Disney Parks // NOVEMBER 16, 2021 One lucky grand-prize winner will climb aboard the Halcyon and win a separate meet and greet with the luminous authors behind Star Wars: The High Republic! Some call the Halcyon starcruiser the jewel of the Chandrila Star Line, an exquisite craft of legendary comfort and style fit for royalty. In service […]
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The US Puts a $10M Bounty on DarkSide Ransomware Hackers
Plus: a “Trojan Source” bug, Russian hackers exposed, and more of the week’s top security news.
A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won’t Be the Last
An attack attempt in 2020 proves the UAS threat is real—and not enough is being done to stop it.
10 Video Game Series That Deserve to Be Resurrected
From Legacy of Kain to Silent Hill, these franchises were killed off too soon.
Missouri Threatens to Sue a Reporter Over a Security Flaw
The governor warned that he would take legal action against a journalist who identified a vulnerability that exposed teachers’ Social Security numbers.
“Bring Home the Bounty” with New Galaxy-Spanning Star Wars Products
Merchandise // OCTOBER 12, 2021 The hunt begins when pre-orders launch on select items tomorrow. Get your tracking fobs ready. Disney and Lucasfilm today launched “Bring Home the Bounty,” a global consumer products, games, and publishing campaign that will debut new Star Wars toys, collectibles, books, apparel, and more each week through the end of the […]
How Google Geofence Warrants Helped Catch Capitol Rioters
A WIRED investigation has found 45 federal criminal cases that cite Google geolocation data to place suspects inside the US Capitol during the January 6 riot.
ProtonMail Amends Its Policy After Giving Up Activist’s Data
The email service says it was unable to appeal a Swiss court’s demand to log the IP address of a French climate advocate.
A Texas Abortion ‘Whistleblower’ Site Still Can’t Find a Host
Even the most extreme internet infrastructure providers have turned their backs on the website for violating their terms of service.
Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time.