‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop
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What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?
Into the second month of the US-Iran war, the conflict in the Gulf continues to escalate—airstrikes widening, oil markets reacting, and pressure mounting around the…
Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown
In the early morning last September 30, hundreds of federal agents swarmed the South Shore Apartments, a beige brick building on Chicago’s South Side. As…
Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool
Last week, DarkSword was then posted to open source code repository GitHub, making it all the more accessible. Security firms Malfors and Proofpoint soon after…
Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech Firms on April 1
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Tuesday that it plans to begin attacking more than a dozen American companies across the Middle East on Wednesday…
The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess
Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation…
The Broken System That Keeps Shipping Crews Stranded in the Strait of Hormuz
If that cooperation disappears, so does any clear path home. Labor organizations such as the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) say intervention is possible, but…
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
Handala’s second claim, however—that it hacked the FBI—seems, for now, to be fiction. All evidence points to Handala having breached Patel’s older, personal Gmail account.…
Anduril Wants to Own the Future of War Tech. Mishaps, Delays, and Challenges Abound
One lesson on wrangling equipment arrived within months. A recently hired maintenance technician trying to clean out a fairly new machine disconnected a part before…
How Trump’s Plot to Grab Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Would Actually Work
President Donald Trump and top defense officials are reportedly weighing whether to send ground troops to Iran in order to retrieve the country’s highly enriched…
A $20 Billion Crypto Scam Market Faces a New Government Crackdown
Chinese-language online black markets have become one of the biggest drivers of cybercrime in history, processing tens of billions of dollars of illicit finance every…
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying
Six Democratic lawmakers are pressing the nation’s top intelligence official to publicly disclose whether Americans who use commercial VPN services risk being treated as foreigners…