Unintentional Interfaces: Why Russian Dashcams Saw That Meteor
How Russia's social and legal culture combined with technology to capture a once-in-a-lifetime event on video.
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The True Story of a 1967 “Contact” Incident
The story of the SETI discussions during the discovery of pulsars has never been fully told—until now
Obama: Technology Will Save the Country
Did Obama’s State of the Union speech include more mentions of technology than any other president’s?
Obama Announces Plan to Shore Up U.S. Cyber Defenses
President uses State of the Union address to launch effort to protect infrastructure against a "growing threat."
Moshers, Heavy Metal and Emergent Behavior
The collective behavior of moshers at heavy metal concerts is mathematically similar to a disordered 2D gas, say physicists.
Second Coming of the Spec: Verizon Now Curates Apps on Technical Merit
The mobile carrier ranks apps not on popularity or "fun," but on security, data usage, and battery criteria.
Willow Garage Won’t Do Research Anymore, but It’ll Sell You a Robot
The lab developed key technologies that have advanced personal robotics, but its funding wasn’t sustainable.
Thank God for Facebook: When Platforms Proselytize
Facebook's organ donor and voting-drive efforts raise the question -- where do you stop?
This Dopey, Decade-Old Tech Privacy Video Actually Got A Lot Of Things Right
"Ordering Pizza In 2015" didn't anticipate geotracking or mobile apps, but a privacy expert says its predictions weren't far off base.
Ubuntu Invites Phone Makers to Cheat on Google
A mobile version of the world’s most widely used Linux operating system shows promise, but it will face stiff competition.
