US Strike on Venezuela Revives Fears of a Potential Greenland Takeover
TL;DR The US military action in Venezuela and the detention of Nicolás Maduro prompted online calls from MAGA figures for…
Palo Alto exec warns AI agents will be 2026’s leading insider threat
TL;DR Palo Alto Networks' security-intel chief Wendi Whitmore says task-specific AI agents will emerge as a major insider threat in…
8 WhatsApp Features to Boost Your Security and Privacy — Lock Down Your Account
TL;DR A WIRED roundup by Kate O'Flaherty highlights built-in WhatsApp settings users can enable to strengthen privacy and security on…
Why PGP Still Fails: Decades of Design Flaws, Compatibility and UX
TL;DR PGP is a decades-old ecosystem of protocols, formats and tools whose core design predates modern cryptography. The system exhibits…
How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela’s María Corina Machado escape
TL;DR María Corina Machado was extracted from Venezuela by a team led by U.S. Special Forces veteran Bryan Stern of…
Corroded: A repository that provides intentionally unsafe, ‘illegal’ Rust primitives
TL;DR A public GitHub repository called Corroded offers Rust APIs and examples that deliberately bypass the language's safety checks, including…
California launches DROP to let residents demand data brokers delete info
TL;DR California has rolled out the Delete Requests and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), allowing verified state residents to send a single…
Report: Microsoft removes official offline activation method for Windows 10/11
TL;DR A Neowin report on Jan. 3, 2026 says Microsoft has ended the official way to activate Windows 11 and…
Midnight Raid in Caracas Raises Prospect of an American Protectorate
TL;DR A US operation in Caracas on January 3 removed Nicolás Maduro from power; President Trump announced the United States…
After Maduro’s Arrest, Trump Says US Will Hold Venezuela’s Governance
TL;DR Following a US military operation that led to Nicolás Maduro's capture, President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela will remain…