Nation Aug 06 Russian hackers steal 1 billion usernames and passwords A Russian gang of hackers is said to have stolen more than one billion username and password combinations, and over 500 million email addresses.
Science Aug 05 How tiny ripples can reconstruct sound An experiment called “The Visual Microphone” aims to “recover sounds from highspeed footage of a variety of objects with different properties."…
Nation Jul 24 Twitter has ‘a lot of work to do’ when it comes to diversity in the workplace Twitter released the gender and ethnicity make-up of employees Wednesday, and by their admission, there is room for improvement.
World Jul 21 Malaysia Prime Minister says his country will take custody of MH17’s black boxes In a statement released Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said that a Malaysian team in Donetsk will take custody of two black boxes from the downed Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed over eastern Ukraine Thursday.
Politics Jul 15 Immigration activist, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas released after detention Journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was detained at the McAllen Airport in Texas on Tuesday after trying to fly out of the border city.
Nation Jul 09 Former mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years in prison Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday.
World Jul 08 Messaging app Yo alerts Israelis to rocket attacks Yo, the messaging app whose initial purpose was to send “yo” alerts to your phone in advance of someone’s arrival -- a feat that earned it a whopping $1.2 million in funding -- has a newfound use.
Nation Jun 30 Have you read Facebook’s Terms of Service? If not, read on Facebook users discovered this weekend that their News Feeds may have been altered for a psychological experiment.
Science Jun 25 How to 3-D print a dinosaur The Smithsonian's Digitization Program is 3-D scanning and printing the more than 200 bones of the Nation's T.rex, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever discovered.
Health Jun 18 What does it mean to be a caregiver in America? Not everyone who’s a caregiver does so for a living. Many people in the U.S. are long-term caregivers for ailing family members, spending, on average, 20 hours a week caring for loved ones.