Pakistan’s Internet Disruptions Stoke Fears of Government Surveillance
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Pakistan’s Internet Disruptions Stoke Fears of Government Surveillance

Disruptions have fueled claims from rights groups that the Pakistani authorities are introducing technology to surveil and control the country’s internet.
With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American A.I. Bans
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With Smugglers and Front Companies, China Is Skirting American A.I. Bans

The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back.
After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?
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After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?

With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.
How Julian Assange Lit the Fuse on the Digital World
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How Julian Assange Lit the Fuse on the Digital World

In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret is safe and no institution trusted.