Is It Time to Welcome Our New Robot Overlords?
From online shopping to drone surveillance, it's a brave new world out there.
Science & Technology
Washington Funds Failed Twitter Clones Around the World
Apparently, the government isn't good at designing sustainable social networks.
Rand Paul Is Right: Carter Was Thriftier Than Reagan
The sooner the GOP groks this, the sooner they will support limited goverment.
Twitter's Take on #MyNYPD Not Exactly What NYPD Hoped for
On Tuesday, @NYPDnews asked people on Twitter to post photos of themselves with politce officers, using the hashtag #MyNYPD. You can probably imagine how this went ....
Promise and Peril in Tech Approaches To Stopping Child Sex Trafficking
From surveying to surveilling to spreading information, one organization is showing promise and raising concern.
Bitcoin is No Substitute for Government Money, But a Refuge From Control
Bitcoin has the ability to bypass capital controls. If you can convert your wealth into Bitcoin, you can get it out of your government's reach.
The Menace of Secret Government
Obama's proposed intelligence reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties
Obama Administration Will Continue Dragging Its Feet Through the Tar Sands, Delaying Keystone Pipeline Decision
Pushed back over Nebraska court ruling, public response volume
"Automatic Government" is Leading to an Automatic Spending Disaster
Philip K. Howard, "The Rule of Nobody," and how technocracy is strangling the future.
Earth Daze: Overcoming Environmental Hysteria
Environmentalism is now more religion than science.
The IRS is Taking a Page From the NSA's Playbook and Snooping on Social Media
Looking at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts belonging to people they want to investigate.
Harmless Drones Get Federal Flak
The FAA is throwing its weight around, not protecting the public.
Put Cameras in the Supreme Court
Australia, Canada, and England all allow cameras in their high courts. So should the U.S.
NSA Allegedly Knew for Years About Major Just-Discovered Internet Glitch
Heartbleed bug may have contributed to untold amounts of computer fraud
California Demands $55 Million from Microprocessor Inventor
The state has been harassing him for decades
From Guns to Pastries: How 3D Printing Will Change the Way We Make Practically Everything
Just wait until artists get their hands on this technology.
