Pakistan has blocked Twitter ‘indefinitely’ over what it terms “blasphemous” material related to an ongoing competition to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. After extensive discussions with Twitter asking the microblogging service to self-censor [...]

America welcomes a new brand of smart street lightning systems: energy-efficient, long-lasting, complete with LED screens to show ads. They can also spy on citizens in a way George Orwell would not have imagined in [...]

A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of being a member of “TeamPoison”, a computer hacking group that has claimed responsibility for 1,400 offences including an attack on the phone system of Scotland [...]

Osama bin Laden died a natural death nearly 5 years before it was announced that he was eliminated by the American commandos. This sensational statement was made by a Turkish politician, and a former [...]

by Noah Bonn, Contributor In case you haven’t looked up from your cave in a while, the biggest, messiest clash of titans so far in 2012 is currently being fought on the world stage. I’m referring [...]

by Michael Snyder, Contributor What would you do if someday the government made it mandatory for everyone to receive an implantable microchip for identification purposes? Would you take it? Such a scenario may not [...]

EFF White Paper Outlines How Businesses Can Avoid Assisting Repressive Regimes San Francisco – It’s time for technology companies that sell surveillance and filtering equipment to step up and ensure they aren’t helping governments [...]

Jeremy Hammond, the former LulzSec member alleged to have been at the center of the hacking of private intelligence company Stratfor, Hammond is believed to have been the driving force behind the group’s breach of intelligence [...]

by Nicholas West The outsourcing of human jobs as a side effect of globalization has arguably contributed to the current unemployment crisis. However, a growing trend sees humans done away with altogether, even in the [...]

by Eric Blair Who needs SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) or the international ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) when companies can have websites or YouTube channels removed simply by claiming their content has been infringed? That [...]