Security, Spoken

Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning services business.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

House Intelligence chair discloses national security threat as part of effort to block legislation limiting data purchases by cops and spies. Explore challenges in reforming US surveillance, controversy over compromise bill, and misinformation surrounding Section 702.

Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices