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Privacy Eyes

Apple attacks Google and Facebook. They have a point.

It’s often easy to lump in Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon into the same pot. After all, they’re all big...
Avatar of Sal McCloskey Sal McCloskey
1 min read
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“The Man” vs. machine

Getting a ticket for speeding is a fear that most drivers face every day. For 16 percent of drivers this year,...
Avatar of Brian Wallace Brian Wallace
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Stop CISPA

If you’re not afraid of #CISPA, you’re not really paying attention

SOPA was a black eye for the US government. Nothing in the last few decades can compare to the complete turnaround...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
2 min read

Is Google in cahoots with the government to hide the depths of privacy infringement?

Put your tin foil hats on. It’s conspiracy theory time. Since 2010, Google has been tracking and releasing their bi-yearly Transparency...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
2 min read

DARPA’s LS3 robot advances maneuverability, still extremely creepy

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) have been working on the Legged Squad...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Google transparency report shows that Big Brother is quickly becoming a reality

There is no longer a need to argue that governments, the US government in particular, have been attempting to gain information...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
3 min read

Why the FBI facial recognition plan should terrify us all

Next Generation Identification. NGI. These three words and three letters are the most dangerous move the US Government has ever planned...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
4 min read

After the election, expect internet services to be taxed

You won’t hear much about it until after November, but regardless of which way the US government races go there is...
Avatar of Rocco Penn Rocco Penn
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Population poses problems technology can’t fix

Many of the problems that face the world currently have been solved through technology. Food can be grown, raised, processed, packaged,...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
1 min read

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation reigned...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
2 min read
Birgitta Jonsdottir

The US government failed to uphold its own principles by unlocking WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts

The precedent has been set and it’s a very bad one. A US judge ruled that Twitter must release all of...
Avatar of Connor Livingston Connor Livingston
1 min read
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Neil deGrasse Tyson continues his onslaught on the government’s betrayal of science

When Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson was on Bill Maher last week, he laid into the plans to slash NASA’s budget. When...
Avatar of JD Rucker JD Rucker
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Google asks Nevada to allow self-driving cars

According to the New York Times, Google is secretly lobbying for legislation that would make self-driving cars legal in the state...
Avatar of David Lux David Lux
1 min read
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Julian Assange Set Free on Bail [Updated]

The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been set free on bail by the British courts today. The conditions of his...
Avatar of James Mowery James Mowery
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Google Stands Up For Free Expression

Google takes on the world’s governments today, publishing details about how often countries around the world ask it for user data...
Avatar of Jon Edwards Jon Edwards
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