Danes Grab for Tax Revenues By Killing Cash
This might be a job for...bitcoin
Science & Technology
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Transhumanism and the Singularity…
...but were afraid to ask. Q&A with R.U. Sirius & Jay Cornell, authors of Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism & the Singularity.
How the 11th Circuit's 'Wooden Application of the Third-Party Doctrine' Threatens Privacy
The court's cellphone decision implies that remotely stored information has no Fourth Amendment protection.
CORRECTION: Ancestry.com Hands Over Client DNA Test Results to Cops Witho?u?t? a Warrant*
A pretty good way to discourage people from using gene testing services
Federal Court Ruling Puts Cellphone Location Data Back in Police's Hands
'Third Party Doctrine' wins again.
Fracking Fearmongering: Another "Regulatory Science" Confirmation
Science: Searching really hard until you find what you want?
The FBI's Forensics Disaster
This latest failure of criminal science again highlights the need for massive reforms at law enforcement agencies.
'Hacktivist' Hysteria in Baltimore
The debunked #BaltimoreLootCrew tweets find a new way to feed fearmongering.
Satellite Global Temperature Trend Revised Significantly Downward
Climate model projections fail even worse, running way too hot, if these data stand up to scrutiny
Justice Dept. Mulling Reform on Phone Tracking, as Long as It Doesn't Actually Help People
Law enforcement leaders seem concerned that due process helps defendants. That's the point.
Free Speech Under Fire; Two Gunmen Killed at Texas "Draw Mohammed" Contest
Free speech is never a justification for violence - or submitting to the thug's veto.
WATCH: Is Giving Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
The GMO Debate Heats Up (Again)
Courts. Federal, state, and local laws. It's difficult to keep up with all of the developments around genetically modified foods.
Where Were You in 1995, When the Internet Was Privatized?
Watch the first-ever event devoted to "Internet Independence Day," when the government got out of the business of running the Internet backbone.
Report: C.I.A. Torture Program was Aided by American Psychological Association
The A.P.A. is accused of allowing Bush administration officials "to actually help write the association's policies."
Gene-Editing Human Embryos Is Ethical
Bioethicists and scientists who say otherwise are wrong.
Obama Wants to Freeze CyberCriminals' Assets, Before They've Been Tried
And if you try to help any such accused cybercriminal, you are breaking the "law" too.
Uber, Other E-Hailing Services, Learn that Regulation = Shakedown
How can we regulate your app intelligently if you don't give us expensive devices on which to run them?
Celebrate Internet Independence Day, April 30, with "Tech Elders" J.P. Barlow, Mark Cuban, & More
With the FCC muscling in, it's more important than ever to remember that cyberspace got great when the government got out.
Senate Committee Votes In Favor of EPA Secret Science Reform Act
Environmental activists favor secret science
Yes, Toll Booth Scan Devices Can Be and Are Scanned Elsewhere
The New York Civil Liberties Union Maps All the Other Places Your Tool Booth Pass is Being Read.
Judge Rules that Really Stupid Vermont Law May Be Able to Force GMO-Labels on Food Companies
Legislators and judge fall for anti-biotech disinformation campaign
Man-made Global Warming Likely to Be Moderate, Says Study
Alternatively: model-predicted catastrophic warming is unlikely
Baltimore's Long History of Failed Development and Urban Renewal
Police abuse might have lit the fuse, but decades of awful top-down planning helped create the explosion.
Is Giving Money Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
How the FBI Helped Prosecutors Railroad Criminal Defendants
FBI forensic examiners provided flawed testimony in hundreds of cases.
Project Launched to Check Global Temperature Records
The Global Warming Policy Foundation calls for evidence for the validity of temperature records
Government Insists Six People Died as a Result of Silk Road Drug Sales
Ulbricht lawyer Dratel asks for sentencing postponement, and wants to argue about lives potentially saved via Silk Road.
Why Is the CDC Lying About E-Cigarettes?
The agency falsely equates vaping devices with tobacco products.
Libertarians Are the WEIRDest People in the World
Liberals are WEIRD too, but conservatives are not.
Earth Day Overload: Gov. Jerry's Brown Apocalyptic "Warning to Humanity"
Hit the snooze bar on environmentalist alarmism. Virtually everything is getting better when it comes to the state of the planet.
Turkish Student Gets One Year Suspended Sentence for Retweeting Satirical Article Mocking Governor
Turkey's crackdown on free expression continues
Liberals Greet Apple Watch With Fresh Assault on Company
According to the left, Apple "didn't build that." Big government did.
