When data leaks like oil ... Thad Allen, the "National Incident Commander" during the BP spill, now has another leak on his hands. And oil has more in common with data than you think.
For years, William Binney, a retired NSA cryptographer, has been telling anyone who will listen about a vast data gathering operation being conducted by his former employers.
Where's the actual proof these programs offer more benefits than downsides? Where are the thwarted plots to balance against the chill of privacy loss?
How to survive the burgeoning surveillance state.
Globally, we're now producing and using more data than we ever have before, and that growth isn't slowing down soon.
But "A" for effort.
No riots, here.
Is this the warped future of historical preservation?
The strange comment Constant Dullaart left on my wall sounded like him, but I knew that it wasn't.
The modeled ebb and flow, uncannily synced to Blue Danube's waltz and simulated to predict flu virus transmission rates, is remarkably swarm-like in its sheer randomness.
Altmann's work defines a generation unsurprised by and unafraid of Stellar Wind, for whom privacy, like politics, has become a purely esthetic concept.
The Chinese social media app is 300 million strong and growing. It's also really fun. But how safe is your data?
The ability to transfer a terabit of information in one second is incredible and potentially world-changing.
Your DNA-powered iPod could hold something like a bajillion songs.
If only Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.5 in Eb Major could cue up every time I get caught walking in the rain, which as of late has proven quite often.
Behold the wonders of open data and proto-mutual assured destruction.
The government has decided it needs to beef up the ranks of its digital defenses. It’s assembling a league of extraordinary computer geeks for what will be known as the “Cyber Reserve.”
About a third of the country’s wind is being pulled into a massive whirlpool by Sandy’s force, and it’s all at a pretty high rate of sustained speed.
By their very nature, microchips are little bitty things, but scientists wants to make them downright invisible – and they’re getting pretty close!
The Weather Channel — or Weather Underground or your TV weather person or your DIY forecasting buddy — pretty much just have what we have, which is the internet and the ability to access government-supplied data.
Maybe you've seen this photo that's been spinning around the Internet for a few years purporting to show the uncanny similarity between individual mouse-brain neurons and a model image of the universe. Here it is: !{width:584px}http://www.viceland…
It's easy to draw conclusions about someone's personality based on how they tweet. Everyone knows who the self promotional tweeters are, the ones that always want you to read something they wrote or back their Kickstarter campaign. We appreciate the
