Technology

Civil Liberties

The Government's "Truthy" Squad Monitors Political Speech on Twitter. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The reference to Stephen Colbert is cute, but the feds' unbridled passion to monitor our communications is surely no joke.

Andrew Napolitano | 10.23.2014 7:00 AM

Apple

Apple Pay Readies for Debut

Buy more things with your phone starting Monday

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 1:45 PM

Politics

Internet Overseer ICANN Breaks Up With U.S. Government

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 3:50 PM

Politics

Microsoft Predicts Who Will Win Midterm Elections

Zenon Evans | 10.15.2014 11:15 AM

Culture

The Internet Is Changing Your Brain, Like Everything Else

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.14.2014 2:45 PM

Policy

Why Government Websites Cost More and Perform Worse Than Private Sector Sites

Nearly 2,000 pages of cumbersome federal contractor regulations could be to blame.

Ira Stoll | 10.13.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Virginia Postrel: Why Neal Stephenson, Peter Thiel Are Wrong About the Future

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 10:28 AM

Politics

Google Warns That NSA Is Breaking Internet

Lucian McMahon | 10.10.2014 3:39 PM

Policy

How To Thwart A Robot Apocalypse: Oxford Professor Nick Bostrom on the Dangers of Superintelligent Machines

Ronald Bailey and Joshua Swain | 10.9.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Congrats, Luddites: Consensual Sex App Killed Off By Apple

Robby Soave | 10.7.2014 1:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Gay Egyptians Worry the Government Has Been Using a Hookup App to Track Them

Grindr: tool of the state?

Jesse Walker | 10.7.2014 12:50 PM

Civil Liberties

How Internet Activism Helps Sex Workers

Marginalized groups seek justice, community, and self-help online.

Noah Berlatsky | 10.5.2014 12:00 PM

Politics

Is Germany Planning to Ban Work Emails After 6 P.M.?

Patrick Hannaford | 10.3.2014 5:22 PM

Economics

Unlimited Free Solar Power?

The price of solar modules has already fallen by 80 percent.

Ronald Bailey | 10.3.2014 1:30 PM

Solar Power

Ronald Bailey Asks If We Are on the Verge of Unlimited Free Solar Power

Reason Staff | 10.3.2014 1:30 PM

Policy

Sheriff Says 'ComputerCOP' Spyware Isn't Spyware. If You Disagree You're a 'Liberal' Who Supports Murderers and Pedophiles

Zenon Evans | 10.3.2014 1:20 PM

Culture

Friday A/V Club: GIFs of the 19th Century

Weird, wonderful proto-movies

Jesse Walker | 10.3.2014 8:10 AM

Civil Liberties

Cops Distribute 'Internet Safety Software' That's Actually Unsafe Spyware

Zenon Evans | 10.1.2014 6:00 PM

Facebook

Facebook Promises Changes to 'Real Name' Policy

Had been focus of anger from drag queens and transgender people

Reason Staff | 10.1.2014 3:19 PM

Video Games

'Watching the Game' Has Found a Completely Different Meaning Online

A massive, worldwide audience has developed to watch people play video games, and it's worth billions.

Scott Shackford | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

Avant-GIFs

Turning online animations into high art

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Culture

The Surprising Power of Subtitles

From Jesus on a bed sheet in Tagalog to Rasputin rapping in Ukrainian

Greg Beato | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

Video's Gutenberg Moment

How the VX1000 camera revolutionized news, documentaries, and porn.

Jim Epstein | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Politics

The Rise and Fall of Aereo

The Supreme Court squashes one possible future of television.

Damon Root | 10.1.2014 10:00 AM

Social Media

Tweet of Power

Fake account offense

Robby Soave | 10.1.2014 7:00 AM

Culture

Twitter Temporarily Bans Great Press Secretary Parody Account

Zenon Evans | 9.30.2014 2:08 PM

Hong Kong

Chinese Government Working Overtime to Censor News, Views of Hong Kong Demonstrations

Ed Krayewski | 9.29.2014 1:50 PM

Policy

Drone-Flown Package Deliveries Arrive! …in Germany. C'mon, America!

Zenon Evans | 9.26.2014 12:45 PM

Science & Technology

Revealed: CIA Created 'Foreign Power' Chatbot, Interrogated Own Agents

Zenon Evans | 9.26.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

How the Apple Watch Could Help Revolutionize Health Care

The next big political fix for our ailing health care system should be to get out of Silicon Valley's way.

Jim Epstein | 9.25.2014 4:31 PM

Policy

Cops Must Promise to Keep Secrets for FBI, FCC Phone Snooping Tech

Zenon Evans | 9.24.2014 6:15 PM

Science & Technology

If Government Kills You, This Company Promises to Blow Your Whistle

Zenon Evans | 9.23.2014 2:25 PM

Policy

Cops Take 'Highly Entertaining' Class to 'Win' Media After Shootings

Zenon Evans | 9.22.2014 3:50 PM

Twitter

SWAT Raids for Parody Twitter Accounts? Sure, Why Not? SWAT Raids for Everybody!

Scott Shackford | 9.22.2014 11:05 AM

Policy

Apple Sells 10 Million iPhones on Opening Weekend. But Why?

Nick Gillespie | 9.22.2014 9:39 AM

Culture

"iOS8: The Operating System That Would Be King"

Nick Gillespie | 9.19.2014 8:32 PM

Policy

Is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?

"Ponzi scheme" or the end of Peak Oil?

Ronald Bailey | 9.19.2014 1:30 PM

Natural Gas

Ronald Bailey Asks is the Shale Revolution a 'Ponzi Scheme' or the End of Peak Oil?

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Sharing Economy

Matt Welch | 9.12.2014 8:11 PM

Politics

This NY D.A. Wants to Disable Your Phone When You Drive, Also Wants Higher Office

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 3:09 PM

Consumer Freedom

You're Now Free to Yelp About How Terrible Everything Is in California

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2014 2:05 PM

Bitcoin

Digital Wallets Will Destroy Central Bank Power by Enabling Seamless Currency Arbitrage

Ronald Bailey | 9.11.2014 10:33 AM

Education

"Airbnb of Education" Funds Keggers Across America

Lucian McMahon | 9.10.2014 5:02 PM

Surveillance

Blocking Google Glass, Drone, and Wireless Microphone Snoops: Cyborg Unplug

Ronald Bailey | 9.10.2014 3:07 PM

Policy

Michelle Obama Joins Upworthy. You'll Never–Oh Forget It.

Zenon Evans | 9.9.2014 11:00 AM

Self-driving vehicles

Hands-Free Driving By 2017, Says GM

Ronald Bailey | 9.8.2014 2:48 PM

Policy

Guy Tells Bad Joke, Finds Himself in LAPD Sniper Scope

Zenon Evans | 9.4.2014 3:55 PM