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People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

From Ukraine to Iran, Hacking Security Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’ New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to missile and drone strikes. Israel, Russia, and Ukraine have also adopted this trick...

Hacking internet-connected civilian security cameras for recon has become a standard operating procedure of modern warfare. First for Russia and Ukraine, now for Israel and Iran.

Your insecure internet-of-things surveillance system is now their targeting system.

www.wired.com/story/from-u...

Axel Springer poised to buy Telegraph in £500mn deal German media group has gatecrashed a proposed acquisition by the owner of the Daily Mail

Media group Axel Springer is poised to agree a £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the proposed acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail - FT scoop by @danielthomasldn.bsky.social @arashmassoudi.ft.com James Fontanella Khan www.ft.com/content/e5cb...

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

The Controversies Finally Caught Up to Kristi Noem Donald Trump said he would replace the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Noem's tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration tactics and ICE's killing of two US protestors.

well well well if it isn't the consequences of someone's own actions (w @dell.bsky.social )

To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.

Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/gemi...

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists The US military’s Southern Command said on Tuesday that Ecuadorian and US forces launched operations against what it said were designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador. Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said the action was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking, but did not provide more details in a statement on X. Continue reading...

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

A full iOS exploitation toolkit, "Coruna," has been found in the wild, hacking iPhones that visited infected websites, used by Russian spies targeting Ukrainians and thieves targeting Chinese crypto holders. And it may have been originally created for the US government. www.wired.com/story/coruna...

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

NEW: Tonight Iran has said it will attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Already more than 1,000 ships in the area have faced intense GPS jamming and spoofing, analysis says

Cyber Command disrupted Iranian comms, sensors, top general says U.S. Cyber Command conducted online attacks against Iranian communications systems that the country’s top general said set the stage for the joint bombing campaign with Israel.

U.S. Cyber Command conducted online attacks against Iranian communications that the country’s top general said set the stage for America’s historic joint bombing campaign with Israel.

therecord.media/iran-cyber-u...

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei - remarkable reporting here by Mehul Srivastava and James Shotter. ie "Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel." www.ft.com/content/bf99...

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

NEW: More than 1,000 ships have been impacted by GPS jamming and spoofing attacks since the US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/gps-at...

Attacks on GPS Spike Amid US and Israeli War on Iran New analysis shows that attacks on satellite navigation systems have impacted some 1,100 ships in the Middle East since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

an update on current GPS jamming activity in the Strait of Hormuz, by @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/gps-at...

ICE Contracts (17 MB)

Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities. Some of the notable firms include Anduril, HBGary, L3Harris, Microsoft, Oracle, Palantir and Raytheon.

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BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the U.K. has given the US permission to use British bases to launch strikes on Iran

The 5 Big ‘Known Unknowns’ of Donald Trump’s New War With Iran The all-out air assault on the Islamic Republic might be the biggest gamble of the president’s career.

Everything we know about upheaval in Iran says it has enormous unforeseen consequences — we haven’t even finished wrestling with the downstream consequences of the LAST upheaval in Iran in 1979. My new essay: www.wired.com/story/5-big-...

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.

In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.

Internet connectivity in Iran was never fully restored after the January protests, but is once again non-existent following US-Israel strikes

WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

The bombing will continue throughout the week OR until there's world peace. Whichever is... sooner?

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel’s Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.”

From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

Hacked Prayer App Sends ‘Surrender’ Messages to Iranians Amid Israeli Strikes As Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran this morning, Iranians received mysterious push notifications saying that “help is on the way,” promising amnesty if they surrender.

NEW: Iranians received a message saying "help is on the way" and promising amnesty if they surrender via a hacked prayer-timer app called "BadeSaba Calendar." Reporting by @wired.com Middle East: www.wired.com/story/hacked...

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

SCOOP: A White House staffer appears to be operating the anonymous pro-Trump X account JohnnyMAGA with nearly 300,000 followers.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

FBI Subpoenaed X to Get Grok Prompts Used to Create Nonconsensual Porn The FBI obtained prompts used to make more than 200 sexual videos of a woman in a harassment case.

New: The FBI subpoenaed the Grok prompts a man used to create more than 200 nonconsensual sexual videos of a woman he was obsessed with

www.404media.co/fbi-subpoena...

Exclusive: US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives An internal diplomatic cable said such efforts could interfere with AI-related services.

"President Donald Trump's administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against attempts to regulate U.S. tech companies' handling of foreigners' data, saying in an internal diplomatic cable seen by Reuters that such efforts could interfere with artificial intelligence-related services."

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.