Los Angeles school system to outfit all students with iPads
The announcement marks a major victory for Apple in its quest to replace textbooks with tablet computers
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 8:55 PM UTCAssociated Press, Los Angeles
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Probe launched into TWA Flight 800 crash
New evidence suggests that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet
Associated Press, Los Angeles
FBI admits to using drones over U.S. soil
Robert Mueller tells Congress surveillance drones have been used, prompting calls for domestic legislation
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 8:06 PM UTCWikiLeaks helping Snowden seek asylum
Assange said his organization has been talking to the whistle-blower's legal team about possible deal with Iceland
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:39 PM UTCJulian Assange, WikiLeaks
Bitcoin tax time?
A U.S. government report explores how the IRS should deal with the libertarian-beloved cryptocurrency
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 7:14 PM UTCBitcoin, Taxes, IRS, libertarians
Internet trolls love feminist writers
The irony is that for all their misogyny, they spend an inordinate amount of time reading about women's issues
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 5:25 PM UTC 90PolicyMic, Feminism, Internet
Popularity boost for search engines outside NSA dragnets
DuckDuckGo, among others, is benefiting from never tracking user data in the first place VIDEO
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:30 PM UTCVideo, DuckDuckGo, Prism, Google
The obsolescence of Steve Jobs
A remarkable video clip from 1994 captures the Apple founder pondering silicon ephemerality VIDEO
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 14Video, Steve Jobs, Apple
Why metadata really is the message
Top cryptologist explains for Wired that the NSA has a terrifying tool: a "a National Relationship Database"
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:08 PM UTCNSA, Matt Blaze, metadata
Google to the NSA: Don’t be evil
Citing the First Amendment, the search giant files a court challenge to the government's surveillance gag orders
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 8:43 PM UTCGoogle, NSA, Surveillance, FISA
Hackers replace Brazil World Cup website with protest footage
The cyberattack symbolized growing rage against a status quo crystallized in World Cup, Olympics spending VIDEO
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 8:37 PM UTCVideo, hackers, Brazil, World Cup
Billion-dollar bioterror detection program under new scrutiny
An early warning alert system designed to sniff out airborne threats is being reviewed by a House subcommittee
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:57 PM UTCScientific American, bioterror
Hacktivists strike north of the border
Anonymous allies LulzSec Albania have hacked the Swiss Canadian Chamber of Commerce, for reasons unknown
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:15 PM UTCthe daily dot
House hearing in celebration of NSA spying
Congress gives spy chiefs open platform to explain why hoarding all your data is great
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 6:06 PM UTC 10Keith Alexander, Mike Rogers
Freedom from the dead battery menace
AT&T is bringing solar-powered recharging stations to the people. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 5:20 PM UTCAT&T, Smart Phones
Ray Kelly, who oversaw secret Muslim spying, slams NSA secrecy
The NYPD commissioner said NSA should have been more transparent, having lied about his own surveillance program
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 2:58 PM UTCNSA, Ray Kelly, NYPD, Police, Muslims
That new supercomputer is not your friend
China reclaims the fastest computer in the world prize. Get ready for even better surveillance
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 9:38 PM UTC 13China, supercomputers, Tianhe-2
Netflix to run original Dreamworks TV series
The agreement calls for more than 300 hours of new programming
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 8:03 PM UTCAssociated Press, dreamworks
Bloomberg’s Siri joke slights female engineers
His comment that Stanford grads should come to New York to date girls leaves a lot of women out
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 6:56 PM UTC 10Bloomberg, Siri, Stanford
Turnkey totalitarianism
When libertarians get it right: A Cato fellow explains the true danger of surveillance gone amok
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 4:12 PM UTCSurveillance
Schieffer on Snowden: This kid is a jerk because Dr. King and 9/11
Old man does not care for young whistle-blowing "narcissist" VIDEO
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 2:08 PM UTC 91Video, Opening Shot
Wait, did M. Night Shyamalan lie about writing “She’s All That”?
The movie's screenwriter, R. Lee Fleming, Jr., says the "The Sixth Sense" director's claims are bogus VIDEO
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 2:02 PM UTC"She's All That
5 key takeaways from the NSA scandal
In one fell swoop, Edward Snowden has laid bare the wants and desires of our surveillance state
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 12:48 PM UTC 12TomDispatch.com, Edward Snowden
Jay-Z announces new album, deal with Samsung
"Magna Carta Holy Grail" will be free for the first million android users who download an app for the album
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 12:39 PM UTCAssociated Press, Jay-Z, Galaxy
UK spies reportedly hacked foreign diplomats
A new report reveals the British government even set up a bugged Internet cafe during international conferences
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 12:15 PM UTCAssociated Press, David Cameron
Could Bitcoin become the official currency of Kenya?
Its reliance on mobile technology makes the African nation a prime candidate for widespread adoption
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 7:30 PM UTCthe daily dot, Bitcoin, Kenya
App of the Week: The Sonnet Project
A perfect match of medium and mode: 14-line poems by the greatest writer who ever lived come to the smartphone
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 6:00 PM UTCapp of the week, Shakespeare
My first Father’s Day without my father
I take some solace in the idea that my parents are "reunited." But that doesn't make this holiday any easier
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 5:00 PM UTCProPublica, Father's Day
Now the dead can send Facebook messages too
A new app lets users record video messages that are released to friends and family postmortem
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 3:00 PM UTCThe Tyee, If I Die, Facebook, Death
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: World’s worst charities exposed
From the slums of Mexico to the skyscrapers of Singapore, a sampling of the finest docs YouTube has to offer VIDEO
Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 1:00 PM UTCVideo, The I Files
About half the Senate skipped classified NSA briefing
Father's Day was more important
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 8:18 PM UTC 11NSA, Senate
Lynda Obst: Hollywood’s completely broken
When you stopped buying DVDs and started streaming on Netflix, Hollywood's economics changed. So did the movies
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 189Books, Movies, Editor's Picks
Privacy versus security: Does the NSA’s surveillance program work?
Panelists on "Up with Steve" exchange theories about the government's surveillance programs VIDEO
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 6:50 PM UTC 22Video, government surveillance
PRISM software works just like Facebook ads
Data-mining expert Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro says the spy technology has been around for years
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:00 PM UTCInternational Business Times
PRISM part of a much larger government surveillance program
Companies have been handling requests from the FBI for years, under a program called US-98XN
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 1:54 PM UTCPrism, NSA
Al Jazeera: The most-feared news network
Al Jazeera is well-funded and doesn't need to make money. But its prospects, here and in Middle East, are uncertain
Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 10:00 AM UTCBooks, Editor's Picks, Al Jazeera
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden is a patriot
The man behind the Pentagon Papers talks NSA, Bradley Manning and whistle-blowers' importance in a new interview
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 4:34 PM UTC 16Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden
White suburban soccer moms love NSA surveillance!
Why should they care if the government has their data? They don't fear becoming innocent targets of persecution
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:53 PM UTC 97NSA, suburbs, Surveillance, Spying
Snowden not welcome in the UK
The British government has warned airlines not to allow the whistle-blower to fly to the United Kingdom
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 11:54 AM UTCAssociated Press
Netflix, Facebook — and the NSA: They’re all in it together
NSA, Netflix, Facebook and other e-commerce goliaths are collaborating on tools that track us in very intimate ways
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 11:28 AM UTC 26NSA, gift economy
Supreme Court rejects patents on 2 naturally occurring genes
The ruling could lead to cheaper tests for individuals who may be at increased risk of developing cancer
Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:05 AM UTCScientific American
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