In this report, we analyze the Windows, Android, and iOS versions of Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, the most popular Chinese-language input method in China. Our analysis found serious vulnerabilities in the app’s custom encryption system and how it encrypts…

In the long ago times, when phones still flipped and modems sang proudly the songs of their people, I sent away for a set of Slackware CDs and embarked on a most remarkable journey. Back then, runn…

A lot of academic research exists behind paywalls. The Journalist's Resource outlines eight ways reporters can get free access to high-quality scholarship.

Suppose we’ve got a service. We’ll gloss over the details for now, but let’s stipulate that it accepts requests from the outside world, and takes some action in response. Maybe those requests are HTTP requests, or RPCs, or just incoming packets to be routed…

It’s trying to be a better messaging app — but also lots of other things.

The “content pruning” is being done for SEO purposes.

We can no longer SanDisk portable SSDs amid widespread drive failures and data loss.

A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.

On Tuesday, Seattle’s city council passed legisation that would protect gig workers from being suddenly kicked off apps like Instacart or DoorDash. It’s the first gig worker protection measure of its kind in the entire country.

Open source project Moq (pronounced "Mock") has drawn sharp criticism for quietly including a controversial dependency in its latest release. Moq's 4.20.0 release from this week included another project, SponsorLink, which caused an uproar among open source…

I personally have dealt with more than two dozen exit ban matters in China. Around half of these were clear, in that the person banned from leaving China was told very explicitly not to leave, and in each case they knew why. The others were quite unclear…

From fundraising more than $100 million to hemorrhaging top talent the firm that makes Stable Diffusion has had a heck of a year.

Plus, his bizarre strategy for getting over a fear of flying.