In the News

• A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade
  2/11/24 – Wired
• Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app
  2/11/24 – AP News
• Jack Sweeney: The planespotting student who angers Taylor Swift and Elon Musk
  2/10/24 – BBC News
• AI and misinformation: what’s ahead for social media as the US election looms?
  2/10/24 – The Guardian
• AI firm considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections
  2/10/24 – The Guardian
• Keeping Teens Safe Online Has to Go Beyond Parental Controls. Here’s What to Do.
  2/10/24 – The Wall Street Journal
• Fake LastPass App Targets People Trying to Do the Right Thing
  2/9/24 – Bloomberg
• Meta removes Instagram and Facebook accounts for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
  2/9/24 – AP News
• Amazon steers consumers to higher-priced items, lawsuit claims
  2/9/24 – Reuters
• Kansas’ AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
  2/9/24 – AP News
• New York attorney general expands crypto lawsuit, sees $3 billion fraud
  2/9/24 – Reuters
• David Kahn, Leading Historian of Codes and Code Breaking, Dies at 93
  2/9/24 – The New York Times
• Are We All Technosexuals Now?
  2/9/24 – The New York Times
• Why Are Deepfakes Everywhere? Can They Be Stopped?
  2/9/24 – Bloomberg
• 40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever
  2/9/24 – The New York Times
• TikTok Faces Fine as EU Prepares Probe Over Risks to Minors
  2/9/24 – Bloomberg
• Social Media Platforms Are Done With News, But Gen Z Still Treats Them as a Go-To Source
  2/9/24 – Bloomberg
• US offers $10mln reward for information on Hive ransomware leaders
  2/9/24 – Reuters
• A Nebraska bill would hire a hacker to probe the state’s computer, elections systems
  2/8/24 – AP News
• FCC bans robocalls using deepfake voice clones − but AI-generated disinformation still looms over elections
  2/8/24 – The Conversation
• China’s Military and Surveillance Capabilities Have Been Boosted by U.S. Funds, House Report Says
  2/8/24 – The Wall Street Journal
• Multiple threats to election systems prompt US cybersecurity agency to boost cooperation with states
  2/8/24 – AP News
• Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says
  2/8/24 – The Guardian
• EU drafts guidelines as it urges Big Tech to protect democratic elections
  2/8/24 – Reuters
• AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal
  2/8/24 – AP News