How undersea cables built empires and still power today’s internet
TL;DR Undersea telegraph cables, first laid in the 19th century, established routes and materials shaped by British imperial power. Modern…
Korean carrier’s femtocell security lapse exposed customers to snooping and fraud
TL;DR South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT found that Korea Telecom deployed thousands of femtocells with weak security, enabling…
Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Compromised in Supply‑Chain Attack, Users Lose $7M
TL;DR The Trust Wallet Chrome extension was compromised after an update to version 2.68 that introduced malicious code which exfiltrated…
I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret — SIM swap problems
TL;DR After switching to an eSIM-only Pixel 10 for testing, the author encountered multiple transfer failures that left his phone…
FBI Response to Fraud Allegations in Minnesota: Coverage and Context
TL;DR An Axios page titled 'FBI Response to Minnesota Fraud Allegations' was published on Dec. 29, 2025, but the article…
You’ve Been Targeted by Government Spyware — What to Do Next
TL;DR Major tech companies increasingly notify users when they detect targeted government spyware attempts, but they typically do not investigate…
Growing Up in ‘404 Not Found’: Life in China’s Secret Nuclear City
TL;DR A memoir recounts childhood in Factory 404, a classified nuclear industrial town built in the Gobi Desert in 1958.…
Rainbow Six Siege outages: accounts flooded with credits and random bans
TL;DR Rainbow Six Siege is experiencing a global service incident that has left authentication, store access and matchmaking affected across…