Drug Sites Hijacked Spotify’s Search Ranking Through Fake Podcasts
For the past year, Spotify has been quietly purging tens of thousands of podcasts that advertised illegal online pharmacies. A report released Thursday by Senator…
Category: Wired
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
Encrypted Spaces is, in some sense, the next generation of the Signal protocol, but for more complex and fully featured tools that go beyond messaging…
Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums
Starting on June 11, soccer fans will be filling stadiums across North America to watch the FIFA World Cup. Those driving to matches in the…
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
Cornyn said materials from Section 702 generate roughly 60 percent of the President’s Daily Brief, a figure Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley has also cited.…
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
With new generations of AI models fueling both rapid software vulnerability discovery and the potential for faster exploitation by malicious hackers, the United States Cybersecurity…
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
A Florida man was wrongfully arrested for attempting to illegally lure a child after police relied on a face-recognition match that was inaccurate, according to…
Amnesty International Warns That World Cup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations
Ahead of this year’s World Cup, Amnesty International warned that millions of fans attending the tournament are at risk of attacks on their human rights,…
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic released two new AI models called Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 on Tuesday, which the company says have greater capabilities than the…
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on more than 50 million phones, the…
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
Europe is done with American Big Tech. Well, sort of. Since the start of President Donald Trump’s chaotic second administration last year, concerned governments and…
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
Meta has been quietly stashing dormant face recognition code on more than 50 million phones, WIRED reported this week, tucked inside the companion app that…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Meta has quietly embedded face-recognition technology for its smart glasses into an app downloaded to millions of phones, according to a WIRED analysis of the…