Wired Security Spoken Edition

Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning services business.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans' private data.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New research finds that Israel’s attacks on Gaza damaged hospitals and other medical facilities at the same rate as other buildings, potentially in violation of international law.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Passkeys are here to replace passwords. When they work, it’s a seamless vision of the future. But don’t ditch your old logins just yet.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After a slowdown in payments to ransomware gangs in 2022, last year saw total ransom payouts jump to their highest level yet, according to a new report from crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A UK High Court will settle a long-running debate over whether Craig Wright really is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin. Monday’s opening arguments laid the groundwork for both sides.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia's and Ukraine's militaries are deploying more unmanned ground robots—and the two are colliding.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

NSO Group, creator of the infamous Pegasus spyware, is spending millions on lobbying in Washington while taking advantage of the Israel-Hamas war to paint itself as essential for global security.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices