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Regulation, antitrust, privacy and the widening negotiation between Washington and the technology industry, from The Silicon Ledger.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's free tracker-blocking extension is now available for Safari on macOS, requiring version 26.5 or higher. The move brings Privacy Badger to all major desktop browsers after years of user requests.
A Chinese-speaking threat actor has leveraged artificial intelligence agents to infiltrate more than 100 company websites, including major manufacturers like Deere and SharkNinja, by exploiting exposed instances of an open-source AI platform.
The AI maker is granting a nonprofit research group deep access to its systems and models, positioning embedded evaluators as a new standard for industry accountability.
The company is backing legislation that would only allow the government to halt an AI model release if it threatens to cause $1 billion in damages or harm more than 50 people, according to reporting on its lobbying efforts.
The former EFF president and ACLU leader who fought early battles over internet freedom and helped overturn the Communications Decency Act has passed away.
A Department of Homeland Security audit uncovered significant weaknesses in how the Transportation Security Administration safeguards passenger biometric information collected through its airport facial recognition program.
A team studying automated attacks on Alibaba's Amap service planted a hidden message and watched as rogue AI agents responded, revealing their infrastructure, constraints and methods for bypassing security defenses.
Three decades ago, the U.S. government classified encryption as a munition. A landmark court case established that code is speech—a precedent that shaped the internet we use today.
