A new lawsuit alleges that Predator drone targeting software was pirated, and emails obtained by Fast Company suggest the CIA knew it was sub-par.READ»
Mainstream video calling seems like it's just getting started, given the excitement over Apple's FaceTime iPhone app. But a new Pew survey reveals nearly 20% of Americans have already placed a call via video.READ»
Research In Motion has struggled in the United Arab Emirates--the BlackBerry was almost banned. But what does a deal between RIM and the UAE mean for RIM's foreign operations?READ»
DARPA's issued a new "funding opportunity" dubbed Prophecy--it's a program to investigate how virus evolution may be predicted, notionally to improve the way the drug business tackles health threats. But it's DARPA, so there're military issues in the mix too.READ»
In an excerpt from their book "The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change," authors Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith consider how Facebook's charitable contests and activism groups may be doing more harm than good.READ»
Back in July the government identified robots as one of the R&D priorities for the 2012 budget (about a decade behind the rest of us). Now there's a research funding round to aid small business robotic's efforts, to build robot gear DARPA can't manage.READ»
9/11...9 years later. This week's blog was inspired from a post on Polipsych by Judith Barr.
It's the anniversary of a painful, horrifying, tragedy.
We've responded in a number of ways...
We've been shocked. We've grieved. We've ...READ»
A Swedish prosecutor has today reopened the rape investigation on Wikileaks frontman Julian Assange. The enigmatic Australian had been accused of rape by a Swedish woman, who reported him to police, sparking a mammoth flurry of ...READ»
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been an ongoing back-and-forth for years, but now the dispute is heading for a new battleground: social media.READ»
India's authorities are pressuring RIM to give access to BlackBerry user data, but have now given the firm a two-month grace period. In the meantime, they're turning up pressure on Google and Skype. Doesn't the government understand technology?READ»
While Facebook may be peddling its vanilla morals to the rest of the world with its ban on aureolae and pot leaves, more subversive stuff may be slipping through the net. An AP report highlights the rise of the use of social networks ...READ»
You're either with them or again' 'em, it seems. Latest member to join the I Hate BlackBerry club is India, reports Reuters this morning, joining the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Germany, and EU workers. READ»
WikiLeaks be damned, former Afghanistan diplomat Scott Gilmore cuts out middle men in international aid and brings global trade to a country often considered war-torn.READ»
After a "pretty heated discussion" with the man who revealed almost 100,000 classified military documents, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America says he's concerned about Assange's agenda.READ»
DoSomething, headed by Fast Company columnist Nancy Lublin, has recognized five young social entrepreneurs with $10,000 grants--and one with a prize of $100,000. Fast Company will profile one of these enterprising youth each day ...READ»
A new airport-security system uses physiological signals, including rapid eye movements and heightened body temperature, to identify risky passengers.READ»
