technology

From Ike to “The Matrix”: Welcome to the American dystopia

Part Orwellian security state, part Huxley wonderland and part "Matrix," America is three dystopias in one!

Andrew O'Hehir Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 10:30 AM UTC 114
Entertainment Movies, Politics, Surveillance

PRISM software works just like Facebook ads

Data-mining expert Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro says the spy technology has been around for years

Roxanne Palmer, International Business Times Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Social International Business Times

My little future iPad addicts

This new generation masters screen-swiping years before butt-wiping. So why am I still insisting on rules?

Jackie Ashton Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18
Technology Real Families, Internet Culture

The crotch shot revenge

A man sends a woman an unsolicited photo of his penis and she responds by contacting his mother

Tracy Clark-Flory Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 10:45 PM UTC 504
Technology Sex, technology, Gender

Stop blaming technology for high unemployment!

If our government invested more in education and raised the minimum wage, we wouldn't be having this inane debate

Robert Reich, ROBERTREICH.org Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 6:39 PM UTC 20
Business RobertReich.org, technology

3-D-printed guns could doom the NRA

Silver lining to the rise of printable guns: They threaten the profitability of traditional weapons manufacturers

Josh Sager Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:15 PM UTC 23
Technology Guns, NRA, technology, 3d Printing

Kickstarter: Stop blaming us for Zach Braff and “Veronica Mars”

Zach Braff and Melissa Joan Hart will ruin the crowdsourcing platform only if you let them

Erin Keane Friday, May 10, 2013 4:20 PM UTC 12
Technology Kickstarter, Amanda Palmer

How drones deceive us

The advantage of technologized warfare is also its most worrying: The perception of decreased risk to the aggressor

David Sirota Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 14
Technology War, Drones, United Nations

The huge, unanswered questions post-Boston

Why did some seem giddy that suspects were Muslim? Will good police work change our treatment of public employees?

David Sirota Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 284
Technology Boston, Boston Explosions

Is my cellphone giving me hemorrhoids?

To celebrate the mobile phone's 40th anniversary, we look back on the media's past concerns over its dangers

Ryan O'Hanlon, Pacific Standard Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 4:37 PM UTC
Technology Pacific Standard, mobile phones

GOP expert: Anti-gay views hurting party’s tech recruitment

RNC's former digital strategist says her party's anti-gay views are hurting its recruitment of vital tech talent

Alex Seitz-Wald Monday, Mar 18, 2013 3:24 PM UTC
Technology CPAC, RNC, GOP Civil War

Getting rich off of schoolchildren

Stop pretending wealthy CEOs pushing for charter schools are altruistic "reformers." They're raking in billions

David Sirota Monday, Mar 11, 2013 3:36 PM UTC 63
Technology Education, schools

Marvel releasing 700 No. 1 issues digitally

Editions will include fan favorites and lesser known characters like Mr. Fantastic, Power Man and Iron Fist

Matt Moore, Associated Press Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 9:33 PM UTC
Technology From the Wires, Marvel, Superhero

Sex toy to unite partners across cyberspace

Finally, gadgets that simulate lovers "actions" in real time

Alex Halperin Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 11:11 PM UTC 12
Technology Sex, Consumerism, technology

Silicon Valley is full of stoners

The tech hub is also a hub of getting high

Kristen Gwynne, Alternet Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 1:13 PM UTC 11
Technology technology, Silicon Valley

Is porn addiction real?

A video reveals that compulsively watching porn can have the same effect on the brain as drug or alcohol addiction VIDEO

Bryan Le, The Fix Friday, Feb 22, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 22
Technology The Fix, Science, technology, porn

Work becomes more like prison

Supermarket chain TESCO is one of a few companies that use high-tech surveillance to track employee productivity

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 6:34 PM UTC
Life AlterNet, Labor, Surveillance

Blind dates without algorithms

I went on three blind dates arranged by OKCupid's new app -- and lived to tell the tale

Ej Dickson Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 3:35 PM UTC 20
Technology Romance, online dating, OKCupid

Love in the time of emojis

The cutesy graphics offer romantic rebellion in the age of crotch shots and pornographic overload

Tracy Clark-Flory Saturday, Feb 9, 2013 11:00 PM UTC
Technology Love and Sex, Sex, technology

Dell to go private in $24.4 billion deal

The complex agreement will allow management for the slumping computer company to attempt a turnaround

Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 5:34 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Dell, Computers

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