The Fracturing of Communist Cuba's Propaganda Machine
"When I started my blog," says journalist Yoani Sánchez, "it was like an exorcism of something that was inside of me."
Information Technology
Cryptography vs. Big Brother: How Math Became a Weapon Against Tyranny
Part two of a four-part series on the history of the cypherpunk movement
Before the Web: The 1980s Dream of a Free and Borderless Virtual World
Watch part one of a four-part documentary series about the cypherpunk movement of the 1990s.
Possible Good News: Fewer Fevers Reported Nationwide, Says Smart Thermometer Company
Social distancing and lockdowns appear to be working to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
Google v. Oracle
The Supreme Court now has before it a case in which some very important copyright principles are at stake.
No, the Government Shouldn't Break Up Facebook
Co-founder Chris Hughes' call for antitrust action is vainglorious and misguided.
The 26 Words That 'Created the Internet'—and Why They May Be on the Chopping Block
Legal scholar Jeff Kosseff wanted to write a "biography" of Section 230, the law that immunizes websites and ISPs from a lot of legal actions. He fears he has written its obituary.
The EU's Ironic Dependence on Big Tech
Europeans want the best of America's online services, even as the government keeps soaking them for billions.
Cambridge Analytica Was Doing Marketing, Not Black Magic
There's no reason for alarm (yet) over a Facebook data "breach" that benefited a firm with ties to Trump's campaign.
How Deregulation Gave Us FM Radio, HBO, and the iPhone
The FCC is designed to protect incumbents, enrich politicians, and screw consumers, says economist Thomas Hazlett.
#SXSW: How Activists Are Using Technology to Fight Dictators
Dissidents are using USB drives to smuggle information into authoritarian regimes.
NSA 'Cyber Weapons' Leak Shows How Agency Prizes Online Surveillance Over Online Security
The NSA opportunistically hoards and deploys powerful bugs that make everyone less secure online.
China Said to Be Creating "Social Credit" Scores to Rule Citizens' Lives
ACLU alarmed at idea that every bit of public info might feed into these high-tech "credit scores" that will define Chinese citizens' lives.
RESOLVED: TECHNOLOGY WILL TAKE ALL OUR JOBS
Ronald Bailey Will Argue Against the Motion at Future Tense on Thursday, June 4
Government War on Online Vice Purchasing is a Continuing War on Citizen Safety
The shutdown of sex-sales site Redbook made life more ignorant and dangerous.
Homeschooling: The New Techie Fad?
Wired notes a growing conflation between cutting-edge tech thinking and escaping the education monopoly.
Job Training Ideas in Obama's Budget: Fewer Occupational Licenses but More Credentials. Huh?
Proposals call for $15 million to eliminate unneeded state occupational licenses, but $500 million to develop new credentials and training program.
A Retiree Digitizes 27 Million Old Newspaper Pages in His Living Room (and Libraries Fight to Catch Up)
A wonderful new web portal for searching the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Anything Not Permitted Is Forbidden: Code Camp Edition
Improving people's employment opportunities without giving the state a cut. What were you thinking?
The Year Government Lost Its Grip on Information
While the Internet can be regulated, and information can be controlled, it can only be done on an increasingly small margin, and at an increasingly high cost.
Wired's Louis Rossetto on the Death of the Mega-State and the Digital Revolution
"The priests, the pundits, the politicians and the generals" who create positive change.
Chief of Government Health Care IT Steps Down
Officials won't say if it has anything to do with Obamacare rollout
NSA Snooping Could Cost Tech Companies Billions
$35 billion in lost contracts from hesitant customers over next three years
Why India Is on the Side of Restrictionist Republicans on Immigration Reform
U.S. high-tech companies are using the H-1B program to cripple their Indian competitors
Inventor of Computer Mouse Dead at 88
Douglas C. Engelbart visualized computer networking and communication concepts all the way back in the 1950s
China Now Has World's Most Powerful Supercomputer
Can perform more than 30 quadrillion calculations per second
Most Transparent Administration in History Has Secret E-mail Addresses
If you've got a million dollars, maybe they'll tell you about them
