Following in the wake of the Discord age verification controversy, over 350 security experts (comprising researchers and academics) from 30 countries have signed an open letter [PDF] warning of the risks of…
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Google broke up an international spy ring using… Sheets
The humble spreadsheet is a staple of modern work, one you probably barely think about. But with global systems intimately interconnected, and only growing more so, it seems almost anything can be…
Discord admits it made a mistake, postpones age verification
The storm of criticism against Discord’s decision to start requiring “age verification” seems to be putting the company in a sweat—enough to change course, at least temporarily. For starters, Discord recently announced…
ChatGPT gets ‘Lockdown Mode’ mode for extra security and privacy
OpenAI is launching two new security features in ChatGPT to address growing threats to its AI systems, according to a recent blog post. As AI services increasingly connect to wider parts of…
Google now lets you delete your personal info from search results
In celebration of Safer Internet Day, Google rolled out an update to its “Results About You” feature and launched a new, simpler tool for removing unwanted explicit images from search results. With…
If you’re a Substack user, your data might’ve been leaked
Substack has informed some of its users of a data breach in which email addresses and phone numbers were stolen. The attack occurred in October 2025, but the breach was first discovered…
ChatGPT has a new hidden Temporary Chats setting
OpenAI is testing an update to ChatGPT’s “Temporary Chat” feature. Temporary Chat allows you to “have a conversation with a blank slate” where “ChatGPT won’t be aware of previous conversations or access…
Hackers can take over your WhatsApp account with this sneaky trick
You can often summarize cybersecurity as “same stuff, different day.” Attacks change, but rarely so dramatically you can’t see familiar methodology underneath. The latest example: Bad actors exploiting WhatsApp’s device linking process…
Poems can hack ChatGPT? A new study reveals dangerous AI flaw
Forcing an “AI” to do your will isn’t a tall order to fill—just feed it a line that carefully rhymes and you’ll get it to casually kill. (Ahem, sorry, not sure what…