Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news. Wired
Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news. Wired
Ring, the video doorbell from Amazon, is an increasingly popular gadget for homeowners—and, in the last year especially, a growing tool for law enforcement. In some cases, authorities received data from this tool without the user’s knowledge. In a recent letter, Amazon shared that it gave Ring footage to law enforcement 11 times this year […]
Not even Independence Day has been spared from inflation this year: The price of fireworks has reportedly shot up some 30% in places. But you can still enjoy Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, back for its 46th year, which will be broadcast on NBC. The show, slated to begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, will […]
Here’s what Congress, the DOD, and the VA can do to ensure troops’ access to abortion—and improve the nation’s security. Wired
Another damning IPCC report insists that to reduce emissions, humanity will need more political willpower and help from nature’s carbon-sequestering powers. Wired
Armed with three comedic cohosts, one of the tightest Best Picture races in years, and hopefully enough hand sanitizer to fill a large swimming pool in the Hollywood Hills, the Academy Awards will return to its home at the Dolby Theater on Sunday. Although the venue will not be filled to capacity, the ceremony will […]
It’s an obvious claim, but it’s worth stating: Organizations benefit from all kinds of diversity. A workforce that has people of different backgrounds with different experiences and types of training can better encourage conversations that bring to light hidden assumptions, leading to novel solutions to difficult problems. But merely bringing people from different backgrounds into […]