Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:56:59 +0000
President Trump made extraordinary claims about Obama wiretapping Trump Tower. If true, it may say more about Trump and his associates. The post If the Feds Did Wiretap Trump Tower, It’s Not Obama Who Should Worry appeared first on WIRED.
Read moreCredit to Author: Adam Rawnsley| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:00:34 +0000
Even if all of President Trump’s proposed new defense spending goes through, figuring out what to spend it on will be its own battle The post How Trump Should Spend That Extra $54 Billion on Defense appeared first on WIRED.
Read more
The court found that the state had a right to sue because the ban harmed its universities and scientific community. The post The Ninth Circuit Banned Trump’s Ban Because It Hurts Science appeared first on WIRED.
Read more
Donald Trump’s memo on the Dakota Access Pipeline is more powerful than a hashtag. The post Social Media Made the World Care About Standing Rock—And Helped It Forget appeared first on WIRED.
Read more
But they worry about what future deals will mean for privacy and access. The post Digital Rights Activists Hail Trump’s Death Blow Against TPP appeared first on WIRED.
Read more
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been inundated with questions from readers asking why I haven’t written much about two stories that have consumed the news media of late: The alleged Russian hacking attacks against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and, more recently, the discovery of malware on a laptop at a Vermont power utility that has been attributed to Russian hacker groups. I’ve avoided covering these stories mainly because I don’t have any original reporting to add to them, and because I generally avoid chasing the story of the day — preferring instead to focus on producing original journalism on cybercrime and computer security.