The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets 20. July 2026 (12:00) A new toolkit for attorneys in Massachusetts targets the technologies police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.(Wired)
Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code 20. July 2026 (11:30) A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code—some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries.(Wired)
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify 19. July 2026 (13:00) A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and save your data and battery—follow these tips.(Wired)
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You 18. July 2026 (12:30) Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more.(Wired)