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- ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrestsby Dhruv Mehrotra, Ali Winston, Maddy Varner on October 9, 2026 at 4:46 am
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
- The Man Behind a West Bank Telegram Channel Trying to Keep Palestinian Drivers Safeby Lama Rabah on October 8, 2026 at 9:00 am
With no accurate Big Tech mapping app to help him, Anas Hattab launched a Telegram group to get himself home at night. Now nearly 350,000 Palestinians rely on it to navigate the occupied West Bank.
- Shaq Got Hacked. Now Heās Pitching for a VPNby Lily Hay Newman on October 7, 2026 at 9:31 pm
At a recent event for security firm NordVPN, NBA superstar Shaquille OāNeal revealed that he got hackedāand warned the public about the need to āhave control of their own information.ā
- The Pentagon Hopes to Speed Up āKill Chainā AI Buys With 5-Minute Videosby Maddy Varner on October 7, 2026 at 3:34 pm
The US governmentās Tradewinds initiative has made it easier to throw millions of dollars at ānontraditionalā defense contractors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
- Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Familyby Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on October 3, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Millions have downloaded Metaās AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
- ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Databaseby Maddy Varner, Dhruv Mehrotra on October 2, 2026 at 7:52 pm
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
- A Flaw in ChatGPTās Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Databy Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on October 2, 2026 at 9:45 am
While the focus has been on AI agentsā hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an invitingāand vulnerableātarget.
- Experience What Itās Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bankon October 1, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bankāyour choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there.
- The Secrets of the US Spyware Kingby Kim Zetter on October 1, 2026 at 9:30 am
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Paragon Solutions CEO Andrew Boyd reveals the limits of the companyās promise to keep bad actors from abusing its powerful espionage tool.
- How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bankby Lama Rabah, Sabrina Slipchenko, Charles Boutaud, Firas Taweel, Elena DeBre on September 30, 2026 at 10:00 am
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
- OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hackby Lily Hay Newman on September 29, 2026 at 7:05 pm
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has notāattempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
- OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Governmentby Isabella Ward on September 28, 2026 at 11:32 am
Sam Altman says the company āhave not been as fast as we would have likedā at dealing with security breaches, after news of further incidents over the summer forces another temporary halt.
- Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Deadby Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess on September 26, 2026 at 12:00 pm
In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.
- An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australiaās Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Laterby Isabella Ward on September 24, 2026 at 10:46 am
The countryās prime minister expressed disappointment at being informed of the hack only via email. Now Australia is investigating whether OpenAI broke the law.
- Metaās Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flawby Dan Goodin, Ars Technica on September 23, 2026 at 12:54 pm
Meta says it issued a fix for the Muse zero-day vulnerability that would have let attackers do āwhateverā they wanted on a victimās Mac, highlighting the inherent dangers of AI helpers.
- A New Tool Found Malware Thatās Guided by an AI Hive MindāNo Humans in Sightby Lily Hay Newman on September 22, 2026 at 10:00 am
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbotsāand quickly discovered something unusual.
- How to Use AI With Your Privacy Intactby Andy Greenberg on September 22, 2026 at 9:00 am
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Hereās how you can protect yourself.
- US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threatsby Isabella Ward on September 21, 2026 at 10:34 am
Officials discussed setting up a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of AI incidents which could threaten national security.
- Forget the AI Slowdownāthe Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happeningby Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman on September 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
AI labs are toying with an industry-wide pact to slow development. Meanwhile, widely available AI chatbots are already helping uncover a tidal wave of security flaws.
- 6 Best VPN Services (2026), Tested and Reviewedby Jacob Roach on September 19, 2026 at 9:00 am
Every VPN says itās the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.

























