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Al Jazeera's Secret Gaddafi Tapes: Dictatorship In The Age Of YouTube

BY Neal Ungerleider | 05-11-2012 | 12:32 PM | INNOVATION

Al Jazeera's news special on wiretaps implicating Gaddafi's inner circle in assassinations and staged funerals for media will be fully integrated with social media. "The Dictator" this is not. READ MORE›

Rebuilding The Internet In A War Zone

BY Neal Ungerleider | 10-31-2011 | 12:08 PM | TECHNOLOGY

Sirte, Libya, was destroyed by three separate militaries. Nearly the entire population fled. Now a small group of NGOs are swooping in to quickly rebuild ... the Internet. Here's why it comes first. READ MORE›

Libyan Rebels' DIY Arsenal

BY Neal Ungerleider | 09-12-2011 | 11:54 AM | INNOVATION

Homemade rocket launchers? Backpack-mounted drones? Improvised tanks? Inside the weird and wonderful world of weapons from the Libyan revolutionary war.READ MORE›

Let Them Eat ... What? High Food Commodity Prices Could Cause A Global Revolution

BY Greg Lindsay | 08-30-2011 | 9:24 AM | ETHONOMICS

New evidence suggests the Arab Spring wasn't caused by the slow boiling of political grievances, but by a sudden rise in food prices. Next year, prices will soar even higher.READ MORE›

Bluefinger: The Race To Freeze Or Breed Bluefin Tuna Before Extinction

BY Greg Lindsay | 08-09-2011 | 3:48 PM | ETHONOMICS

Bluefin--the most prized of all tunas--are quickly going extinct. The tsunami may have set back plans to keep toro refrigerated for future sushi lovers, but fish farmers are close to a breakthrough.READ MORE›

Inside The Libyan Rebels' Mobile-Phone Network

BY Neal Ungerleider | 07-27-2011 | 12:46 PM | TECHNOLOGY

While the world is debating what to do in Libya, the rebels have been getting technical--here's a look inside two mobile-phone networks created by the Libyan rebels to make calls without pesky surveillance and jamming. The best part? Local calls are free.READ MORE›

This Week In Bots: Robochefs, Killer Toy Drones, Teacherbots, And More

BY Kit Eaton | 06-17-2011 | 8:29 AM | INNOVATION

As Stephen Hawking once said: "Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-generated robots will take over our world." So what developments in robotics happened this week?READ MORE›

Spanish Police Arrest Sony PSN Hacktivists, But It Won't Stop The Attacks: Expert

BY Kit Eaton | 06-10-2011 | 12:12 PM | INNOVATION

Spain has pulled off a Net security coup and arrested three men suspected of the attacks on Sony's PlayStation Network among others. The thing is, those arrested are local Anonymous hacktivists, which is equivalent to whacking a hornet's nest.READ MORE›

Web Anonymizers And The Arab Spring

BY Neal Ungerleider | 05-20-2011 | 3:05 PM | INNOVATION

A short discussion with the man behind Hotspot Shield about web anonymizers, the Arab Spring, and why expats in Dubai aren't happy with firewalls.READ MORE›

Infographic Of The Day: Unrolling The History Of The Arab Uprisings

BY Cliff Kuang | 05-09-2011 | 11:00 AM | MIDDLE EAST UPRISINGS

The Arab uprisings of the last several months, which have swept through Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and several other countries through the Middle East, have posed a tremendous challenge to anyone trying to get a grasp of what's going on ... READ MORE›

How VPNs Helped "Twitter Revolutionaries" Sidestep Censorship

BY Saabira Chaudhuri | 04-20-2011 | 3:23 PM | INNOVATION

Out of 2 billion people online today, a third live in regions that censor the Internet. AnchorFree, a virtual private network that offers unlimited, private access to the web, is trying to unfetter them--and is seeing explosive growth in countries like Libya, Egypt, and China. READ MORE›

The Revolution Will Be Skyped: Libyan Rebels Take To Skype, Chat With Students

BY David Zax | 04-18-2011 | 7:24 AM | WORK/LIFE

"We are not armed creeps or terrorists," they tell a roomful of Lehigh University students and professors.READ MORE›

iFive: Rebels Hack Libya Phones, AMD Gets USB 3.0, Duolingo's Clever Translation, Bing Streetside Hits Europe, Grammys for Games

BY Kit Eaton | 04-13-2011 | 6:29 AM | INNOVATION

"Never work before breakfast," the saying goes. "If you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first." And while you do that, read iFive for the early news:READ MORE›

Engadget Abandons AOL, Google Hunts Patent Protection, a Beautiful iPhone Rumor Infographic, and More...

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 04-04-2011 | 12:09 PM | INNOVATION

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ MORE›

Obama's Lessons for Leadership in a Time of Change

BY Anya Kamenetz | 03-28-2011 | 7:58 PM | ETHONOMICS

The President's speech last night was primarily billed as his chance to plead his case to the nation for the ongoing military intervention in Libya. But slipped into his remarks was a primer on 21st century leadership in a time of change.READ MORE›

Don't Even Bother Retweeting This: Elizabeth Taylor Overtakes Crises in Japan, Libya on Twitter

BY Austin Carr | 03-24-2011 | 2:56 PM | INNOVATION

In the past few weeks, crises in Egypt, Lybia, and Japan have dominated the public dialogue. But as Elizabeth Taylor's death and some interesting stats on retweets prove, social media's shelf life for news is incredibly short. READ MORE›

We CAN Do Something About Tsunami Devastation

BY Terry Tamminen | 03-22-2011 | 11:54 AM | ETHONOMICS

March 20th marked the beginning of National Tsunami Awareness Week. We will continue to hear more about the tragedy in Japan and about which preparations worked or which ones didn't. Those discussions also need to include the ongoing threat from a rise in ocean levels. READ MORE›

U.S. State Department to Pay for BBC's Anti-Jamming Campaign in China, Iran

BY Neal Ungerleider | 03-21-2011 | 1:52 PM | ETHONOMICS

The U.S. State Department will be funding an anti-jamming program for the BBC World Service in repressive regimes. But statements given before Parliament show that the real target is China's "Great Firewall."READ MORE›

Here's a Map of the Humanitarian Crisis Hotspots in Libya (Don't Tell Gaddafi)

BY Neal Ungerleider | 03-09-2011 | 12:32 PM | INNOVATION

The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has teamed up with a coalition of savvy computer security, journalism, NGO, and humanitarian experts to find out exactly what's happening in Libya. The challenge: stopping the map from being used by Libya's military intelligence.READ MORE›

Infographic of the Day: Where Will Protests Strike Next in the Middle East?

BY Cliff Kuang | 03-02-2011 | 10:10 AM | UPRISING

Tunisia. Egypt. Libya. And Now Bahrain. Protests have spread throughout the Middle East like a wild fire -- and you might assume that it's all just a matter of popular sentiment. But if you take a step back, you find that the ... READ MORE›