The Terrible Toll of Typhoon Haiyan Doesn't Excuse Bad Policy
Forecasts of cyclonic doom should be consumed with a heaped tablespoon of sea salt. And policies should be framed accordingly.
Science & Technology
CIA Using Patriot Act to Justify Collecting Bulk Data on Money Transfers
As part of international efforts to track terrorism
PlayStation 4 Hits the Marketplace
If you're notice an absence of gamers out and about, now you know why
If You Liked ObamaCare, You'll Love ClimateCare*
Wrecking both health care and energy as a presidential legacy
FCC Chairman Wants Carriers To Allow Customers To Unlock Their Phones
Tom Wheeler wants an amendment to the wireless industry trade association's Customer Code
Anonymous Hacker Jeremy Hammond Handed 10-Year Jail Sentence
Released emails related to intelligence firm Stratfor
Tech Giants Using Harder-To-Crack Code To Protect Networks From NSA Snooping
Revenge of the nerds
When Airplane Gadget Rules Are Eased, Will We Start Seeing More Recordings of Crew Behavior?
More importantly, will these recordings improve airline employee behavior?
Healthcare.gov Manager Warned of Problems With the Site in July
According to documents released by Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
ATF Reveals Results of Tests on 3D Printed Guns
Law requiring screening technology to detect all kinds of firearms set to expire next month
FBI: Cyberattacks Becoming Greater Threat Than Terrorist Attacks
A nice argument to scale back the mass data collection
California Shuts Down Fake Obamacare Sites
Designed to lure in customers away from real exchanges
China Tries to Ease Citizens' Fears of GMO Food
Country prone to food scares due to safety problems
Thousands of Americans' Personal Data Shared with IRS, CIA
As a result of criminal investigation of two men
US Requests for Google User Data Have Tripled over Three Years
These are domestic authority requests, not NSA surveillance
Judge Dismisses Authors' Copyright Suit Against Google
Says "all society benefits" from Google Books
Ohio Governor Delays Man's Execution over Prospect of Organ Donations
At least it's all voluntary, for the moment
Number-Crunching the Courts
It's time to bring data-driven oversight to the nation's halls of justice.
DHS Official: There Have Been About 16 Cyberattacks on Obamacare Site
A DHS spokesman had said last Friday that there was no information cyberattacks targeting Healthcare.gov
Feds Worried About Plastic 3D Printed Guns as Firearm Law Set To Expire
Law that bans undetectable guns will expire Dec. 9
Snapchat Rejected $3 Billion Facebook Acquisition Offer
Would have been Facebook's largest acquisition ever
Oldest Big Cat Fossils Ever Found Unearthed in Tibet
Panthera blytheae, "similar to a snow leopard"
Teen in Philadelphia Facing Intimidation Charges For Running Instagram Account That Outed "Rats"
Police say 17-year-old has been taken into custody
Obamacare Enrollment Numbers To Be Released at 3:30pm ET
White House has been working on lowering expectations
Source: Apple Being Investigated For Tax Fraud in Italy
Allegedly hid $1.34 billion from officials
White House Tech Chief Says Progress is Being Made Fixing Obamacare Site
Rollout of Healthcare.gov was a disaster
Cardiologists Recommend Americans Take More Cholesterol Drugs
Looking to double the rate
UK Conservatives Scrubbing Their Past Speeches From the Internet
Including promises of transparency
Russia Reportedly Planning Deployment of Long Range Attack Drone by 2016
Still behind on drone tech
