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• Categorized in Artificial intelligence

  AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse.

  Some cybersecurity researchers say it’s too early to worry about AI-orchestrated cyberattacks. Others say it could already be happening.
• Categorized in Computing

  Welcome to the dark side of crypto’s permissionless dream

  Jean-Paul Thorbjornsen is a leader of THORChain, a blockchain that is not supposed to have any leaders—and is reeling from a series of expensive controversies.
• Categorized in Policy

  How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade

  Fast, stealthy, and cheap—autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement’s nightmare scenario. A big one just came ashore.
• Categorized in Computing

  Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.

  Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of the Com, a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence and hacking campaigns. Then she became a target.
• Categorized in Policy

  Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon

  For many people, life in and around Chicago means near-constant surveillance in the name of public safety. Meet the city residents engaging with this controversial space.
• Categorized in Culture

  The curious case of the disappearing Lamborghinis

  A new wave of theft is rocking the luxury car industry—mixing high tech with old-school chop-shop techniques to snag vehicles while they’re in transport.