NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program
The top-secret PRISM program allows the U.S. intelligence community to gain access from nine Internet companies to a wide range of digital information, including e-mails and stored data, on foreign ta...
Startup Investing Trends
Y Combinator has now funded 564 startups including the current batch, which has 53. The total valuation of the 287 that have valuations (either by raising an equity round, getting acquired, or dying)...
NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower
Today's revelations that the National Security Agency collected bulk data on the email traffic of millions of Americans provides startling evidence for the first time to support a whistleblower's long...
New NSA leaks show how US is bugging its European allies
Exclusive: Edward Snowden papers reveal 38 targets including EU, France and Italy — US intelligence services are spying on the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washington, accor...
Why Is Apple Still Wrangling Over E-Books?
A question hangs over Apple Inc.'s e-books trial: Why is Apple fighting the U.S. Department of Justice when the book publishers the agency also sued chose to settle? — The answer lies in part in wha...
Silicon Valley prepares to push House toward immigration reform
The tech industry scored two major victories on immigration this week, but its toughest legislative battle on the issue lies ahead in the House. — The passage of the Senate's immigration bill is the...