US officials say sanctioned countries are increasingly manipulating the GPS-based automatic identification systems, or AIS, of ships to evade international law (Anatoly Kurmanaev/New York Times)

Anatoly Kurmanaev / New York Times:
US officials say sanctioned countries are increasingly manipulating the GPS-based automatic identification systems, or AIS, of ships to evade international law  —  A technology enabling the transmission of fake locations to carry out murky or even illegal business operations …

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Matt Burgess / Wired:
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Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks  —  Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks.

Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks  —  Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks.

Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine’s drone attacks  —  Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks.

Fake Twitter accounts of athletes and other celebrities, some now suspended, are spreading fake announcements and chaos as paid Blue checkmarks become available (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
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