Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A custom platform created by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court to prosecute a war crimes case for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Using a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky’s antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your inbox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster’s Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two organizations that supported unconditional cash grants told WIRED that they will no longer disclose their financial statements and internal policies. Their stance follows a similar denial by OpenAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It’s another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Long-running nonprofit Common Crawl has been a boon to researchers for years. But now its role in AI training data has triggered backlash from publishers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future counted 44 health-care-related incidents in the month after Change Healthcare’s payment came to light—the most it’s ever seen in a single month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a “treasure trove” of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel’s “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the fight against ransomware slogs on, security experts warn of a potential escalation to “real-world violence.” But recent police crackdowns are successfully disrupting the cybercriminal ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new discovery that the AI-enabled feature's historical data can be accessed even by hackers without administrator privileges only contributes to the growing sense that the feature is a “dumpster fire.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2021, scientists experimenting with fiber optics picked up a strange signal: the cacophony of cicadas. It could lead to a new way of monitoring insects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they’re warming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial database, it can used for other purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It’s become “indispensable” to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New. As the climate changes, the bloodthirsty creatures are moving north from Latin America, bringing the threat of rabies with them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An open letter signed by former and current employees at OpenAI and other AI giants calls for whistleblower protections as the artificial intelligence rapidly evolves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Windows Recall takes a screenshot every five seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuse—and one ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump has vowed to go after political enemies, undocumented immigrants, and others if he wins. Experts warn that he could easily turn the surveillance state against his targets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices