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The Worst Hacks of 2025

3 months ago

From university breaches to cyberattacks that shut down whole supply chains, these were the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year.

Lily Hay Newman

The New Surveillance State Is You

3 months ago

Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them.

Andrew Couts

You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?

3 months ago

Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pegasus or Paragon's Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

How game storytelling needs to be done differently in VR

3 months ago

Engaging with VR feels wholly different to traditional gaming. Even when playing a conventional first-person game, the interface, voice-over (VO) and occasional camera-grab all remind you that you’re portraying Booker DeWitt or Adam Jensen or Indiana Jones. But crucially, the space between you and the screen reinforces that separation. Booker’s over there, in Columbia, while I’m in my living room, seeing the world from his perspective.

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Jon Davies