432 years ago today Sir Frances Drake claimed a land he called "Nova Albion" for England. You may know it better as California. Will anything as historic happen today? Here's the early news:READ»
Tuesday is named from the Old English for "day of Mars," and in the Spanish and Greek worlds it's considered an unlucky day. Interesting, no? For still more interesting stuff, here's today's early news:READ»
Apple and Google testified yesterday before a committee examining smartphone user privacy issues, particularly regarding location tracking. The first conclusion: Senators don't understand the tech, nor do most people. Here's a handy guide.READ»
Leadership is rooted in the virtues of truth, integrity, and honesty. But this is not enough. Leaders also must exert a modicum of common sense. Just because you don't like something does not give you the right to abandon your post. READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was stepping into the canteen, piling a plate of vegetarian pasta and dessert of Black Forest Gateau onto its tray and then deciding to swap nourishment for a spot of secretary and the boss ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was being held to ransom on Capitol Hill. Ah, frack it, it said, before shrugging on a suit and smoking a cigarette--all in the name of art.1. Barack Obama's attempts to push his clean energy agenda ...READ»
What did you dream about while you were sleeping last night? Lie detectors? Kim Jong Il? Oil Slicks? Well, innovation was living the dream.1. The Senate is demanding that BP pay $34 billion in fines for the Gulf oil spill. Ahead of ...READ»
As tipped in CEO Mark Zuckerberg's not-quite apology the other day, Facebook's due to address its poor performance on user privacy. And as part of its drive to fix stuff, it's addressing House and Senate staff on Thursday, flexing a ...READ»
Look what Facebook just did. While staying very very coy indeed about its internal meeting yesterday over privacy issues, it's just launched a Congress on Facebook page that will "highlight innovative uses of Facebook by members of ...READ»
Look what Facebook just did. While staying very very coy indeed about its internal meeting yesterday over privacy issues, it's just launched a Congress on Facebook page that will "highlight innovative uses of Facebook by members of ...READ»
UPDATE 2: A spokesperson for Senator Michael Bennet tells Fast Company that Facebook representatives will be meeting with Senator Schumer's office soon. The spokesman could not go into the breadth of such potential government ...READ»
"Tech is how we get our freedom back, " Senator Tom Coburn says. He wants a totally transparent government thanks to technology. We have a wide-ranging conversation about a number of topics, but he focused in on why he thinks bloggers ...READ»
Proposed changes to the way the nation's media watchdog does its business will mean more transparency for citizens--and bad news for secretive consumer-electronics companies.READ»
Robot Makes Its Own Scientific Discovery
Scientists at the U.K.'s Aberystwyth University gave a laboratory robot named Adam a database about yeast biology, articulated arms, and artificial intelligence, and it came back to them ...READ»
Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on. But the "Energy" projects that will be eligible for funding ...READ»
President Obama may have promised an eco-friendly and science-centric term in office, but it looks like the Washington political machine has other ideas right from the start. The economic recovery "stimulus" funding package has just ...READ»
As the President's stimulus package approaches $1 trillion, the Senate is looking to cut the fat. In the senators' sights: about $6 billion in funding for expanded broadband access, much of it for wireless access in rural areas, among ...READ»
