Science & Technology
"Polar Vortex" Could Bring Record Breaking Cold Air to Much of US; Minnesota Shuts Down Schools Statewide for Monday for First Time in 17 Years
I think I'm getting a little frosty myself!
BlackBerry Suing Start-Up Co-founded by Ryan Seacrest, Alleges Company That Makes iPhone Keyboards Infringed on Its Patents
Has been smartphone maker turning into patent troll
AT&T Offering Up to $450 in Credits to T-Mobile Users Who Want to Switch
Have to trade in your phone for the full credit
Chinese Icebreaker That Helped Rescue Passengers in Ship Trapped by Ice Now Also Trapped in Ice
Snow Dragon ferried climate change researchers to an Australian icebreaker before getting stuck itsef
Colorado Voters Could See Ballot Measure Restricting Euthanasia of Animals in November
Would prohibit shelters from killing animals except if they are suffering
Snapchat CEO Not Apologizing for Hack, Says He Thought They Did Enough, Working on App to Fix It
Knows now they didn't do enough then
Is Skynet Inevitable?
Artificial intelligence and the possibility of human extinction
General Mills Drops Genetically Modified Ingredients From Cheerios
Came under pressure from activist groups
Chinese Rescue Ship in the Antarctic May Now Be Stuck
Had helped with rescue passengers on the Akademik Shokalskiy
Facebook Facing Suit After Two Users Claim the Company Mines Private Messages
Lawsuit alleges the information in private messages is sold to third parties
Major Winter Storm Hits Northeast US
State of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey
Snapchat CEO's Account May Be Among 4.6 Million Compromised by Hackers
Names and phone numbers taken
Lightning Strike Fatalities in US At Record Low in 2013
Only 23 deaths, compared to a high of 432 in 1943
Conservative Media Watchdog Group Finds 98 Percent of Stories About Stranded Antarctic Ship Fail to Mention Climate Change Research Mission
Researchers were airlifted out after being trapped in ice for more than a week
Latest Ford Concept Car a Solar-Powered Hybrid
Supposed to be parked below a special solar concentrator
Snapchat Hacked Days After Being Warned of Possible Data Compromise
User names and phone numbers posted
Obamacare Adviser Says 7 Million Sign-Ups Was Never Their Target
Says that number came from the CBO
Evacuation Lifted in Site Near North Dakota Train Crash
Residents of nearby community were asked to leave
Dolphins Use Puffer Fish to Get High
Guess the drug war still hasn't spread far enough
2013: The Year Defiance of the State Became Cool
The year saw many Americans rally behind rebels, explicitly siding with them over the government, in opposition to the powers-that-be.
Apple Says It Hasn't Worked with NSA to Provide IPhone Access
Says it has no knowledge of "backdoor" program
ACLU Files New Suit Regarding NSA Snooping
Trying to get information about what happens to data NSA collects
Apple Battles Justice Department over Federal Monitor
Related to anti-trust ruling on e-books
Facebook Use by the Elderly on the Rise
Grandpa says hello, invites you to "like" page for train enthusiasts
Second Child to Challenge Organ Donor Rules Gets Lung Transplant
New York boy fights rule that requires potential recipients to be 12 before being put on waiting list
Privacy Advocate at Hacker Conference: NSA Can Use iPhone to Eavesdrop on You, Radar Wave Devices to Pull Information Off Computers
Jacob Appelbaum ast the Chaos Communications Conference in Hamburg
