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 26Technology NSA, gift economy
Technology NSA, gift economy
“When Americans understand, they become outraged”
The StopWatching.Us campaign aims to turn grass-roots anger at secret surveillance into political action
Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 6:51 PM UTC 37Technology NSA, Edward Snowden, Privacy
Edward Snowden: A libertarian hero
An epic showdown, inspired by the Internet's core values: "Information wants to be free" challenges the NSA
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 6:31 PM UTC 63Technology Edward Snowden, NSA, libertarians
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
Monday, Jun 10, 2013 12:20 PM UTCAll Salon Iain M. Banks, science-fiction
App of the Week: Onion Browser
If you're craving mobile anonymity after this week's government snooping revelations, here's one option
Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 6:00 PM UTCTechnology app of the week, onion browser
Privacy tools are a joke
Change politics, not browsers: Protecting ourselves from the snoops defeats the purpose of our online lives
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 15Technology Prism, NSA, Surveillance
The bogus Tesla backlash: What if the Internet saves the middle class?
Silicon Valley, even super-cool electric car companies like Tesla, is getting a bad rap for upending the economy
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 115Technology Tesla, Silicon Valley, backlash
Obama’s unparalleled spy state
Another blockbuster: New revelations expose the NSA and FBI's vast online surveillance powers
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 12:05 AM UTC 125Technology Surveillance
Turn off the Internet
A bad day for social media mayhem: National park vandalism, condom pranks and cheating Russians
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 6:19 PM UTC 12Technology Durex condoms, Condoms
Wheat Thins joins the Twitter sexists
The cracker company makes a bid for the misogynist market. What was it thinking?
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 7:14 PM UTC 29Technology Wheat Thins, Twitter, Sexism
Zynga’s farms turn to dust
The "casual gaming" company blames smartphones for mass layoffs. How about boring games?
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 2:30 PM UTCTechnology Zynga, Farmville, Mafia Wars
Turkey’s Twitter “curse”
"Prime Minister Erdogan is blaming social media, instead of his party's authoritarian overreach."
Monday, Jun 3, 2013 10:20 PM UTCTechnology Turkey, Erdogan, Social Media
App of the Week: Buycott
Is the company that makes your beer bicycle-friendly or a pawn of the GMO machine? Here's how to find out
Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 6:00 PM UTCTechnology app of the week, Buycott, Koch
My Wikipedia hall of mirrors
Reporting on Wikipedia leads to a Wikipedia page on the reporter. I need some sock puppets, fast!
Friday, May 31, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 10Technology wikipedia, Robert Clark Young
A Mad Men nightmare: The “second screen”
What would Don Draper do with a generation that checks its phone every time an ad comes on?
Friday, May 31, 2013 11:45 AM UTCTechnology Viggle, Shazam, Twitter, social tv
Apple’s promising new hire
Bringing outgoing EPA director Lisa Jackson on board is more than your usual corporate greenwashing exercise
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:19 PM UTCTechnology Apple, Tim Cook, Lisa Jackson, EPA
Peak smartphone
Can you hear me now? A climber gets into trouble for making a call from the top of Mount Everest
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:42 PM UTC 24Technology Mount Everest, Mt. Everest
A bad day at the online criminal bank
Law enforcement authorities charge "Liberty Reserve" with money laundering. Time to move your money to Bitcoin?
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 4:05 PM UTCTechnology Liberty Reserve, Bitcoin
Wikipedia’s anti-Pagan crusade
A rogue editor targeted witches, warlocks and psychedelic scientists -- and cast doubt on the site's judgment
Friday, May 24, 2013 4:18 PM UTC 96Technology wikipedia, pagans, paganism
The Maker kids are alright
I want my electric-powered cupcake car and I want it now. A trip to the Maker Faire
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:14 PM UTCTechnology Maker Faire, makers
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