Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits
Since launching its bug bounty program nearly a decade ago, Apple has always touted notable maximum payouts—$200,000 in 2016 and $1 million in 2019. Now…
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Apple Took Down These ICE-Tracking Apps. The Developers Aren’t Giving Up
Legal experts WIRED spoke with say that the ICE monitoring and documentation apps that Apple has removed from its App Store are clear examples of…
Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible
Just like you probably don’t grow and grind wheat to make flour for your bread, most software developers don’t write every line of code in…
Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and…
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos,…
Google’s Latest AI Ransomware Defense Only Goes So Far
Ransomware attacks have loomed for years as an urgent digital threat with no easy solution—especially as they have evolved to include data grab-and-leak attacks that…
How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager (2025)
Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future,” allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password…
How to Use a Password Manager to Share Your Logins After You Die (2025)
It’s not fun to talk about, but there’s only one thing certain in life. You need to have a plan for your digital legacy, just…
Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
Tile trackers, used to locate everything from lost keys to stolen pets, are used by more than 88 million people worldwide, according to Tile’s parent…
How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World
When Harry Jackson pulled his small motorcycle into Kathmandu on September 8, he had no idea the city was exploding in protests. He didn’t even…
An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead
New research released this week shows that over the past few years the US Department of Homeland Security has collected DNA data of nearly 2,000…
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
Data centers are responsible for running many of the services that underpin the systems we interact with every day. Transportation, logistics, energy, finance, national security, health systems,…