security

Tech

Anonymity Is Not Privacy (You’re Probably Getting That Wrong)

04.30.14

By Whitney Mallett
Tech

The Future of Computer Security Might Be in Microbiology

04.30.14

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The White House Wants to Issue You an Online ID

04.28.14

By Meghan Neal
News

French Right Wingers Are Patrolling the Subways for ‘Scum’

04.25.14

By Émilie Laystary
Tech

French Right Wingers Are Patrolling the City of Lille’s Subways for ‘Scum’

04.24.14

By Émilie Laystary
Tech

The Mounties Have the Wrong Idea About Canada’s 19-Year-Old Heartbleed Hacker

04.23.14

By Ben Makuch
Tech

Violence and Private Security in South Africa

04.22.14

By VICE News
Tech

Secure Mobile Payments Are Best Done In Blood

04.17.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

The Heartbleed Bug Will Lurk in the Internet of Things for Decades

04.11.14

By Meghan Neal
Tech

Encryption Is Our Best Bet for a Secure Web, and Now It’s Bleeding

04.10.14

By Patrick McGuire
Tech

The Sheer Difficulty of Securing the Internet of Things

04.09.14

By Max Cherney
Tech

If You Want Privacy or Anonymity or Security, Stay Off the Internet This Week

04.08.14

By Meghan Neal

The Latest

Redd Foxx (Photo by Walt Disney Television Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)

Comedy

The Creative Way Redd Foxx Got Out of Serving in World War II

Ths future ‘Sanford and Son’ star had no interest in serving his country, so he had to get creative

12 minutes ago

By Tony Alpsen
ando2chill/Instagram

Life

Everything We Know About the Yosemite National Park Graffiti Incident

There are fewer things in life that piss me off more than this.

13 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
Saulgranda/Getty Images

Life

Scientists Gave Fruit Flies Magic Mushrooms. Here’s What Happened.

The researchers primarily focused on the idea that psilocybin likely evolved to deter invertebrates that eat mushrooms.

21 minutes ago

By Luis Prada
Chris Rock (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

Comedy

Why Chris Rock Turned Down More Than One Offer to Be on ‘The Sopranos’

The ‘Everybody Hates Chris’ star’s fandom kept him from crossing paths with Tony Soprano

29 minutes ago

By Tony Alpsen
Laurence Dutton/Getty Images

Life

Scientist Loses Years of Work After Tweaking ChatGPT Settings

A German plant scientist says two years of academic work vanished in an instant after he clicked the wrong setting in ChatGPT.

35 minutes ago

By Luis Prada