Andrew Couts

The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

Plus: Meta pays $1.4 million in a historic privacy settlement, Microsoft blames a cyberattack for a major Azure outage, and an artist creates a face recognition system to reveal your NYPD “coppelganger.”

Plus: US regulators fine T-Mobile $60 million for mishap with sensitive data, New Zealand approves Kim Dotcom’s US extradition, and San Francisco takes on deepfake porn.

In an unsealed indictment, the DOJ alleges that employees of state-owned RT contracted for and oversaw the dissemination of Kremlin talking points by popular right-wing influencers including Benny Johnson and Tim Pool.

Audio visual expert Hisense wowed at this year’s IFA Berlin with two world firsts - a pair laser projectors that have been designed exclusively for Xbox. Both the TriChroma Laser Cinema PX3-PRO and the 4K Laser Mini Projector C2 Ultra have been launched to dramatically reduce latency with wireless accessories for the sharpest gaming experience around.

Plus: Kaspersky's US business sold, Nigerian sextortion scammers jailed, and Europe's controversial encryption plans return.

Musk’s now-deleted post questioning why no one has attempted to assassinate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris renews concerns over his work for the US government—and potential to inspire extremist violence.

Plus: New details emerge in the National Public Data breach, Discord gets blocked in Russia and Turkey over alleged illegal activity on the platform, and more.

Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face-recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs.

photo of Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun image Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs.