Supporters of an open internet were relieved last month when an American candidate defeated a Russian rival to lead the International Telecommunications Union, a significant global standards organization responsible for cross-border communications. But in the meantime, we looked at how vulnerable critical undersea cables are and how fragile the global internet infrastructure is. Researchers have found evidence that the US's new legal environment for access to abortion is encouraging a culture of community surveillance, a trait of authoritarian states where people are encouraged to report potential wrongdoing. Additionally, there is an increase in surveillance in soccer stadiums all over the world. For the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, eight stadiums will be used, and more than 15,000 cameras will be installed there to monitor spectators and perform biometric scanning. Rust, a more secure "memory safe" programming language, is gaining tr...