Report: America's Prison Population Is Growing Again
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported a slight increase in the number of inmates in state prisons on Friday.
Make Way for Virtual Driver's Licenses
Iowa's idea for digitized licenses has raised a slew of privacy questions.
Could Big Data Be the New Gender Equality Tool?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she hopes complete data sets will better inform policy and investment.
Zuckerberg Talks Dislike Button, Real Name Policy, Privacy and Ethics in Live Q&A
Facebook team answers community questions in second global town hall.
U.S. Invokes 18th Century Law to Compel Apple to Hand Over Customer Data
Can U.S. courts order tech companies to target customers with spyware?
Mounting Electronic Waste Poses Major Threat to Environment, Health
With consumers buying more electronics on Black Friday, it's time we start disposing of our old ones responsibly
The Risks of Connecting to New York's New, Free Wi-Fi
The company that installed cellphone tracking devices in payphone booths is spearheading the installation of hot spot hub network.
Senate Votes Against Bill To Curb NSA Sureveillance
The U.S.A. Freedom Act did not receive enough votes to move forward in the Senate.
Comet Lander Shuts Down as Batteries Go Flat After Sending Data
A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet.
NSA Surveillance Reform Bill Pushed Forward for Vote in Senate
In surprise move, Sen. Harry Reid puts USA Freedom Act on the Senate docket Wednesday, lining it up for a vote as early as next week.
Head of GCHQ Says U.S. Tech Companies Are Shielding Terrorist Activity
Joins FBI directory in demanding greater access to personal data
Is Verizon's SugarString Banning Tech News Topics?
As reader-supported news vanishes, corporate-journalist hybrids may start drawing more red lines.
Are We All Just a Bunch of Internet Cynics? Ello CEO Explains How His Ad-Free Social Media Network Will Make Money
CEO Paul Budnitz calls the assumption Ello will fail "heartbreaking" and "short sighted."
MIT Hopes Your Tweets Can Solve Society's Problems
With a $10 million investment from Twitter, scientists will also study data from Reddit, Wikipedia and other sites to try find solutions to"complex societal problems"
Londoners Agree to Hand Over Their First Born For Internet Access
Experiment exposes the risk of accessing public Wi-fi
Are Foreign Governments Intercepting U.S. Calls?
Ultra-secure phone holders are searching for answers.
Making the Breast Pump Suck...Less
Winners of MIT hackathon look to turn the outdated technology smart
Home Depot Data Breach Could Match Target's for the Biggest Ever
At least five states have launched a joint probe into the data breach on the payment-card processing systems of Home Depot Inc
Fake Cell Towers Allow the NSA and Police to Keep Track of You
Secretive surveillance makes your calls an open book for the NSA and even local cops
Sprint's New Data Plan Makes You Pay for Your Favorite App's Data
Sprint's new phone plan favors established social media companies, digital rights advocates warn
OkCupid Co-Founder: 'We Experiment on Human Beings...That's How Websites Work'
The site's co-founder defended its actions in an interview with Newsweek.
Scientists Question the Big Price Tags of Big Data
The long standing support behind large scientific databases may begin to wane, as scientists question if bigger is always better
Britain Moves to Pass Emergency Phone and Email Monitoring Law
Prime Minister David Cameron said the law was necessary following a European Court ruling that made current practices illegal
Buzzfeed Records Your Personal Quiz Data in Bulk
Is BuzzFeed watching? The massive media company says not to worry.
Inside the Struggle to Preserve the World's Data
Archivist Brewster Kahle's mission is to save websites before they are destroyed, and to store every book ever published
The Predictive Power of Big Data
If you wrote out all five zettabytes of data produced by humans produce each year, it would reach the galactic core of the Milky Way.
What's the NSA Going to Do With Your Data?
The agency isn't saying, but the ability to predict individual behavior from torrents of digital data is rapidly advancing.
What's the NSA Going to Do With Your Data?
The agency isn't saying, but the ability to predict individual behavior from torrents of digital data is rapidly advancing
Dirty Data Dumbfounds The Street
The full cost of the shutdown will continue to be felt for months as financial firms struggle to read the muddled tea leaves