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Google celebrates gay rights

This is what you see when you search "gay" on Google right now

Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 2:53 PM UTC
Technology Google, Gay, Gay Rights, DoMA, SCOTUS

Who will stop Google?

Snowden revealed what many of us already suspected: Google completely controls the web

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 37
Technology TomDispatch.com, Google

Google is a gay rights advocate now?

The corporation is embarking on a campaign to end global homophobia in order to build up cultural capital

Kate Redburn, Jacobin Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:33 PM UTC 19
Business Jacobin, Google, Gay Rights

Are Google and Microsoft buying their way out of net neutrality?

Large Internet companies are shelling out cash to get faster connections, ensuring you rely on their services

Curt Hopkins, The Daily Dot Friday, Jun 21, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Google, Microsoft

Popularity boost for search engines outside NSA dragnets

DuckDuckGo, among others, is benefiting from never tracking user data in the first place VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 4:30 PM UTC
Technology Video, DuckDuckGo, Prism, Google

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

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 8:43 PM UTC
Technology Google, NSA, Surveillance, FISA

The dangerous ethics behind Google’s transparency claims

In an open letter to the attorney general and FBI chief, Google displays privilege, problems behind "don't be evil"

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 10:44 PM UTC 16
Technology Google, don't be evil

Google bolsters mapping service, purchases Waze

The $1.03 billion deal was announced Tuesday

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 10:20 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Google, Waze

European leaders express outrage, but are they really OK with letting the NSA “do their dirty work”?

The level of international knowledge and compliance with programs like PRISM remains shrouded

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 8:08 PM UTC
Technology Europe, European Union

The spaceship poetry of Iain M. Banks

The popular science fiction author died Sunday of cancer. A look back at what made his Culture series so memorable

Andrew Leonard Monday, Jun 10, 2013 12:20 PM UTC
All Salon Iain M. Banks, science-fiction

Rand Paul vows to take NSA spying to SCOTUS

The senator says he plans to ask telecomm, Internet firms to ask clients to join his class action VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 2:18 PM UTC 29
News Video, Rand Paul, Supreme Court

How to navigate the Internet around PRISM

Google and YouTube may be under NSA surveillance, but you can still surf the web without Big Brother watching

Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 32
Technology the daily dot, Internet, FBI, NSA

Tech companies negotiating with government over surveillance program

Google and Facebook have even discussed building "secure portals" to their data for the government

Prachi Gupta Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 4:56 PM UTC
Technology FISA, NSA, Google, Apple, Facebook

David Talbot starts Open America: “The only way to keep power honest is to keep its operations visible”

As the war on terror becomes a war on our privacy, Salon's former CEO launches project to encourage whistle-blowers

David Talbot Friday, Jun 7, 2013 11:30 AM UTC 31
Politics Leonard Cohen, Bradley Manning

Obama’s unparalleled spy state

Another blockbuster: New revelations expose the NSA and FBI's vast online surveillance powers

Andrew Leonard Friday, Jun 7, 2013 12:05 AM UTC 125
Technology Surveillance

“The Internship”: A fatal overdose of Googliness

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are a pair of old-school idiots facing the Info Age in the lame and lazy "Internship"

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 8:05 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Movies, Comedy, vince vaughn

Google: Online searches for movie trailers can predict box office turnout with high accuracy

Searches performed a month before opening weekend yield 94 percent accuracy

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 6:50 PM UTC
Entertainment Google, box office, Movies

Ogle of the day

Taking part in our Ogle Earth competition, a reader spies a bold response to the Google cameras

Natasha Lennard Monday, Jun 3, 2013 8:14 PM UTC
Technology ogle earth, Google, google earth

Google’s empty “ban” on Glass facial recognition software

The Internet giant symbolically refuses to permit such software, which can be uploaded anyway

Natasha Lennard Monday, Jun 3, 2013 5:27 PM UTC
Technology Google, google glass

Google ordered to comply with unconstitutional demands for data

The judge who ruled National Security Letters are unconstitutional says Google must give FBI customer data

Natasha Lennard Monday, Jun 3, 2013 3:09 PM UTC
Technology national security letters, FBI

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