Obscura VPN just passed its first independent audit Leading audit firm, Cure53, couldn’t find any major security vulnerability Obscura VPN is a new service built on an innovative multi-hop VPN system Obscura VPN is still fairly new, but its first independent…
The Download: Why 2025 has been the year of AI hype correction, and fighting GPS jamming
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Trump administration has launched its US Tech Force programIn a bid to lure engineers away from Big Tech roles and straight into modernizing the government. (The…
Google is retiring its free dark web monitoring tool next year
Google will stop sending out dark web reports starting early next year, as it shuts down the free tool that can tell you if your personal information has appeared on the seedy underbelly of the internet. The tool used to be…
Private satellites pinpoint methane emissions from oil, gas and coal facilities worldwide
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets the lion’s share of global attention. But methane is the second-largest contributor to human-caused global warming. A high proportion of methane emissions comes from the energy sector, often from concentrated “point…
iOS 26 leak details multiple unreleased Apple products
An unreleased build of iOS 26 has revealed details about more than a dozen Apple hardware projects currently in development. An iOS 26 code leak confirmed the existence of multiple unreleased iPhone models, including the iPhone 17e. Following a series of…