How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
A new report published Tuesday finds that while violent threats to public servants across the US have been increasing, “comprehensive” state-level consumer privacy laws do…
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ICE and Qatari Security Forces at the Winter Olympics Put Italians on Edge
With less than a week to go until the start of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, the topic making headlines isn’t sports.…
Jeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims
As the standoff between the United States government and Minnesota continues this week over immigration enforcement operations that have essentially occupied the Twin Cities and…
How to Film ICE | WIRED
In January 2026, two Americans were killed in the act of watching Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Renee Nicole Good was acting as…
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
War, it is said, is a continuation of policy by other means. State-backed violence, too, can be a continuation of policy. Stephen Miller, White House…
An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
Even now that the data is secured, Margolis and Thacker argue that it raises questions about how many people inside companies that make AI toys…
ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leveraging Palantir’s generative artificial intelligence tools to sort and summarize immigration enforcement tips from its public submission form,…
Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app that federal immigration agents use as a method…
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
The next morning in Bangkok, he called the agent, an East African man who summarily told him to take a 12-hour bus ride to Chiang…
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
Just before 8am one day last April, an office manager who went by the name Amani sent out a motivational message to his colleagues and…
Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished
A federal judge on Monday declined to immediately curb the federal operation that has put armed agents on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul,…
Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Open the website of one explicit deepfake generator and you’ll be presented with a menu of horrors. With just a couple of clicks, it offers…