Wired Security Spoken Edition

Proton is adding an end-to-end encrypted documents editor to its privacy tools, boosting its competition with Google’s suite of productivity apps. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The carmaker says that China tariffs will impact its core product, the Polestar 2, amid growing financial pressure. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A custom platform created by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court to prosecute a war crimes case for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Using a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky’s antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national security. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In this common email scam, a criminal pretending to be your boss or coworker emails you asking for a favor involving money. Here's what do to when a bad actor lands in your inbox. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster’s Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two organizations that supported unconditional cash grants told WIRED that they will no longer disclose their financial statements and internal policies. Their stance follows a similar denial by OpenAI. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

CCTV cameras and AI are being combined to monitor crowds, detect bike thefts, and spot trespassers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per square meter of land per day. It’s another ominous sign of how plasticized the environment has become. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Long-running nonprofit Common Crawl has been a boon to researchers for years. But now its role in AI training data has triggered backlash from publishers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future counted 44 health-care-related incidents in the month after Change Healthcare’s payment came to light—the most it’s ever seen in a single month. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The OSIRIS-REx capsule containing a “treasure trove” of space rocks has now arrived at Johnson Space Center, where scientists will gingerly unpack it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has joined US intelligence officials in ignoring repeated inquiries about Israel’s “malign” efforts to covertly influence US voters. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As the fight against ransomware slogs on, security experts warn of a potential escalation to “real-world violence.” But recent police crackdowns are successfully disrupting the cybercriminal ecosystem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices