To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.Dhruv Mehrotra Andrew CoutsA year ago today, the United States Supreme Court overturned the decades-old ruling in Roe v. Wade, wiping out the federal right to abortion care in the US. But as history has shown, abortions do not simply stop because laws change—they go underground, where it’s less safe for the people who seek them.One of those subterranean places is the messaging app Telegram, where the number of groups and channels offering sales of abortion pills like mifepristone has grown substantially over the past 12 months, a WIRED investigation found. Sellers using apparent pseudonyms offer the drugs for around $135, on average, but there’s no guarantee that the pills buyers receive are what they say they are.Even if you have no plans of patronizing a Telegram drug market, there’s no escaping the artificial intelligence boom. If the doomsayers are correct, society is about to be inundated with AI-fueled misinformation, deepfakes, and more. But psychologists say humanity is simply not mentally ready for this new era, and researchers have only begun to explore what it means for our brains to live in a “post-truth world.”Your new car isn’t just a car—it’s a smartphone on wheels. As vehicles have become increasingly computer-controlled, so too has the amount of data carmakers can collect about drivers. We dove into the most popular vehicles in the US to suss out exactly how much of your privacy you’re giving up when you sit behind the wheel.Of course, phones themselves aren’t any better for your privacy, especially when law enforcement gets involved. Documents recently obtained by the ACLU show the extent the FBI will go to to keep police from revealing details about cell-site simulators, which are used to surveil a target’s phone. Despite the fact that the existence of these devices, also known as “Stingrays,” has been public for years, the FBI requires cops to keep their use a secret, both from suspects and the courts.But that’s not all. Each week, we round up the stories we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there.On Wednesday, Apple released patches for several zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in a sophisticated Spyware campaign called Operation Triangulation. Russia previously attributed the campaign to the United States, claiming in a press release that thousands of Russian government officials have had their iPhones infected with the spyware. They also allege that Apple colluded with the United States in the operation. Apple denies having worked with any government to insert a backdoor into its products.The patches address a pair of serious vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-32434 and CVE-2023-32439. The flaws were first revealed by Russian anti-malware vendor Kaspersky, which was a target of the spyware. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to implant spyware onto iPhones effortlessly by sending an iMessage. The spyware was programmed to remove itself once it successfully infiltrated the device.Lily Hay NewmanChris BaraniukAarian MarshallGideon LichfieldApple says the patches fix a memory corruption that allowed an app to execute arbitrary code and a WebKit vulnerability that enabled malicious code execution through web content. The attacks have been seen only on devices running versions of iOS released before iOS 15.7, according to the company. Even if you’re an unlikely target for spyware, now’s a good time to update your iPhone.This week, an alarming investigation by Nbc News found that Discord, a social media popular with gamers, has become a popular venue for child sexual exploitation. NBC News identified 35 cases over the past six years in which adults have faced charges of kidnapping, grooming, or sexual assault that were allegedly facilitated by Discord. Nearly half of these cases resulted in guilty pleas or verdicts, while many others are still under investigation.NBC News’ review of cases is likely a vast undercount, the report says, as these numbers represent only reported cases where charges were brought. Victims generally face significant challenges when it comes to reporting, investigations, and prosecution. Stephen Sauer, the director of the tip line at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, told NBC News, “What we see is only the tip of the iceberg.”According to experts interviewed by NBC News, while online child exploitation is not exclusive to Discord, the platform's decentralized moderation system and its young user base have likely made it an appealing environment for those seeking to exploit children.The investigation comes as a Washington Post report found that thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images have been found on forums across the dark web.According to The Wall Street Journal, US officials have been monitoring the activities of employees working for Chinese telecom companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE at suspected spy facilities in Cuba. The news comes amid a push to restrict the use of Huawei and ZTE mobile infrastructure across the West.Earlier this month, the Journal reported that China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 and that the two countries jointly maintain four additional eavesdropping stations on the island. Officials from the Biden administration caution that these facilities could potentially intercept electronic signals from US military bases.According to representative Mike Gallagher, the chairman of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Huawei and ZTE have had regular business presence in Cuba while working to modernize the island’s internet infrastructure. In a letter Gallagher sent to director of national intelligence Avril Haines, which the Journal viewed, Gallagher wrote that any enhancement of China’s intelligence capabilities in Cuba “is likely” to be aided by Chinese telecommunications companies.In a statement, Huawei described the report as "groundless accusations" and emphasized its commitment to full compliance with applicable laws and regulations in the regions they operate. Similarly, ZTE dismissed the Journal's reporting as "baseless."The recent Reddit protest over changes to its business that threaten third-party apps was messy enough without hackers getting involved. The ransomware gang BlackCat is threatening to release some 80 GB of data that the company says was stolen earlier this year through a “highly targeted” phishing attack.Reddit says it doesn’t believe the hackers stole user data like passwords, but BlackCat says the files contain “confidential” information. The group is demanding Reddit pay $4.5 million and cancel its plans to charge app developers exorbitant fees for access to its application programming interface, or API. Otherwise the group says, it will release the data ahead of the company’s planned IPO.📨 Understand AI advances with our Fast Forward newsletter🎧 Our new podcast wants you to Have a Nice FutureHow Christopher Nolan learned to stop worrying and love AIA Chinese firm’s encryption chips got inside the Navy and NASAPodcasts could unleash a new age of enlightenmentApple is taking on apples in a weird trademark battleFighting games are a haven for LGBTQ+ gamers🔌 Charge right into summer with the best travel adapters, power banks, and USB hubsLily Hay NewmanDell CameronMatt BurgessMatt LasloDhruv MehrotraAndy GreenbergDell CameronAndy GreenbergMore From WIREDContact© 2023 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. 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