Technology
Feds To Scan Social Media for Bioterrorism References
Whatever you do, don't call your ex a "disease"
Man Awarded Money Because of Awkward Google Image Results
Searches for Milorad Trkulga resulted in some images of a gangster
NSA 1990s Report Showcases Wildly Inaccurate Predictions About Computing's Future
But the government is good at forecasting everything else
Court: Teen Juvie Can't Be Barred From Social Media
His offenses weren't Internet-related, so the limits make no sense
Pope Gets His Own Personal Twitter Account
Expected to start tweeting at the end of the year
Nine People Told to Pay Rape Victim
Admitted to naming the woman raped by soccer player on social media
Anonymous Threatens to Take Down Facebook
Has issued demands to game developer Zynga, which plans to lay off 1,000 workers
New Site Tracks Homophobia on Twitter
Real-time website picks up on the use of terms like "dyke" and "faggot"
Facebook Shares Drop as Employees Dump Stocks
Restrictions preventing them from selling come to an end
CA Threatens App Developers With Privacy Law Prosecutions
Better make sure your small start-up operation complies with every obscure regulation
Anonymous Twitter Account That Spread Sandy Rumors Linked to GOP Volunteer
Shashank Tripathi is a volunteer at a NYC Republican Victory Center
Raise the Speed Limit
The surveillance technologies deployed on roadways across the U.S. don't need to be so unilaterally oppressive.
DARPA's Latest Challenge Focuses on Robots Helping Fight Disasters
As opposed to causing them, like science fiction warns us about
Clinton: Facebook Post Not Hard Evidence in Benghazi Attack
But a YouTube video apparently is
FTC Issues Privacy Guidelines for Facial Recognition Tech
Recommendations for companies, of course, not the government
FTC Offers Facial Recognition Guidelines
Don't expect the government to take its own pointers too seriously
XCOR's Lynx Will Travel 62 Miles Above the Ground at Mach 3.5
Test flights scheduled for early 2013
Study: Social Media Users Politically Engaged
Is the study's subtitle "Just look at your Facebook feed"?
Schoolkids Suspended for Looking at Topless Pictures of Teacher
Even though she was the owner of them and responsible for accidentally letting the children see them.
Turkish Pianist Arraigned for Tweets Mocking Islam
Accused of inciting public hatred
Britain's High-Tech Thought Police
British authorities target bloggers, tweeters, and t-shirt wearers for speech crimes.
LinkedIn Rolls Out Redesigns
Will also allow users to follow selected "thought leaders."
Texas Man Fired After Being Outed as Top Reddit Troll
Moderated sections on site devoted to "jailbait" photos and other controversial matters