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Apple attacks Google and Facebook. They have a point.
It's often easy to lump in Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon into the same pot. After all, they're all...
“The Man” vs. machine
Getting a ticket for speeding is a fear that most drivers face every day. For 16 percent of drivers this...
If you’re not afraid of #CISPA, you’re not really paying attention
SOPA was a black eye for the US government. Nothing in the last few decades can compare to the complete...
Is Google in cahoots with the government to hide the depths of privacy infringement?
Put your tin foil hats on. It's conspiracy theory time. Since 2010, Google has been tracking and releasing their bi-yearly...
DARPA’s LS3 robot advances maneuverability, still extremely creepy
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) have been working on the Legged...
Google transparency report shows that Big Brother is quickly becoming a reality
There is no longer a need to argue that governments, the US government in particular, have been attempting to gain...
Why the FBI facial recognition plan should terrify us all
Next Generation Identification. NGI. These three words and three letters are the most dangerous move the US Government has ever...
After the election, expect internet services to be taxed
You won't hear much about it until after November, but regardless of which way the US government races go there...
Population poses problems technology can’t fix
Many of the problems that face the world currently have been solved through technology. Food can be grown, raised, processed,...
The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day
The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation...
The US government failed to uphold its own principles by unlocking WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts
The precedent has been set and it's a very bad one. A US judge ruled that Twitter must release all...
Neil deGrasse Tyson continues his onslaught on the government’s betrayal of science
When Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson was on Bill Maher last week, he laid into the plans to slash NASA's budget....
Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars
According to the New York Times, Google is secretly lobbying for legislation that would make self-driving cars legal in the...
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Julian Assange Set Free on Bail [Updated]
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been set free on bail by the British courts today. The conditions of...
Google Stands Up For Free Expression
Google takes on the world’s governments today, publishing details about how often countries around the world ask it for user...