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CYBER: Rare Motherboard Lore and a Goodbye to Jason Koebler
This week on the show we’re saying goodbye to Motherboard’s longtime editor-in-chief, Jason Koebler.
CYBER: The Viral Science Video That Will Save the World or Do Nothing At All
LK-99 may revolutionize the way we use countless technologies. It might also be completely bogus.
CYBER: The Barbenheimer Special
How does ‘Oppenheimer’ rate as history? And why is everyone flooding back into the movie theater?
CYBER: Adam Conover On the Hollywood Strike
Actors and writers are on strike because they were left behind by the streaming revolution and AI is poised to disrupt their professions.
Defense Lawyers Push Judge to Reveal Secret Country that Helped FBI Wiretap the World
For the worldwide Operation Trojan Shield, the FBI secretly ran an encrypted phone company. Now defense teams are demanding the FBI reveal which unnamed third country helped intercept messages of their clients.
Bill that Would Stop the Government Buying Data Without a Warrant Passes Key Hurdle
The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act passed the House Judiciary Committee, bringing it one step closer to becoming law. The bill was written in part in response to Motherboard’s reporting.
CYBER: The False Claims Behind an Anti-Trafficking Group’s Hollywood Moment
Operation Underground Railroad has a long history of making bold and unsubstantiated claims.
Top Silk Road Advisor ‘Variety Jones’ Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Roger Thomas Clark was Ross Ulbricht's confidant who convinced him to carry out an attempted murder-for-hire scheme.
CYBER: Celebrating the End of the Usable Internet
There are more sites than ever, but they all feel completely useless. Why?
Internal Emails Show FBI Freaking Out About Deepfakes
“Do we have the ability to effectively detect this?” asks one email. “No.”
CYBER: The Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes
Inside ‘The Comm,’ a series of Discord servers where kids post about their life of crime.
Bloodied Macbooks and Stacks of Cash: Inside the Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes
I spent weeks immersed in the world of the Comm, a nebulous community of young hackers, aggressive criminals, and people just hanging out on Discord.