The New Surveillance State Is You: Citizens Now Turn Tech on Police
TL;DR A Wired feature by Andrew Couts argues that the balance of watching has shifted: civilians are increasingly recording and…
EU digital-euro wallet aims to challenge US card-payment dominance
TL;DR The European Central Bank is pressing ahead with a digital-euro plan framed as a response to US dominance in…
Who Were the Internet’s Most Dangerous Actors and Forces in 2025?
TL;DR A WIRED roundup argues that individuals and networks who rose online exerted outsized influence and caused real-world harm in…
Asking Gemini 3 to Produce Brainf*ck Code Triggers an Infinite Loop
TL;DR A blog post reports that asking Google’s Gemini 3 to generate Brainf*ck code causes the model to enter an…
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…
Earth Nears Environmental Tipping Point as 2024 Greenhouse Emissions Rise
TL;DR In a WIRED piece, Johan Rockström warns the planet is approaching an environmental tipping point, pointing to unprecedented 2024…
Preview: Samsung’s Bixby gains Perplexity AI in One UI 8.5 ahead of S26
TL;DR A leaked screenshot and prior reports indicate Samsung is integrating Perplexity's AI search into Bixby, surfacing richer answers and…
Europe’s push for a sovereign cloud: Building an ‘Airbus’ for data
TL;DR European governments and industry are trying to replicate the Airbus model to create a competitive, sovereign cloud stack that…
LineageOS 23 brings Android 16 to the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
TL;DR LineageOS has added official support for the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL in its Android 16-based LineageOS…
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.…