EFF: Don't Trust the NSA To Manage Cybersecurity
The electronic civil liberties group warns that the NSA's history of privacy violations makes it a lousy candidate for securing data
Science & Technology
Can't Get Into Book of Mormon? Watch Mars Landing Instead
NASA to broadcast rover landing in Times Square
Everyone Freaks Out About Two New Climate Change Studies
New reports on global temperature trends cause a predictable media uproar
Apple Claims Samsung Deliberately Copied iPhone
Apple's lawsuit against Samsung over smartphone designs reveals absurdity of some intellectual property laws.
UBS Blames Facebook For Slumping Profit
The bank says it bought more Facebook shares than clients wanted, and blamed the mismanaged IPO for its second quarter performance.
Flying Crane Will Lower Nuclear Powered Rover To Mars
The rover costs 2.5 billion dollars
Russian Anti-Corruption Blogger Charged
Alexei Navalny, who has been charged with theft, faces a long prison sentence and is banned from leaving Russia.
US Pharmaceuticals Big in The Gray Market
A joint Congressional investigation has found that some US pharmacies use the "gray market" to increase profits by thousands of percent.
Curiosity Killed NASA's Budget: Is Mars Worth It?
The new rover, landing on the Red Planet next week, is over budget at $2.5 billion.
What Patent Wars Have Come To: "We're Fighting Over Rectangles"
Apple v. Samsung trial starts this week, partly over the "look and feel" of tablets and smart phones.
YouTube Shares in the Making: Increase in Walking While Texting Injuries
Agency claims more than 1,100 seek treatment over accidents involving handhelds.
Outrage Is Not an Argument
Politicians should resist demands to do something about guns in response to the Aurora massacre.
Fight For Your Right to Go Paleo
The government has no business interfering with our food choices.
Stopping Crime Before It Starts
Predictive policing helps police protect citizens. It could also be used to oppress them.
