How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time

Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold.

How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers

A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals

A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

How Journalists Are Reporting From Iran With No Internet

After strikes killed senior Iranian officials, Iran cut off internet access. Journalists are relying on satellite links, encrypted apps, and smuggled footage to report from inside the country.

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran

New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

War in Iran Spiked Oil Prices. Trump Will Decide How High They Go

The conflict in the Middle East is driving oil prices up in a midterm year when Americans are already focused on high energy bills.

Area Man Accidentally Hacks 6,700 Camera-Enabled Robot Vacuums

Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue

The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.

How Mexico’s ‘CJNG’ Drug Cartel Embraced AI, Drones, and Social Media

Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology.