Mike Rogers Investigates Russia's Involvement In Edward Snowden Leaks
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he is investigating whether former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden had help from...
View Article3 Ways To See The True Self In Others And In Yourself
Click here to watch the TEDTalk that inspired this post. My first experience of seeing more of people than usually meets the eye was in medical school. After saying hello, the first thing we said to...
View ArticleFrom Gandhi To MLK, History's Giants Have Become Marketing Tools
When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google Doodle — on its homepage earlier this month, the company won praise.
View ArticleSpying and Intelligence in the IT Era
We live in the age of communication. More means in more varied formats, more readily available, exist to communicate than ever before. This massive increase in the number of electronic communications...
View ArticleHow The FBI Invaded Martin Luther King Jr.'s Privacy -- And Tried To...
Every year, the memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. evokes a nationwide sense of self reflection. The legendary Civil Rights leader forced the country to take a cold, hard look in the mirror and...
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Space Plane Goes Supersonic In Third Test...
A stunning new video lets viewers ride along on last-week's record-breaking test flight of Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceliner SpaceShipTwo. The new SpaceShipTwo rocket-powered test flight video...
View ArticleJonathan Johnson, Overstock's Executive Vice Chairman: Churches Must Not Be...
The executive vice chairman of Utah-based online retailer Overstock.com has raised eyebrows over remarks he made in reference to his state's same-sex marriage legislation, which is presently on hold...
View ArticleRosetta, ESA's Comet-Chasing Space Probe, Waking Up After Long Sleep
Rosetta, the first spacecraft built to orbit a comet and land a probe on these icy nomads, is now waking up after more than two years of slumber, and videos filmed as part of an international...
View ArticleHouse-Sized 3D Printer Can Duplicate Buildings (If It Is Ever Built)
Everyone knows there's a housing crisis, and virtually every politician in the land wants to build houses - fast. So if only we had some kind of giant, terrifying machine that could spit out new homes...
View Article10 Ridiculous Pinterest Projects NOBODY Has Time For (PHOTOS)
Depending on how many DIY pinners you follow, Pinterest can often become a beautiful, hypnotic vortex of the kind of projects you'd probably have to quit your job in order to have the time to do. For...
View ArticleApp Neutrality Should Be Part of the Net Neutrality Discussion
I bet you think the mobile Internet is open. That if you write the next great mobile app there is nothing that can stop it from fulfilling its destiny. That if you create a mobile content app that...
View ArticleLive Video Becomes the Hot New Web Trend
For a week in the middle of the winter, all the world's film geeks trundle off to the cold -- to screen, drink, and party their way through the annual pilgrimage know as Sundance. Historically, you had...
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These People Think Today Is 'Martian Luther King Jr. Day'
For many, Martin Luther King Day serves as a way to honor the civil rights pioneer, reflect on his numerous accomplishments and debate how well we as a country have honored his legacy and goals. For...
View ArticleMove Over Tina And Amy: The Stars Of 'Camp Takota' Are Here To Stay
If Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are Hollywood's current reigning funny female friendship, we think it's safe to say that YouTube stars Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, and Mamrie Hart are the Internet's heirs...
View ArticleMedical Tech, 'iPhone 6' And More In This Week's Apple Rumors
It's time for another installment of "This Week In Apple Rumors," where we bring you the latest speculation and gossip about the machinations and iWidgets coming out of the notoriously secretive...
View ArticleChicago City Council Resolution Could Support A Theft-Deterring 'Kill Switch'...
CITY HALL — A proposed City Council resolution would call on the federal government to support a smartphone "kill switch" in order to deter thefts. The resolution, submitted by Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd),...
View ArticleDr. King: Social Pioneer
He had a dream.... On August 28th, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, called for an end to racism in the United States at the now legendary "March on...
View ArticleTarget Credit Card Fraud Case Reportedly Leads To 2 Arrests At Texas Border,...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas police chief says two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of...
View ArticleKnow Thy Avatar: Good and Evil in the Gaming World
The 2013 Ben Stiller film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a remake of a 1947 Danny Kaye movie of the same name, which was itself based on a popular James Thurber story, first published in The New...
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Sudden Supernova In M82 Galaxy Rips Apart The Night Sky (A Bit)
Astronomers have been stunned by the appearance of a new supernova in the night sky. A star in the galaxy M82 has exploded - or at least, the light from the explosion 11.5 million years ago just...
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