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• Is your brain okay?

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola pandemic pals, I've returned from my staycation and wow, what a couple of weeks to miss. ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Pardon the Intrusion #22: Twitter just had its most serious hack

  Bitcoin scammers struck gold by hijacking several verified Twitter accounts in one of the most catastrophic security breach to ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Seriously, masks are your friend

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hello from the lockdown trenches, Since Tristan's taking a much-needed break -- and seriously, ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Pardon the Intrusion #21: What does the privacy label say?

  Apple has introduced a new privacy-focused "nutrition label" for third-party apps that clearly describe how apps use your ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Just wear the $%#@ing mask

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola pandemic pals, The whole time this pandemic's been going on, the world's been looking ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Byte Me #17: LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia, straight allyship, and Twitch predators

  Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3

  • Tekla Tevdorashvili

• Pandemic? What pandemic?

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola totally-not-having-a-pandemic pals, I woke up early on Saturday and went outside. Dogs ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Pardon the Intrusion #20: SMS authentication needs to go

  Relying on SMS for two-factor authentication can also have unintended consequences, with no means to retrieve OTP codes during ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• A glimmer of hope

  Hola pandemic pals, It's the middle of June and COVID-19 is still here. In fact, the data indicates it's just getting ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Pride and prejudice

  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Byte Me #16: Breonna Taylor, police surveillance, and virtuencers

  Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3

  • Cara Curtis

• Pardon the Intrusion #19: Paying for Privacy

  Zoom confirmed that it plans to offer stronger encryption features only for its paying users. It won't be extended to the ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan