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What the latest Pegasus spyware leaks tell us
 

The news: Over the weekend, a consortium of international news outlets published their findings from an investigation into the use of Pegasus, the marquee spyware product of the secretive billion-dollar Israeli surveillance company NSO Group. (Its CEO, Shalev Hulio, is pictured above.) The reports are based on a leak of tens of thousands of phone numbers that appear to have been targeted by Pegasus. The outlets were able to use the data to establish that journalists and activists in many countries were targeted—and in some cases successfully hacked. 

The significance: The leaks indicate the scope of what cybersecurity reporters and experts have said for years: that while NSO Group claims its spyware is designed to target criminals and terrorists, its actual applications are much more broad. The NSO used its standard line for the latest leak, denying all allegations. But it has also argued that it can’t be held responsible if governments misuse the technology it sells them. Read the full story.

Read next: My colleague Patrick Howell O’Neill has been reporting for some time on claims against NSO Group, which “has been linked to cases including the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the targeting of scientists and campaigners pushing for political reform in Mexico, and Spanish government surveillance of Catalan separatist politicians,” he wrote in August 2020. Dive deeper and read his August 2020 profile of NSO.

—Abby Ohlheiser


Cities are scrambling to prevent flooding

What’s happening: US cities are working to shore up their flood defenses in the face of climate change. Floods have hit New York, Detroit, and Flagstaff, Arizona, in recent weeks. In Germany and Belgium, they have swept away whole towns and left over 1,000 people missing

A problem: Urban centers are more prone to flooding than other areas because water can’t seep into the ground the way it would in a forest or grassland. Instead, it flows. Stormwater infrastructure around the country is aging, and many governments have resorted to Band-Aid solutions instead of building more resilient systems. 

What we need: Coastal cities face even more dire climate threats, and some are investing aggressively to stave them off. Beyond pump stations, cities are installing features like storm ponds and rain gardens to help manage flooding. Read the full story.

—Casey Crownhart

The dangerous appeal of technology-driven futures

The most optimistic and most pessimistic views of technology both rely on a common misconception: that a technological pathway, once embarked upon, leads to inevitable social consequences, whether utopian or dystopian. 

This view, known as technological determinism, is historically flawed, politically dangerous, and ethically questionable. To achieve progress, societies like ours need a more dynamic understanding of why technology changes, how we change with it, and how we might govern our powerful, marvelous machines. Read the full story.

—Sheila Jasanoff

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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 The Delta variant will exact a grim toll on poorer countries
You're either vaccinated, or you're at high risk, and these countries do not have access to enough vaccines. (FT $)
  + The markets slid yesterday as anxiety mounted over the spread of the Delta variant. (WSJ $)
  + The CDC says US residents should avoid traveling to the UK, due to surging case numbers. (The Hill)
  + England is going to introduce vaccine passports… but not until late September. (The Guardian)
  + Cats are more susceptible to catching covid-19 than dogs. (NYT $)
  + The lifecycle of a covid vaccine lie. (NPR

2 The US and its allies accused China of a major cyber attack
Specifically, the giant Microsoft Exchange hack that affected at least 30,000 organizations globally. (BBC)
  + How China's hacking entered a reckless new phase. (Wired $) 

3 Wally Funk will defy years of sexism to head into space today 👩‍🚀
Better late than never. (NYT $)
  + But can we really justify space tourism as an industry? (Earther

4 Why NASA should visit Pluto again
It'd take 30 years to get there, but we could learn a huge amount about the formation of the solar system. (TR)
 
5 What does Beijing expect from businesses? Total compliance
This does not feel like a recipe for creativity or innovation in the long run. (NYT $)
 
6 How skateboard startup Boosted went bust 🛹
This looks like yet another story of a company overextending itself thanks to the influence of VCs. (The Verge)
 
7 Why Olympic athletes are sleeping on cardboard beds 🛏️
It's nothing to do with discouraging them from having sex. It's just a more eco-friendly option. (Forbes)
  + Yet more setbacks: a plague of oysters is threatening one Tokyo venue. (BBC)

 
8 Facial recognition is already everywhere
The lack of regulation feels more and more remarkable with every passing day. (Recode)
 
9 Have Google and Amazon backed the wrong driverless tech? 🚗
Full autonomy still looks miles off. Incremental automation is winning. (FT $)
 
10 Malaysian police steamrollered 1,069 bitcoin mining rigs
This looks like a lot of fun. (CNBC)

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"People keep asking me if I am nervous. I am not really nervous. I am excited."

—Jeff Bezos tells CBS This Morning about how he feels about his flight into suborbital space today.

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