exception, in some sense, is cryptocurrency that’s been...
The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism
Assuming democracy remains intact in the years to come, Levitsky thinks the GOP will have to eventually moderate its stance in response to changing demographics. The...
The Push to Ban TikTok in the US Isn’t About Privacy
“We hope that Congress will explore solutions to their concerns about TikTok that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans,” says...
Enter the Hunter Satellites Preparing for Space War
Rogers’s last job for the government was leading teams within US Space Command that planned how and when to deploy defensive and offensive military space systems....
ADS-B Exchange, the Flight Tracker That Powered @ElonJet, Sold to Jetnet
The standard the exchange relies on, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and is mandated by the FAA. It’s that standard that has made ADS-B...
Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges
For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every...