Uighur rights activist Nursimangul Abdureshid poses during an interview in Istanbul on March 12, 2022. She lost contact with her family back in China in 2018 and has been unable to find them. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP via Getty Images) Chinese state media propaganda found in 88% of Google, Bing news searches Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days. May 31, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow on May 27, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) REvil prosecutions reach a ‘dead end,’ Russian media reports The contention follows multiple claims from Russian officials that a lack of U.S. cooperation was hurting their case. May 27, 2022 By AJ Vicens
Mike Hayes, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, VMware, listens during the Milken Institute Global Conference on October 19, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) Broadcom to acquire VMware in $61B deal The combined company will merge in a massive $61 billion deal but could face regulatory hurdles. May 26, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
(Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images) Regulators slam Twitter with $150M fine over using consumer security data for advertising The practice violates federal law and a 2011 order from the FTC, which alleged Twitter's failure to safeguard user data led to two breaches. May 26, 2022 By Tonya Riley
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) FBI asks for more than $100M in cyber and data-related increases for 2023 Cyber is a major part of the agency's work on a host of domestic and international issues, FBI Director Christopher Wray said. May 25, 2022
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center director U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, speaks during a press briefing, the pentagon, Washington, D.C. in 2021. (Pentagon photo) Head of DOD artificial intelligence command warns Pentagon must improve to beat China on AI Lt. Gen. Michael Groen said DOD will need to do more to bring the branches together and act as a "doer" instead of a coordinating body. May 25, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
Interpol Global Complex for Innovation building is seen during the inauguration opening ceremony in Singapore on April 13, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN via Getty Images) INTERPOL hauls in alleged Nigerian cybercrime ringleader The group is believed to have hit more than 50,000 victims. May 25, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Students march to protest against overturning Roe v. Wade, which guarantees the right to abortion access, in New York on May 19, 2022. (Photo by ALEX KENT/AFP via Getty Images) Democrats press Google to overhaul data location practices to protect abortion-seekers "Google cannot allow its online advertising-focused digital infrastructure to be weaponized against women," the lawmakers write. May 24, 2022 By Tonya Riley
President Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter Biden after addressing the nation from the Chase Center November 7, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images) Hunter Biden emails that Trump allies shared contain signs of possible ‘tampering,’ analysis suggests Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said. May 24, 2022
A Chinese immigrant is fingerprinted during her “biometrics” appointment to receive a green card at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Advocates urge Amazon to drop controversial DHS surveillance program HART will become the one-stop shop for profiles that combine data from other DHS projects. May 24, 2022 By Tonya Riley