Can the cops search your phone without a warrant? The Supreme Court intends to weigh in.
A pair of cases will help determine whether police can look through your phone after you've been arrested.
Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available to the public
Funding bill is a victory for open access proponents.
Tech firms say Obama’s proposals fall short of expectations
Technology and telecom firms said the reforms President Obama laid out in his speech were a good first step but fell short of their hopes to significantly change the government’s vast surveillance program.
This 1 sentence sums up Obama’s entire NSA reform speech
Missed the address? Here's the only line you need.
How Paul Revere could have been outed as a ‘terrorist’ by metadata
The president just praised the intelligence gathering skills of Paul Revere. But if Redcoats had the ability to parse metadata, they probably would have caught him.
Everything you need to know about Obama’s NSA reforms, in plain English
Three changes that were bigger than anyone expected — and what's still left unsaid.
Thirty years ago today, Sandra Day O’Connor saved the future of video
The Supreme Court justice was the crucial swing vote in a case that changed the course of tech history.
The man behind those epically minimalist Star Wars Lego models
A Q&A; with the Lego mastermind behind the minimalist Lego Star Wars models.