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A libertarian nightmare: Bitcoin meets Big Government
Andrew Leonard
The hype has never been hotter for the Internet's No. 1 virtual currency. Is this the beginning of the end?
Big Soda: We’re not mass killers
Steven Hsieh
The ABA rips a new report that reveals sugary drinks may be linked to as many as 180,000 deaths a year worldwide
Internet giants push back against CISPA
Natasha Lennard
The revamped cybersecurity bill still means bad news for user privacy, say Reddit, Craigslist and others
DoJ backs rewriting of law that lets police read emails
Associated Press
The existing law, written before the Internet was popularized, permits warrantless spying
Will Wikipedia replace the academic thesis?
Jakub Parusinski
Advocates argue that students would be better served writing their own entries rather than papers no one will read
Reddit launches original Web series
Prachi Gupta
The site has launched three educational videos based on its "Explain Like I'm Five" subreddit
Barack Obama doppelganger plays Satan in “Bible” miniseries: Conservatives react
Daniel D'Addario
The high-rated miniseries "The Bible" features an Obama look-alike as Beelzebub; the right sees the resemblance!
This isn’t “mommy porn”
Tracy Clark-Flory
Fleshbot premieres its erotic e-book imprint, hoping that good writing matters more than particular kinks
Google’s latest privacy attack
Andrew Leonard
It makes nice with 38 states -- paying a $7 million fine. Then turns around and targets privacy laws and a key app
New York pay phones’ new calling
Jillian Steinhauer
Sleek digital kiosks, complete with wifi and weather forecasts, will replace the city's outdated telephone booths
Why is this alien smiling?
Kevin Morris
After a shaky 2012, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's goal remains the same: Give users ultimate control
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: When drones attack!
Amanda Pike
From Vice's "Inside North Korea" to "Attack of the Drones," a look at the best YouTube has to offer
Data brokers are gathering your personal info this very minute
Lois Beckett
They start with names and addresses, and add on demographics like age and race. And that's just the beginning
Facebook rolls out jazzy news feed, fights irrelevancy
Michael Liedtke
The changes unveiled Thursday attempt to address complaints that the social network has become too disjointed
Facebook to unveil sparkling new redesign
Barbara Ortutay
The move comes amid growing chatter of "Facebook fatigue" among users
Christian teen performs anti-gay rap in the forest, films it
Katie McDonough
Sure, it's hate speech. But it's rhyming hate speech
Get ready for bracket wars!
Daniel D'Addario
Media March Madness. Behind the scenes with the crazed editors who push every cultural craze into a field of 64
Mainstream media meltdown!
Robert W. McChesney
Newspapers will never be the same. But what happens to democracy if the Web business model can't fund journalism?
YouTube’s copyright parasites
Andrew Leonard
The dark side of the evolving economics of user-uploaded video
Bradley Manning’s full statement
Alexa O'Brien
A transcription of the soldier's statement, read in court, explaining why he leaked state secrets to Wikileaks
Kim Dotcom’s Mega to offer encrypted emails
Natasha Lennard
Although the service promises secure, private emails, privacy advocates remain cautious of the online entrepeneur
Can an online market for meth, smack and pot win?
Jeb Boone
An Internet marketplace for drugs called Silk Road is continuing to profit despite legal attempts to shut it down
Where cannibal role-play lives
Tracy Clark-Flory
A look at the world of DarkFetishNet, which alleged “Cannibal Cop” Gilberto Valle was said to have frequented
Golden Gate surveillance
Andrew Leonard
Prepare to be tracked: Cash will no longer be accepted at the toll gates of America's most famous bridge
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