The New and Improved Siri To Teach Code
Kids will get the chance to learn code through puzzles and games.
Science & Technology
Seven Doctors Who Treated Ebola Patients in Uganda Are in Quarantine
Fourteen have already died in the latest outbreak.
Samsung Gets a Repreive: Can Keep Selling Galaxy Nexus For Now
A judge extended the suspension of a preliminary injunction that would prohibit the company for selling its smartphone in the U.S.
Outlook.com Signs Up 1 Million Users in First Six Hours
A victory for Microsoft, once targeted by prosecutors for monopolistic practices.
Five Flags Over the Moon
NASA's Lunar Recon Orbiter has found five of the six flags American astronauts placed there starting more than 40 years ago.
Samsung-Apple Trial Getting Little Play in South Korea
Samsung is South Korea's largest company, and smart phones are its future
Kiwi Government To Appeal MegaUpload Decision
Unthrilled that its collaboration with the U.S. crusade against former online giant MegaUpload is unraveling, the New Zealand government will appeal the voiding of search warrants
No Love for Sexual Ratings Facebook Page
Josh Turner, who created a Facebook page rating the sexual performance of people in his Australian town, was given a suspended sentence for publishing "objectionable material."
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
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.
