The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an F.B.I. plan for an overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate by Internet rather than phone. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Ontario is on the verge of becoming the first industrial region in North America to eliminate all coal-fired electrical generation. Here’s how Canada’s most populous province did it – and what the US can learn from it. Original post on csmonitor.com Comments on reddit.com
Cenk Uygur sits down with former President Jimmy Carter to talk about the Carter Center and its work to wipe out the Guinea worm, a water parasite that affects many impoverished countries. Original post on current.com Comments on reddit.com
A petition pleading for President Barack Obama to push back on a decision that made unlocking cellphones illegal will receive an official response from the White House. With two days to spare, the… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Greg Sandoval said The Verge had given him a Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Amazon has just announced a new service called Amazon AutoRip, which gives customers free digital copies of any CD they purchase directly from the company. However, the new feature doesn’t just… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
The European Parliament has come out against changes that could expand the UN International Telecommunication Union’s oversight of the internet. A newly issued resolution warns that “the ITU, or… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers have underestimated the strength of gravitational waves, which means they ought to be able to see them now, say astrophysicists Original post on technologyreview.com Comments on reddit.com
(Reuters) – Major food and seed companies appear to be on the verge of defeating a California ballot initiative that, if passed on Tuesday, would create the first labeling requirement for genetically modified Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Microsoft is working towards retiring its Windows Live Messenger client in favor of Skype. The Verge has learned through several sources that Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger service will be… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Windows 8 is a rebirth, a “reimagining” of Windows and the entire Microsoft brand. It’s also the single riskiest project that Microsoft has ever embarked upon — a bet from Redmond that users… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Skitch is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you capture, edit and markup your screen captures and images with shapes and comments. Available for Mac and Android. Original post on skitch.com Comments on reddit.com
At the genesis of the smart phone era, the term “smart phone” was immediately attached to the BlackBerry. The terms became synonymous. It was the Original post on rt.com Comments on digg.com
After drilling for two decades through more than two miles of ice, Russian scientists are on the verge of entering Antarctica’s huge, unexplored and pristine Lake Vostok. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Eastman Kodak is on the verge of bankruptcy, and not just because film is dying. More