The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday. A Pew Research Center survey found 73 percent of Americans over age 18 on the Internet use…
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Here’s a funny thing I was just thinking: Imagine if the EV–gasmobile story were reversed and EVs were the dominant type of vehicle while gasmobiles were just becoming mainstream. Imagine also that gasmobiles only had a range of 60–80 miles, but…
Today, a judge in New York ruled that the NSA’s collection of phone metadata of United States citizens is, in fact, lawful. This ruling—the result of a suit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the United States Government—comes…
Yesterday, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s website published a press release to announce that the City was going to start accepting bids for pay-by-app parking systems, bringing one of the metropolitan area’s biggest headaches into the 21st…
Four American military personnel have been detained in Libya and are being held by the government there, the US State Department said Friday. “We can confirm that four US military personnel are currently being held in Libyan government custody,” said…
American schoolchildren were slaughtered in a hail of bullets after packing like sardines into a bathroom in a doomed bid to escape the murderous rampage of Newtown gunman Adam Lanza. Harrowing details about last year’s mass shooting were revealed on…
Last year the biggest tech failure was Color, this year that award goes to BlackBerry (though it could have been Healthcare.gov). I’m sure you can agree with me when I say the entirety of 2013 has just been terrible for the company. But let’…
Target has publicly confirmed that the encrypted debit card PIN information of customers was, in fact, stolen during the company’s very public security breach this past month. The break-in previously was thought to be limited to only the secure information…
McDonald’s has pulled the plug on an employee website after it was mocked by critics of the fast-food giant’s salary practices, a spokeswoman confirmed Friday. Dubbed “McResource” and managed by a subcontractor, the site aimed to give employees tips…
A US district judge in New York ruled on Friday that controversial telephone surveillance by the National Security Agency was lawful and a vital component of the war on Al-Qaeda. The ruling from Judge William Pauley of the southern district court in…