Long Reads/

2mos ago

PuffPal exposed cannabis club visitors’ IDs on public web links

Security researcher Sammy Azdoufal says more than 985,000 passports and photo IDs tied to Spanish cannabis clubs were le...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

Apple lifts Mac and iPad prices as memory chip costs bite

Macs and iPads now cost up to $300 more after Tim Cook blamed rising DRAM and NAND prices for pressure on Apple’s hardwa...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

ICE agents warned critics over an email and Instagram post, report says

Syracuse.com reported that federal agents visited two New York residents after online criticism of ICE personnel, delive...

By Mara Chen-Doyle

2mos ago

Federal judiciary raises PACER download fees to fund system overhaul

PACER downloads will rise to 12 cents per page for five years as courts say they need money for a more secure records sy...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Om Malik dies as Matt Mullenweg plans San Francisco tribute

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg said Om Malik requested a small family prayer ceremony and announced a September cel...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Olympic canoeist indicted over Lincoln Reflecting Pool liner damage

David Hearn faces a felony property-destruction charge as Trump officials continue to blame vandalism for problems at th...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

WorkOS proposes auth.md for agent-run user registration

The open protocol lets apps publish machine-readable sign-up instructions for agents using OAuth-based flows, according...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Day One adds an AI chat feature for paid journaling

Daily Chat turns a back-and-forth conversation into a journal entry, with memory features and privacy claims tied to Day...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

UK regulator weighs app store payment links and opening iPhone NFC

The CMA proposal would let UK developers send users outside Apple and Google app stores for payments, with Apple’s iPhon...

By June Castellano

2mos ago

UK competition watchdog targets Apple and Google app payment rules

The CMA is consulting on rules that would let UK app developers point users to outside payments and could open iPhone NF...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Doctorow says age checks trade child safety for compulsory tracking

Cory Doctorow argues that online age-verification laws would expand surveillance rather than protect children from platf...

By Theo Lindgren

2mos ago

Doctorow says Canada should legalize jailbreaking to reduce US tech dependence

Cory Doctorow argued that Canada’s digital sovereignty problem is locked-down US platforms, not a lack of Canadian AI.

By Theo Lindgren