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Internet
New book, ‘The Yahoo Boys,’ explores the world of Nigerian love scammers
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Technology
A different kind of ‘Fintech’
5:10
Illustration featuring a large eraser being used to remove signs and protests, one reading "Millions of Uyghurs in Camps," with protestors and slogans in the background.
Internet
Saving the Uyghur internet
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Illustration of a large hand holding a pencil and erasing part of a drawing depicting a crowd of people protesting.
Cybersecurity
The disappearance of Ekpar Asat
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Cybersecurity
The curious case of UyghurEdit++
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Lifestyle
These YouTube streamers have turned the stress of travel into a game
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DW
Estonia serves as a digital pioneer for European governments
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Sacred Nation
In one of the world’s most secular countries, some Gen Z Christians are finding faith again — but not at church
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Cybersecurity
WhatsApp identifies dozens of users hacked by Paragon spyware company
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Cybersecurity
Kremlin’s internet crackdown is taking on YouTube
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Internet
This club in the Netherlands offers a much-needed break from technology
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Hacking
Meet the guy who single-handedly took down North Korea’s internet
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Cybersecurity
The company man: US glacial response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents
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Illustration by Megan J. Goff
Hacking
Inside the i-Soon papers and China’s secret world of hackers-for-hire
Inside of a computer
Cybersecurity
Countries fear state-sponsored cyberwar
Illustration by Megan J. Goff
Cybersecurity
Threat-hunter says Iran is stepping up the sophistication of its cyberattacks
Blue, gray and white illustration of flys in cage
Global Security
China’s dominant role in producing hacking bugs
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Ukraine
Exclusive: Inside an American hunt forward operation in Ukraine
Black, blue and grey illustration of man looking over small figures
Hacking
The hacker Bassterlord in his own words: Portrait of an access broker as a young man
US Army recruits in assumed position, wearing black t-shirts that have "ARMY" written across in bold yellow letters
Military
The US military faces challenges on the homefront as recruitment shortages continue
Graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Free speech
China’s tech weapons roll in to quell demonstrations, identify protesters
In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Massachusetts. 
Cybersecurity
‘Ransomware Diaries:’ Going undercover with the leader of LockBit
Funeral workers burry a coffin with an unidentified civilian body, who died in Bucha during the Russian occupation period in February-March 2022, during a funeral in Bucha, Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Digital clues and the stories Ukraine’s mass graves tell
A woman typing on a laptop on a train in New Jersey
Internet
What comes after Hydra, the darknet marketplace that changed everything?
Barcelona’s MareNostrum 4 supercomputer is one of the fastest in the world
Technology
Barcelona’s supercomputer MareNostrum is one of the world’s fastest. It’s about to get a massive upgrade.
Chinese policemen patrol the bund area in Shanghai, June 1, 2022.
Hacking
Massive data breach in China raises questions around govt’s responsibility in securing data, expert says
Commercial satellite companies provide views once reserved for governments, like this image of a Russian military training facility in Crimea.
Ukraine
Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed — and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine
The Department of Justice indicted six officers of Russia’s GRU military intelligence service in October 2020 on charges of hacking and deploying malware.
Ukraine
Russia could unleash disruptive cyberattacks against the US — but efforts to sow confusion and division are more likely
Efforts to reduce tensions between the Koreas, like the 2018 inter-Korean summit, are frequently the target of disinformation campaigns in South Korea.
Science & Technology
Disinformation is spreading beyond the realm of spycraft to become a shady industry – lessons from South Korea
Andreina Baduel wears a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Justice and freedom" and holds a sign with pictures of people during a protest against political prisoners outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, known as the Helicoide, in Caracas
Top of The World
ICC to open investigation over alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela
Colorful trees stand near a road through the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Oct. 2, 2021. More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation at COP26 in Glasgow.
More than 100 countries pledge to curb deforestation at COP26 conference
Fingers on a keyboard
Science & Technology
The people powering AI decisions
Elementary students sit in a computer lab at school
Education
Sal Khan on leveling the playing field, in and out of the classroom
Two men are shown standing across from each other with one man handing a large stack of documents over to the other.
Top of The World
Report reveals more than 200,000 children abused by clergy in France
A child plays with a toy gun during a promotion for online games in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2020. China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese govt cracks down on online gaming, TikTok — claiming that tech has outsize influence on society
Police officers collect evidence near the car of Serhiy Shefir, first assistant to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, that was shot at, near Kyiv, Ukraine
Top of The World
Top aide to Ukraine’s president targeted in shooting
Three elections posters show Social Democratic top candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, Christian Democratic top candidate Armin Laschet, center, and top candidate of the Greens Annalena Baerbock in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. 
Elections
Dubious voting fraud claims in Germany spread online ahead of elections
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity expert: Israeli spyware company NSO Group poses ‘a serious threat to phone users’
A computer monitor is shown in the nearground with a row of tablet computers in the distance under a Microsoft banner.
Top of The World
US and allies accuse China of hacking campaign
Social media accounts of LGBTQ student groups and feminist activists have been shut down in China.
Lifestyle & Belief
Feminist activists in China speak out against online censorship despite government pushback
Jeff Bezos in profile
Business
The rise, future and legacy of Bezos and Amazon
Child in the shade outside
Education
Families leaving traditional education have lessons for those left behind
Large container ship being pulled by a tugboat
Top of The World
‘Formal solution’ reached over Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown wearing a blue suit and purple tie while pointing with his right hand.
Cybersecurity
NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia
A circular hole is shown in a in a glass windown with cracks radiating from the center and through the hole buildings can be seen.
Top of The World
Ethiopia declares ceasefire after Tigrayan fighters enter Mekelle
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is shown behind a large number of microphones.
Internet
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
Seven members of K-pop band BTS stand wearing black suits in front of a yellow background that says "BTS Butter"
Music
Dedicated BTS fans buy tickets to join virtual K-pop concert
Law enforcement officials stand in front of an Operation Trojan Shield logo at a news conference
Cybersecurity
Global police sting raises questions on surveillance and privacy
A box containing stacks of cash with a 50 note stack from New Zealand on top
Top of The World
Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting
People wearing masks behind a barricade hold their hands and fists up in the air
Top of The World
Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru
Green WhatApp icon surrounded by other apps on a smart phone
Social media
WhatsApp sues Indian government over unconstitutional internet laws, privacy encroachment
The value of paper money
Economics
How money became ‘the most powerful metaphor’ in the world
Teenager logs into social media app on phone
Identity
Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian
TV and movies are one way we understand people and places we’ve never had direct contact with – and maybe never will.
Arts, Culture & Media
Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend the global mediascape — and change how people see the world
A man wearing glasses looks at a globe.
The Big Fix
Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube
Fingers type on a laptop keyboard
Science & Technology
Email’s death grip is strangling us, says computer scientist
The US Constitution's first page
US politics
Americans are prone to reading Constitution as scripture, says legal scholar
In this Feb. 8, 2011, file photo, a leader of Egypt's anti-government protesters, Egyptian Wael Ghonim, center, 30, a Google Inc. marketing manager who was a key organizer of the online campaign that sparked the first protest on Jan. 25.
Social media
Arab uprisings: What role did social media really play?
The US Treasury Department building is shown from above with its large Greek columns marking the entrance.
Top of The World
Treasury, Commerce departments hacked; Canada receives first COVID-19 vaccine shipment; Hong Kong court denied bail for Jimmy Lai
A computer board is shown with computer chips and other technology attached.
Hacking
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign