EXTREMISM

·  Terrorist Threat Assessment: Boko Haram and ISWAP in Nigeria
The African continent is grappling with a notable increase in terrorist activities, marked by the presence of various ethnonationalist and jihadist groups

·  Al Qaeda Calls on Fighters to Return to Afghanistan to Create a Terrorist Safe Haven Once Again
Al Qaeda leader calls for fighters to train in Afghanistan before launching attacks on “Zionists” and the West

·  How Safe Are Fans at Euro 2024? A Security Expert Is Worried
Fears of a terrorist attack on the Euros have increased since an attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow

·  Boko Haram Terrorists Now Use Elon Musk’s Starlink for Internet Connection
Starlink announced its presence in Nigeria in January 2023

·  California Public University Academics End Pro-Palestinian Strike Under Court Order
Unionized academic researchers, graduate teaching assistants and post-doctoral scholars walked off the job over the Gaza war

·  Biden Administration Tries to Plug Loophole That Released Migrant Linked to Terrorism into the U.S.
An Afghan migrant on the terrorist watchlist was released on bond by an immigration judge in Texas

·  The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again
Echoes of the run-up to 9/11

·  Trump’s Vows of ‘Revenge’ Against His Opponents Gain Volume
“This is really unprecedented for a president to be doing this, and really, the historical precedents are quite the contrary,” says a history professor. “You could easily imagine it leading to real harm.”

·  Germany Will Deport Anyone Glorifying Terrorism, Says Olaf Scholz
German chancellor announces plan after knife attack in Mannheim in which police officer died

·  The Islamic State’s Resurgence in Mozambique
The scale and frequency of attacks launched by the terrorist group’s East African affiliate are increasing

·  A Republican Election Clerk vs. Trump Die-Hards in a World of Lies
Cindy Elgan has overseen elections in rural Nevada without incident for 20 years, but now even her neighbors wonder if she’s part of “the deep state cabal”

THE LONG VIEW

·  How Game Theory Can Make AI More Reliable
Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them more correct, efficient, and consistent

·  The Race to Get Ahead One of the Deadliest Natural Disasters
Japan’s early-warning system shows a few extra seconds can save scores of lives

·  Trump Is Not America’s Le Pen
He’s worse

·  What Americans Really Think About Immigration
The many factors that determine public opinion on the subject

·  An Object Lesson from Covid on How to Destroy Public Trust
I hope the pandemic, both as lived experience and now as rewritten history, has proved that paternalistic, infantilizing messaging backfires

·  Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Conspiracy Theory of Western Decline
To explain trends she dislikes, she embraces a tale of subversion

·  Power and Tension: The Cyber Security Problem of Military Electrification
What would it take for someone to hack a tank?

·  Inside the City Policed by Machines
A WIRED analysis of 22 million coordinates mapped out how police drones are used in a California border city. Some residents welcome the robots; others feel they now live in a surveillance dystopia

MORE PICKS

·  Why California Is Swinging Right on Crime
Viral videos and their outraging, perception-changing, galvanizing effects may have propelled both outraged skepticism of tough-on-crime tactics and the backlash to it

·  How Washington Missed the Boat on AI Regulation
The U.S. Congress missed an opportunity. Instead, it published a road map that fails to address the key challenges posed by new technologies

·  Ransomware Is ‘More Brutal’ Than Ever in 2024
As the fight against ransomware slogs on, security experts warn of a potential escalation to “real-world violence.” But recent police crackdowns are successfully disrupting the cybercriminal ecosystem

·  Hackers Impersonating As Fake Toll Payment Processor Across The U.S.
Hackers have been actively impersonating fake toll payment processors across the U.S.

·  How Much Worse Would a Bird-Flu Pandemic Be?
The world has been through multiple flu pandemics. That doesn’t mean it’s any more prepared

·  Biden’s Border Crackdown Could Disproportionately Affect Families
Parents with children represent 40 percent of migrants who crossed the southern border this year. Now, they will be turned back within days, according to a memo obtained by The New York Times

·  MIT Researchers Ordered and Combined Parts of the 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus. Did They Expose a Security Flaw?
Without proper guardrails in place, experts and governments worry, artificial intelligence (AI) could make it easier for more people to do harm with biology

·  The Ukraine War Has Led to Radical Changes in the U.S. Army’s New Super Tank Design
Each new generation of tanks is heavier than the last. Not this time

·  Nuclear Research Body Is Backdoor for Russian Spies, Says Ukraine
CERN has been urged to end an agreement with a body that is almost entirely made up of former Warsaw Pact nations and dominated by Moscow

·  US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Their Secrets
Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she’s worried China will steal American AI secrets