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ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations agents. Credit: @ICEGov via Twitter.

Uproar over Palantir’s sale of tracking software to US immigration agency

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

A Huawei phone. Credit: GillyBerlin via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Cropped.

Low prices keep Huawei in the 5G game despite US concerns

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Trump administration’s attack on climate science goes full-Orwell

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Nuclear waste: A hot business?

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

A screen shot taken from the Apple App Store's Grindr download page.

US government pressure on Chinese owners of Grindr: A reprise of Cold War-era homophobia?

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

A screen shot of Sniper 3D Assassin. Credit: Wiki Guide Tip via YouTube.

Shooting journalists in a video game seemed fun, but the game maker has had a change of heart

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Dragons, thrones, and nukes, oh my.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

“You can’t preach temperance from a barstool.”

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

National Security Adviser John Bolton standing behind President Trump in April. Photo credit: Getty Images

War and Peace: Bolton and Trump tell a confused story about possible military action against Iran

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Hawksbill turtle floats above an Indian Ocean coral reef in the Maldives. Nearly half of the live coral cover on reefs has been lost in the past 150 years, and coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Credit: Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock

UN report: Nature is going downhill. Fast.

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

The Russian government-funded TV network’s hyperbolic campaign against US 5G

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

A tiny crustacean and the deep-sea fallout of nuclear testing

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading