Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.
The National Defense Authorization Act now includes draft language forbidding government entities from buying Americans' search histories, location data, and more. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With a poor track record on tech regulation, do lawmakers stand a chance? Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Plus: Microsoft fixes 78 vulnerabilities, VMWare plugs a flaw already used in attacks, and more critical updates from June. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Scammers use a booking technicality, traveler confusion, and promises of dirt-cheap tickets to offer hot deals that are anything but. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Make sure your chats are kept as private as you want them to be. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The gray market for abortifacient sales to the US is evolving alongside a shifting legal landscape. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, and more can collect huge volumes of data. Here’s what the companies can access. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military. Yet US agencies still use one of its subsidiary’s chips, raising fears of a backdoor. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Personal information, including ID documents and phone numbers, have been released on Telegram. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Internal company documents reveal how the imageboard’s chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New testimony from defectors reveals pervasive surveillance and monitoring of limited internet connections. For millions of others, the internet simply doesn't exist. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
UT-Austin will join a growing movement to launch cybersecurity clinics for cities and small businesses that often fall through the cracks. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Newly announced sanctions against Iran-based Avaran Cloud underscore the complexity of crafting Washington’s internet freedom efforts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Data from Cloudflare's free digital defense service, Project Galileo, illuminates new links between online and offline attacks. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
On the same day, Russia’s FSB intelligence service launched wild claims of NSA and Apple hacking thousands of Russians. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Indirect prompt-injection attacks can leave people vulnerable to scams and data theft when they use the AI chatbots. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The co-inventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
And it's happening in plain sight. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
“Container registries” are ubiquitous software clearinghouses, but they've been exposed for years. Chainguard says it now has a solution. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
While the company’s new top-level domains could be used in phishing attacks, security researchers are divided on how big of a problem they really pose. Read the story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered clues that further illuminate the hackers’ activities, which appear to have begun far earlier than originally believed. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Your inactive profiles, like Gmail or Docs, could turn into digital dust later this year. A few clicks can save them. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An explosion of interest in OpenAI’s sophisticated chatbot means a proliferation of “fleeceware” apps that trick users with sneaky in-app subscriptions. Read the story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The families of victims of a mass shooting in Buffalo are challenging the platforms they believe led the attacker to carry out a racist massacre. Read this story here . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
