Uber Tells Its Drivers Not to Use Apple Maps
The new software is not the most reliable at sending people the right way
Science & Technology
The Streetcar Swindle
It's time to rethink America's retrograde love affair with trolley technology.
EU Could Hit Microsoft With $7.4 Billion Dollar Fine
Penalty calculated as percent of global, not European, revenue
RIM Postpones Blackberry 10 OS Release
Likely until next year as the company's situation looks increasingly grim
Voice Navigation Killed the Google-Apple Map Talks
Google had never offered voice navigation in the iPhone and wasn't planning to start with iOS 6
Scientists Who Didn't Predict Earthquake Face Jail in Italy
Why not just burn them as witches?
In Step Toward "Halal" Internet, Iran Blocks Gmail
Sounds like a business opportunity for proxy operators
Phoenix Filmmaker Charged With Staging Incident To Draw Law-Enforcement
Setting your nephew up an ersatz terrorist is not cool
Police-Monitoring Smartphone App, Courtesy of the ACLU
It even hides itself so cops are none the wiser
US Bank Hit with Cyberattack
Affecting site and online activities similar to what other banks have faced
Alligators for Rent for Children's Parties
That will keep the little brats occupied for a while
Japanese Scientists Believe They've Created Element 113
May have synthesized missing atom from periodic table
Ex-Hospital CEO Charged with Taking $1.4 Million in Kickbacks
Accused of racketeering and making false statements to the government
Denial of Medical Choice: Even Worse Than Activists Think
Abortion advocates fear government bureaucrats could use burdensome rules to reduce access to medical care. That's happening already.
Brazil Orders the Arrest of Google Executive
Internet giant refused to take down a video critical of a mayoral candidate
Silent Spring's 50-Year History of Selective Data
Rachel Carson, more than any other person, created the politicized science that afflicts today's public policy debates.
Cyberbullying Law Threatens Student Speech in North Carolina
You can't say that about school officials on the Internet!
Google Play Store Hits 25 Billion Downloads
Took less than four years and only a few months longer than the Apple App Store
Louisiana Politicians Want Government to Have Power to Force Utility to Sell Assets
Big government Republicans like the state's senator David Vitter and its governor Bobby Jindal
Computer-Rental Companies Spied on Customers
They logged keystrokes, took photos and harvested log-ins
$2 Billion Spy Blimp Finally Successfully Shoots Down Missile
Even the Pentagon doesn't want them anymore
Tesla Asked for Faster Repayment of U.S. Loan for Electric Cars
Agreement part of waiver of some previous loan requirements
