In May 2026, election security experts watched with cautious optimism as Estonia reported a historic milestone: 51% of voters cast their ballots online during parliamentary elections—the first time anywhere in the world that a majority of votes were cast digitally in a major election. This achievement didn’t happen by accident. […]
Daily Archives: May 13, 2026
The academic publishing ecosystem faces an unprecedented challenge. In just 18 months since advanced AI language models became widely accessible, manuscript submissions have surged by 42 percent, with evidence suggesting the majority contain AI-generated content. While artificial intelligence promises to accelerate discovery, it’s simultaneously flooding journals with lower-quality work, forcing […]
The American public has developed a curious confidence in electronic voting systems, even as cryptographers and election security experts continue to warn that internet voting remains fundamentally insecure. This paradox came into sharp focus in May 2026 as a new open-source mobile voting protocol called VoteSecure launched, promising to finally […]