Anonymous plunders FEMA server as payback for anti-hacker wargames
The hacktivist collective is angry over wargames that depicted the group as terrositic villains.
On Jul 17, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
A beginner’s guide to PRISM and the NSA
The saga of whistleblower Edward Snowden has moved with the velocity of a spy thriller. Here’s everything you need to know about his controversial leaks.
On Jul 3, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Google to Facebook: FISA requests should be published separately
The major tech companies involved in PRISM have differed drastically in how they have released government requests for customer data.
On Jun 17, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Stop all the downloading: Facebook wants your Timeline all to itself
A college math teacher and blogger known as Delta flagged Facebook’s move to keep a little more of your data to itself.
On Jun 5, 2013 by Kris Holt
Here’s what every geotagged tweet looks like on the world map
Miguel Rios, Twitter’s visual insights manager, has mapped out every one of the billions of geotagged tweets since 2009.
On May 31, 2013 by Kris Holt
Mining data to find true love online
Amy Webb turned dating sites into databases to find her perfect match.
On Mar 4, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
The Morning GIF: “Star Trek” fractal
Data meets Wesley crusher again and again (and again).
On Jan 4, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Who’s tweeting? New study has the answer
An exhaustive study reveals everything you ever wanted (or didn’t want) to know about Twitter users.
On Oct 12, 2012 by Mike Fenn
NASA’s Mars Curiosity team delivers the week’s most popular Reddit AMA
Bobak Ferdowsi and his colleagues on the Curiosity project answered Reddit’s questions about landing something on Mars. Also this week: The founder of image-sharing site Imgur and Brent “Data” Spiner.
On Aug 21, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Dot Dot Dot: When private lives go public
Trying to grasp the gray area of personal security between Chatroulette and Trapwire.
On Aug 16, 2012 by Nicholas White
Users don’t stick around for Google+, study reveals
The clock is ticking on Google+’s social network.
On Feb 28, 2012 by David Holmes
The five stages of grief for all-you-can-surf data
People on the Internet react to Verizon Wireless halting the sale of unlimited data plans.
On Jul 7, 2011 by [email protected]
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