The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
…Despite his app’s success, Jeanrenaud believes that the arms war over privacy is already lost. “Personal surveillance tech is just the next step after digitally linked surveillance and data collection is…
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Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
…Inside Meta, the imminent cuts are among several concerns that have sunk morale to unprecedented depths, according to 16 current and former employees who recently spoke to WIRED. Employees also have been…
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
…He’s showing that with enough money and motivation, any mogul can create his own deep state and build a sprawling surveillance enterprise with him in the middle. Over the past few…
Meet Rassvet, Russia’s Answer to Starlink
…The other challenge concerns the development of lighter and cheaper terminals. Until an accessible and easily deployable infrastructure exists, it will be difficult to consider Rassvet a true equivalent of Starlink. Even…
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions
…Anthropic chief commercial officer Paul Smith provided several examples of partners who have privately raised concerns to the AI startup in recent days. He said a financial services customer paused negotiations over…
Trump Administration Won’t Rule Out Further Action Against Anthropic
…Michael Mongan, an attorney for Anthropic at WilmerHale, told Lin he was less concerned about delaying it until April if the Trump administration could commit to not taking additional action. “The actions…
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
…A letter from US lawmakers this week questioned director of national security Tulsi Gabbard over whether US surveillance authorities allow the National Security Agency to target people who use a VPN. Due…
Meta Cafeteria Workers Did What Execs Won’t: Took on ICE and Won
…Union supporters have been disciplined, surveilled, and subjected to new rules making workplace communications more difficult, she alleges. While better pay is a top demand, immigration raids have also fueled the organizing…
Welcome to the Great American Satellite Age
…Planet Labs and other satellite imagery providers recently restricted access to feeds from the Middle East, citing concerns about misuse amid the conflict. For the thousands of dollars a month customers pay…
Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
…In the case of the Turkish and Malaysian targets, Google writes in its blog post that customers of the Turkish security and surveillance firm PARS Defense appear to have used the intrusion…