New book 'Transaction Denied' by ex-EFF director reveals how PayPal, Venmo, and others routinely freeze accounts over speech, silencing poets, politicians, and activists.

EFF warns UN of unprecedented journalist killings and censorship in Palestine since Oct 2023, urging immediate global action to protect press freedom.

Digital rights movement in MENA matured from Arab Spring optimism to tackling surveillance and geopolitics, say experts.

States are passing laws to block public access to ALPR surveillance data, undermining transparency after records exposed police misuse.

Utah enacts first US law targeting VPNs to bypass age verification, effective May 6, 2026. Critics warn it creates liability trap, threatens privacy.

New bridging service lets Mastodon users auto-post to Bluesky, breaking down platform walls. A win for open social web interoperability.

Rustup 1.29.0 introduces concurrent downloads for faster installations, adds Solaris support, integrates tcsh and xonsh, improves rust-analyzer handling, and welcomes new team member FranciscoTGouveia.

Cargo introduces a new build directory layout via -Zbuild-dir-new-layout, requiring community testing. Learn how to test, known failure modes, library compatibility, and what changes.

Rust Vision Doc team's 70 interviews reveal persistent challenges like learning curve and compile times; LLM-written post retracted due to style issues, but data stands.

A vulnerability in the tar crate used by Cargo (CVE-2026-33056) allows malicious crates to change directory permissions. crates.io is safe; alternate registries need verification.

Rust 1.94.1 fixes three regressions in threading, Windows filesystem, Clippy, and Cargo, plus a security update for the tar crate. Upgrade via rustup.

Rust's WebAssembly targets will soon stop passing --allow-undefined to wasm-ld, requiring developers to handle undefined symbols explicitly to avoid runtime errors.

docs.rs reduces default build targets from five to one on May 1, 2026, to save resources. Authors can request additional targets via metadata. Learn how to adjust.

Rust Project sees 13 projects accepted in GSoC 2026, up from last year, with careful selection from 96 proposals despite AI challenges.

Chris Inglis, NSA chief during Snowden leaks, shares 10 lessons for CISOs: insider threats, media disclosures, enculturation, leadership, privacy, technical safeguards, communication, learning, future implications, trust.

Coffee reshapes gut microbiome and improves mood, memory, and focus—even without caffeine. Decaf boosts learning; caffeine enhances concentration.

Five rare PlayStation 2 games—Kuon, Rule of Rose, Haunting Ground, Futurama, Blood Will Tell—now fetch thousands as physical copies vanish from the market.

OpenWrt's package manager rewrite enables 10-minute router revival, experts say. Improved driver support from Qualcomm and MediaTek expands compatibility.

Mealie now imports recipes from YouTube and TikTok videos, helping users like a heart attack survivor easily plan low-sodium meals amid rising video cooking trends.

Breaking: Android Auto's hidden Google Tasks integration lets drivers capture ideas via voice. Experts say most users miss this productivity boost.