The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 6/18: Google challenges government’s gag order on NSA data requests, citing 1st amendment right; social media, pets and privacy; a SWATting in Des Moines; blackmail, hacking and dirty tricks in
At least 200,000 Brazilians took to the streets on Monday to protest the government’s spending of billions of taxpayer dollars to build lavish stadiums and buildings for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics the nation will host.
“Wag the Dog” is a political strategy in which a national leader starts a military operation to divert negative attention away from himself. In 1997, Hollywood produced a Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman movie by the same name about
(AFP) – The White House on Friday sought to cool German fears over a secret US Internet surveillance program, which threatens to detract from President Barack Obama’s visit to Berlin next week. Obama will speak directly to German Chancellor Angela
In a landmark case centering on gene patenting, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that patents can be held on synthetically produced genetic material but not on naturally occurring human genes. This will profoundly affect breast cancer screenings
Google on Wednesday said that it has been battling what appeared to be politically targeted efforts to steal the passwords of tens of thousands of account holders in Iran. For nearly three weeks, California-based Google has been fighting “phishing” email
Bombshell revelations about the United States’ wide-reaching surveillance programmes could spur China and other countries to expand their own efforts, Beijing-based dissident Ai Weiwei warned on Wednesday. America’s huge dragnet of Internet and phone data, exposed in recent days through
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called whistleblower Edward Snowden “a hero” and says he has been in indirect contact with the ex-CIA employee who exposed a vast US surveillance programme. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in
The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted paralyzed Arizona State outfielder Cory Hahn in the 2013 MLB draft. The former Mater Dei High School (CA) star and “Mr. Baseball” in California who many thought would be a “can’t miss” prospect was paralyzed after sliding into
Last week, a raft of economic data came out that confirms what all of us already know, namely that the US economy is growing far more slowly than before the 2008 financial crisis. Most politicians and economists tell us that
On June 8 intelligence director James Clapper released details on the inner workings of PRISM–the collection program used by the Obama administration to monitor internet users. According to Clapper, PRISM does not “unilaterally” collect information, but relies upon court orders
So which should we be more afraid of? The US Government and its scandalous–even tyrannous–intrusions on our finances and privacy? Or foreign enemies with their explosives, cyber-weapons, and nukes? Is your answer “both,” I agree. But we will all
James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, said Saturday that the leaks surrounding the gathering of information by the intelligence community are reckless and dangerous. He said, “Disclosing information about the specific methods the government uses to collect communications can
Former Vice President Al Gore takes out his frustration on the lack of legislative climate change action on America during his remarks at Google’s “How Green Is the Internet? Summit” on Thursday.
On Thursday, Americans learned that since 2007 the National Security Agency (NSA) has operated a top-secret program called PRISM that vacuums up the actual contents–not just so-called metadata, as with the National Security Agency’s phone record collections–of emails, video and voice chat,
Apple, Google and Facebook all protested Thursday that they had never heard about the PRISM program, which the FBI and NSA used to collect data from users of nine of the largest Internet companies. CNBC’s Eamon Javers revealed through three
The hand-in-hand nature of this White House and some of the nation’s biggest corporations is seen in yet another incident as Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign data team is now moving from team Obama to team Google. This week, Bloomberg reported
A liberal group, “Respect Arizona” failed in its effort to recall popular Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Thursday, but a voter group represented by Larry Klayman, is still suing Respect Arizona because he says the recall effort was illegal under Arizona
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/30: Google’s chairman investing millions in consulting firm staffed by Obama’s former data analytics team, blog booby-trapped with malware after Vietnamese blogger arrested, Facebook to launch verified pages, trends in
When I read the headline, “First pornographic app for Google Glass set to launch ‘within days’ as adult film directors pledge to explore ‘full potential’ of the controversial gadget” my first thought was “What took so long?” From the Daily
Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, penned a letter to R&B star Alicia Keys laced with hatred of Israel urging Keys to cancel her performance in Tel Aviv and warning Keys that she is jeopardizing her soul by performing there. Walker, a
Late on Friday, the New Yorker‘s Ryan Lizza reported that the Obama administration did not merely greenlight a search warrant on Fox News reporter James Rosen’s email account – it “fought” to prevent Rosen from learning about it. Ronald C.
A law enforcement official has told NBC News that Attorney General Eric Holder is the one who signed the search warrant for the private emails of Fox News reporter James Rosen. The warrant was signed under the guise that Rosen
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Iran’s Supreme Leader tries to defeat the younger generation Charges of sorcery An ideological and generational assault Iran’s Supreme Leader tries to defeat the younger generation Iran’s eight approved candidates (BBC) In a stunning
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 5/22: Hacker releases names of South African whistleblowers, cops respond to Israeli blogger’s social media rant, sexting controversy at Indiana school, 10 Reasons To Worry About The Syrian Electronic Army,
