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…
When lights went out and gunshots followed, Y2K felt alarmingly real
TL;DR A special On Call collection revisits readers' experiences on New Year's Eve 1999 as teams monitored for Y2K failures.…
John Simpson: After reporting 40 wars, 2025 feels uniquely alarming
TL;DR Veteran journalist John Simpson says 2025 is unusually dangerous, with multiple large conflicts (Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan) coinciding and one…
Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence
TL;DR Coupang says a former employee admitted improperly accessing records for about 33 million customers but retained data on roughly…
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): how a zlib bug exposes MongoDB heap data
TL;DR MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) is a zlib compression bug in MongoDB that can let unauthenticated attackers read uninitialized heap memory. The…
Illinois driver charged after pedestrian killed during TikTok livestream
TL;DR Police in Zion, Illinois charged Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, a TikTok creator known as Tea Tyme, with two felonies after a…
Ubisoft shuts Rainbow Six Siege servers after hackers give players 2B credits
TL;DR Ubisoft took Rainbow Six Siege servers and its in-game marketplace offline after attackers gained control of core systems. The…
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.…
Seville hotel swaps blue skies for a classic Windows Blue Screen of Death
TL;DR A conference display at the Barceló Sevilla Renacimiento hotel in Seville was photographed showing a traditional Windows Blue Screen…