Web browsers are among the most essential pieces of software we use daily, yet we often take them for granted. Most users settle for whatever default ships with their devices -- and that's a mistake.

Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software. Besgnulinux, loaded with old-school charm, is the exception.

Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition ...

American citizen who was accosted by ICE as part of what the agent called a “citizen check.” No such thing exists in American ...

In May 2025, the Central Intelligence Agency had released two Chinese-language videos encouraging Chinese Communist Party ...

Leon Trampert (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Daniel Weber (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Lukas Gerlach (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), ...

The home of Hannah Natanson, a Washington Post reporter, was searched by the FBI. Her devices were seized. Runa Sandvik, whose life’s work is protecting journalists’ digital security, assesses the ...

The anonymizing Linux distribution for USB sticks, Tails, has been released in version 7.4. It fixes minor bugs.

In January 2025, NordVPN launched a new protocol called NordWhisper, specifically designed to help users bypass VPN blocks ...

A teacher sent sexual messages and videos to someone he believed to be a 12-year-old boy, a court has heard. When police ...

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