technology
Expand broadband for minority communities, advocates say
April 28, 2011Labor and civil rights groups are recommending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) do more to expand high speed Internet and broadband services for low-income and minority communities.
Read moreWill the Singularity be the end of us?
January 14, 2011Some experts say the Singularity - when artificial intelligence learns how to make itself smarter - is a greater threat to humanity than global warming or nuclear war.
Read moreFCC approves controversial Internet rules
December 21, 2010The Federal Communications Commission approved first-time regulations on companies that provide Internet service, but Al Franken is upset about it.
Read moreWikiLeaks spawns OpenLeaks, global whistle-blowing community
December 14, 2010The biggest story about WikiLeaks may not be the contents of the documents it is releasing but its upending of secrecy, whistle-blowing and journalism as we know it.
Read moreFacebook page rejects automation
September 17, 2010This week a group of Facebook users called for a "Robot Boycott."
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