Net Neutrality: Beginning of the End of the Internet?
The FCC voted yesterday to begin regulating the Internet as a public utility under a plan known as Net Neutrality. Let that sink...
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China’s Failing Attempts to Censor the Internet
Despite help from titans in Silicon Valley, China's attempts to censor the Internet continue to fail ...
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Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline
As expected, President Obama has exercised his first of likely a number of vetoes now that he faces a Republican Congress. On Tuesday,...
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Google Sounds Alarm Over FBI’s Proposal for Expanded Hacking Power
Calling the FBI’s proposal to expand its authority to hack criminal suspects’ computers a “monumental” concern, Google is urging an advisory committee to...
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Your Smart TV Is Spying on You
In the "Internet of Things" in which people now live, there are a variety of devices that use the Internet connectivity to improve...
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Re-fracking Old Wells Is Extending the Fracking Revolution
Oil wells are being re-fracked to get renewed production, which will likely interfere with Saudi Arabia's efforts to hurt its competitors by flooding...
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Enforced Energy Poverty: Coal, Oil, Gas Must Stay in Ground Say Alarmists
President Obama, the UN, the EPA, and radical enviro-activists intend to drastically curtail energy production and lock the planet into energy poverty at...
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Scientists: Sending Messages into Outer Space Could Spell Doom
Some scientists want to send messages into space in the hope of piquing alien interest. But might it attract the kind of attention...
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Lawmakers Move to Shield Americans’ E-mails From Government Snooping
Federal and state legislators have introduced legislation to force government agents to obtain a warrant before searching Americans' old e-mails, closing a convenient...
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Calls That Oil Prices Have Bottomed Are Premature
Charts and graphs of supply and demand aside, it’s the political side of crude that is currently driving prices lower, and they could...
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Net Neutrality Is a Trojan Horse Virus Infecting the Internet
Last week Tom Wheeler, chairman of the FCC, published an op-ed piece for Wired which laid out his strategy to "ensure net neutrality"...
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Are Earthquakes in Texas Caused by Fracking?
Earthquakes in Texas and elsewhere have ignited a flurry of comments linking them to fracking, without any proof. ...
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DHS Tries to Tether Hobby Drones
The Department of Homeland Security fears the proliferation of personally owned drones. ...
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British Spy Agency Harvested E-mails From U.S., U.K. Media
During a 10-minute period one day in November 2008, British spies vacuumed up 70,000 e-mails to and from journalists at major media outlets...
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Obama to Put Alaska’s Wildlife Refuge Off Limits to Drilling
The president spent less than a minute on Sunday announcing his administration's plans to prohibit drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ...
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