At the Black Hat hacker conference in dystopian Las Vegas, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek will soon present the latest in what appears to be their personal hobby of revealing how "smart car" digital interfaces can be hijacked by malicious parties to murder you. (They have good news, also.)

A murders' row of cyber security experts have announced their intention to produce a new instant messaging service, designed for government and corporate whistleblowers (obviously) and the journalists they blow their whistles to. This should be fun.