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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's government has approved new rules for regulating cyber space which opponents say could be used to stifle dissent and free speech. Under regulations that were approved by the cabinet late last month but were not immediately made public, social media companies will be obliged to help law enforcement agencies access data and to…

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday called for an investigation into an apparent leak of classified intelligence from a briefing for lawmakers on Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential…

Chris Coons represents Delaware in the US Senate. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN)On January 7, hours after Iran fired missiles at a base in Iraq housing American troops, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, said that was the end of his country's response to the…

As Richard Grenell, the current US ambassador to Germany, starts his second day on the job as the nation’s acting director of national intelligence, his arrival also marks the ouster of not only his predecessor, Joseph Maguire, but reportedly also of DNI principal executive Andrew Hallman. By the end of the day, almost all of…

Greetings! Welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED’s entertainment news roundup. What’s happening? A lot, actually—and quite a bit of it has to do with Disney+. Let’s hop to it!Netflix Nabbed the Sundance Hit The 40-Year-Old VersionContinuing its trend of going shopping at film festivals, Netflix announced earlier this week that it has picked…

Kathy Gilsinan February 20, 2020 Mikhail Svetlov / Joe Raedle / Drew Angerer / Katie Martin / The AtlanticUpdated at 6:06 p.m. ET on Friday, February 21.“Please move.” The white woman doesn’t raise her voice; she’s got her shirt on inside out and she’s aiming a cellphone at the taco-truck vendors parked on her street.…

Doesn’t it suck when your favorite movies and TV shows get removed from Netflix?  When Netflix lost Friends at the beginning of the year, fans of the show were really disappointed. But, hey, that’s showbiz. Rights to movies and TV shows get bought, sold, and expire all the time. But did you know that Netflix…

We're big fans of serious security solutions like Google's Titan keys. Even stronger than normal two factor authentication (2FA), Google Titan devices are universal hardware two factor (U2F) keys that make it almost impossible for someone to login to your accounts without your permission. Every login requires a hardware key, and Google has been slow…

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj HakimiKABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces clashed in parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after a week-long "reduction in violence" was announced, but the incidents did not spark immediate alarm on either side.If the violence reduction period is observed successfully, the United States and the…