Total Surveillance Society

In a just-released court opinion, a federal court judge overseeing government surveillance programs said he was “extremely concerned” about a series of incidents in which…

The Office of Personnel Management is preparing for a pilot program to automatically track public social media postings of people applying for security clearances. OPM…

Addressing the opening of the 2016 session of the Commission on Population and Development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the importance of that…

Starting this summer, the government will test a system in which foreign tourists will be able to verify their identities and buy things at stores…

Skincential Sciences, a company with an innovative line of cosmetic products marketed as a way to erase blemishes and soften skin, has caught the attention of beauty bloggers on YouTube,…

Not since the era of imperial Rome has the “thumbs-up” sign been such a potent and public symbol of power. A mere 12 years after…

The tech world has been voraciously chattering about “chatbots,” and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has already declared them the new apps, the next big thing. But…

When James Shinn was working for the CIA as a senior East Asia expert more than a decade ago, he longed for the tools of…

The resounding win by a Google artificial intelligence program over a champion in the complex board game Go this month was a statement — not…

It was just after midnight on an autumn evening in 1996 when Yuk Ming Dennis Lo made a discovery he knew would change modern medicine….