Technology

A pair of Amazon Echo multimedia smart speakers, taken on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Joby Sessions/T3 Magazine via Getty Images)

Amazon Partnership with British Police Alarms Privacy Advocates

Ava Kofman

- Mar. 9, 2018

A partnership with police will permit some Amazon Echo owners to report crimes directly through their smart speakers.

UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 07: A U.S. Air Force pilot (L), and a censor operator (R), prepare to launch a MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016. The U.S. military and coalition forces use the base, located in an undisclosed location, to launch drone airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, as well as transport cargo and troops supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Predators at the base are operated and maintained by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, currently attached to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Drone Wars

Google Is Quietly Providing AI Technology for Drone Strike Targeting Project

Lee Fang

- Mar. 6, 2018

Google is providing assistance to the Defense Department's new algorithmic warfare initiative to apply artificial intelligence solutions to drone targeting.

FALLUJAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. Marines escort nine detainees captured in Fallujah, half of them from other countries such as Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Gulf states, to a local "prison" as other U.S. Marines of the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines, Alpha company engage four insurgents during house searches November 23, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. commanders are trying to quell the insurgency in Iraq. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Snowden Archive

NSA Used Porn to “Break Down Detainees” in Iraq — and Other Revelations From 297 Snowden Documents

Margot Williams, Talya Cooper, Micah Lee

- Mar. 1, 2018

The documents, from an internal NSA newsletter, also reveal problems recruiting Arabic speakers to the spy agency and evidence of election fraud in Egypt.

A front view of the bus which was destroyed by a bomb in London on Thursday, is seen Friday July 8 2005. Commuters in London reluctantly descended into the Underground on Friday morning, attempting to return to routine in the aftermath of four rush-hour blasts that killed at least 50 people Thursday. Police said the attacks had the signatures of the al-Qaida terror network. (AP Photo / Dylan Martinez, Pool)

Snowden Archive

How London's 7/7 Bombings Led to "Unprecedented" Surveillance Tactics

Ryan Gallagher

- Mar. 1, 2018

After attacks in London in 2005, British and American spies accelerated a secret plan for "unfettered" sharing of people's communication records.

The Belgacom Group is the largest telecommunications company in Belgium, headquartered in Brussels.Belgacom flag, Belgian national flag hang together at the entrance mirrored in the windows. (Photo by Sander de Wilde/Corbis via Getty Images)

Snowden Archive

How U.K. Spies Hacked a European Ally and Got Away With It

Ryan Gallagher

- Feb. 17, 2018

A British spy agency secretly hacked a company in Belgium then evaded an extraordinary police investigation.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves after speaking to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London on May 19, 2017.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday hailed an "important victory" after Swedish prosecutors dropped a rape investigation against him, speaking in a rare public appearance at Ecuador's embassy in London. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

In Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks Discusses Preference for GOP Over Clinton, Russia, Trolling, and Feminists They Don't Like

Micah Lee, Cora Currier

- Feb. 14, 2018

Chats from a private Twitter group show that WikiLeaks plotted against critics and opined on the U.S. presidential election, often in a sexist manner.

NEWMARKET, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: A potential buyer chats on the phone during the auction at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 on October 4, 2016 in Newmarket, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

U.K. Court Finds Government's Surveillance Powers Unlawful

Ryan Gallagher

- Jan. 30, 2018

A sweeping British spy law does not have adequate safeguards against abuse, judges ruled on Tuesday.

Employees have lunch at the canteen at Facebook's new headquarters, designed by Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, at Rathbone Place in central London on December 4, 2017.Social media titan Facebook opened a new office in London on December 4, 2017, that is set to be its biggest engineering hub outside America, the company has announced. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Facebook Will Trust Its Untrustworthy Users to Rank the Trustworthiness of News

Sam Biddle

- Jan. 19, 2018

Facebook announced that it is doing something about fake news by leveraging the users who have been sharing all the ... fake news?

Snowden Archive

Forget About Siri and Alexa — When It Comes to Voice Identification, the "NSA Reigns Supreme"

Ava Kofman

- Jan. 19, 2018

Classified documents from the Snowden archive reveal the NSA has been developing technology to automatically identify a speaker from the sound of their voice.

Edward Snowden’s New App Uses Your Smartphone to Physically Guard Your Laptop

Micah Lee

- Dec. 22, 2017

"Haven" guards against so-called evil maid attacks, in which your boot software is surreptitiously modified to defeat encryption.