Microsoft

StealC and Amadey: Breaking down infostealers and the cybercrime services that deliver them

On June 24, 2026, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) facilitated the takedown, suspension, and blocking of domains that ...

The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators

Stonebraker essentially abandoned Postgres in the mid-1990s. But instead of fading into obscurity, the codebase was salvaged ...
Microsoft

Encrypted Spaces

Encrypted Spaces is a research project (opens in new tab) exploring an architecture for building collaborative applications where data is encrypted and all operations are cryptographically verifiable.
Wired

Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance. So one group of ...
The Baltimore Sun

General Assembly candidates of both parties have a common enemy: data centers

Rising residential energy prices are at the front of mind for candidates pursuing seats in the House of Delegates and state Senate in the upcoming Maryland primaries, as are the data centers that many ...
WPTZ

New York Assembly, Senate pass 1-year ban on new data centers

WEEK... SAYING QUOTE "I'm proud to stand with the Legislature in this fight." THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE ALSO PASSED A 1-YEAR MORATORIUM, PROHIBITING THE ...