Iran's Record Internet Blackout Creates a Two-Tier Digital Society
More than two months into the longest internet shutdown in Iran's documented history, the country has fractured along a new fault line: those who can access the global internet and those who cannot.
VPN Password Tests Expose Glaring Security Gaps Across the Industry
The tools millions of people rely on to protect their privacy online are, in several cases, failing to enforce the most basic safeguards on their own front doors. An analysis of 25 VPN services found
Utah's New VPN Law Forces Internet Users to Rethink Online Privacy
Utah has become the first state in the country to hold websites legally responsible for user access even when that access is masked by a VPN, creating a significant and largely unprecedented
Instagram Lets You Hide Posts Without Deleting Them. Here Is How.
The urge to delete a photo you once loved - and then immediately regret doing so - is one of the more underappreciated anxieties of social media life. Instagram's Archive feature resolves this
Privacy Coalition Warns UK Government Against Measures That Threaten Open Web
Nineteen organisations, including Proton, Mozilla, the Tor Project, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, published an open letter on Tuesday calling on UK policymakers to abandon what they
Draag's 'Miracle Drug' Builds Emotional Complexity Through Deliberate Restraint
Some records earn their weight through accumulation rather than declaration. Draag's debut EP Miracle Drug belongs to that category - a six-track collection from a Los Angeles quintet that treats
Joy Behar Revisits a 1987 Film Dispute and Names the Director
Nearly four decades after a minor role in a commercially disappointing comedy left her in tears on set, Joy Behar used a live television reunion to say what she apparently held back for years. During
ExpressVPN Extends Its Deepest Discount in 16 Years Through May 2026
At £1.99 per month - roughly 6p a day - ExpressVPN is currently offering its steepest price reduction since the company launched, undercutting both NordVPN and ProtonVPN for the first time in
American Have I Got News for You Sparks Fresh Interest in the British Original
The arrival of CNN's American adaptation of Have I Got News for You, hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., has done something unintentional but entirely predictable: it has sent curious viewers searching
UK Data Breaches Double in a Quarter as AI Expansion Widens the Attack Surface
More than 4.4 million British accounts were compromised in the first three months of 2025 - a 107 percent increase from the 2.1 million breached in the final quarter of last year. That figure places