Encryption Protects Gmail From Everyone But Google
Earlier this month, Google launched a new encryption tool for Gmail, its free email service. For those worried about privacy, Google says this change helps ensure Gmail can’t be read by anyone other...
View ArticleEconomy's Steep 1st Quarter Contraction Shows U.S. Still Recovering: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday a steep contraction in the U.S. economy in the first quarter shows that recovery from the recession is still in progress, but noted that other...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Against TV on the Internet Provider Aereo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that online TV service Aereo Inc, backed by media mogul Barry Diller, violates copyright law by using tiny antennas to provide...
View ArticleSurprise Sharp Contraction in the U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy contracted at a much steeper pace than previously estimated in the first quarter to record its worst performance in five years, but there are indications that...
View ArticleGuru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Drops by the American Enterprise Institute
It was not your typical Washington, D.C., summit.In one chair sat Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank. Across from him sat Sri Sri Ravi...
View ArticleIraq’s Sunnis Will Kick Out ISIS After Dumping Maliki: Ex-CIA Official
Don’t panic, Iraq’s most powerful Sunnis are telling some old American friends. We’ll take care of these upstart ISIS nuts—as soon as they oust Nouri al-Maliki from Baghdad.That’s the message Sheikh...
View ArticlePolice Can't Search Phones Without Warrants, Supreme Court Rules
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search an arrested suspect's cellphone, a major decision in favor of privacy rights at...
View ArticleBoehner Says He Will File Lawsuit Over Obama Executive Actions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Wednesday he is planning to file a lawsuit alleging that President Barack Obama has abused his executive authority by implementing...
View ArticleU.S. Courts Strike Gay Marriage Bans in Indiana and Utah
(Reuters) - U.S. appeals courts struck down gay marriage bans in Utah and Indiana on Wednesday, saying they violated constitutional rights to equal protection in the latest in a series of court rulings...
View ArticleJudges in Indiana, Utah Rule in Favor of Gay Marriage, One Day Before DOMA...
One day before the anniversary of the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, gay marriage has become legal in Indiana and a federal appeals court upheld a...
View ArticleGoogle Unveils Android 'Smartwatch' to Make Checking Your Phone Even Easier
Google unveiled its new Android smartwatch at its annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco. The device, part of the tech giant’s Android Wear product line, will quickly show customers weather,...
View ArticleU.N. Calls For Military Force Against ISIL in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday issued an unusual call for military force, with a senior U.N. official saying the advance of Islamist militants throughout the north and east...
View ArticleWhite House Criticizes Boehner for Taxpayer-Funded Plan to Sue Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday criticized congressional Republicans for considering a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for his use of executive actions this year to move his...
View ArticleDoes BuzzFeed Record Which Backstreet Boy You Should Actually Marry?
In early 2014, BuzzFeed's poisonously shareable quizzes turned out to be an unprecedented boon for traffic. According to blogger and analytics expert Dan Barker, they've also become an unprecedented...
View ArticleAt Least 21 Killed in Rush-Hour Blast in Nigerian Capital
ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour on Wednesday, police said, adding to the...
View ArticleBergdahl Still Hasn't Been Asked Why He Left His Base, Army Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has made no admission of wrongdoing since being released by the Taliban last month, officials said on Wednesday, adding that he has yet to be...
View ArticleTea Party Angry After Democrats Turn Miss. GOP Primary
HATTIESBURG Miss. (Reuters) - Tea Party Republicans in Mississippi on Wednesday railed against an election rule that allowed Democrats, many of them black, to tilt a bitterly fought Republican U.S....
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court’s Cellphone Ruling Is a Major Victory for Privacy
Police cannot search arrestees’ cellphones without a warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday.The unanimous ruling marks a watershed moment for the digital rights movement, applying the...
View Article3-D Printing Will Make Your Stuff Data, and Then Make It Unique
Excitement over 3-D printers that will someday magically “print” a toaster or an Armani suit in your den reminds me of my father telling me, in the 1960s, that we’d all soon be driving atomic-powered...
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How the Media Fails to Cover Climate Science
In late April, a producer at Fox & Friends, the most-viewed morning news show in the U.S., approached Scientific American’s public relations department and asked whether someone from the magazine...
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