Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security's phone location data purchasesAn ACLU investigation found that officials bought over 336,000 data points.By J. Fingas, 07.18.2022
Engadget Podcast: The crypto crash explainedPlus, we chat with the folks behind Netflix's Love, Death and Robots.By D. Hardawar, 05.20.2022
ICE 'now operates as a domestic surveillance agency,' think tank saysA study by the Center on Privacy and Technology found that ICE uses data brokers to avoid restrictions.By K. Holt, 05.10.2022
NASA's VIPER Rover will explore the moon's Nobile CraterThe world's first lunar rover will search for water ice around its south pole in 2023.By A. Tarantola, 09.20.2021
NASA's first lunar rover will scour the moon's south pole for water in 2023The VIPER will wield a meter-long 'TRIDENT' and three spectrometers in its hunt for ice.By A. Tarantola, 09.03.2021
Senators push for investigation into CBP use of phone location dataDemocrats want answers about how US Customs and Border Protection operates.By I. Bonifacic, 10.23.2020
Clearview AI wins an ICE contract as it prepares to defend itself in courtIt's the sort of scenario privacy advocates feared when the public learned about Clearview.By K. Holt, 08.14.2020
ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport facial recognition recordsThe ACLU wants to know how the tech has been used at airports and borders.By C. Fisher, 03.12.2020
Clearview AI leak names businesses using its facial recognition databaseThousands of organizations from around the globe gave the software a try.By A. Tarantola, 02.27.2020
Antarctica is hotter than it's ever beenThe Antarctic Peninsula is among the fastest warming regions on the planet.By C. Fisher, 02.07.2020
Federal agencies reportedly bought phone location data to track immigrantsThe government may be using the data to find leads on illegal border crossings. By I. Bonifacic, 02.07.2020
NASA finds 'water ice' just below the surface of MarsThe ice could be reached with a shovel, experts say.By G. Torbet, 12.12.2019
Human patient put in suspended animation for the first timeThe procedure buys ER surgeons critical extra time.By R. England, 11.20.2019
Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegalBorder agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.By J. Fingas, 11.12.2019
Recommended Reading: The ICE surveillance playbookThe best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.By B. Steele, 10.05.2019
DoJ pushes Google and Apple to ID 10,000 users of a gun scope appThe data request is part of a weapons export investigation, but it has privacy experts concerned.By C. Fisher, 09.06.2019
Google employees don't want it to work with US border agenciesMore than 500 employees have signed a new petition.By I. Bonifacic, 08.14.2019
FBI and ICE use DMV photos as 'gold mine' for facial recognition dataNo one approved the creation of this system.By J. Fingas, 07.07.2019
Senators propose legislation to protect your phone at the borderThe bill would require border agents to obtain a warrant to search Americans' devices.By C. Fisher, 05.23.2019