The debate over online anonymity, and all the whistleblowers, trolls, anarchists, journalists and political dissidents it enables, is messy enough. It doesn't need the US government making up bogus statistics about how much that anonymity facilitat
On that fateful day in 1994, Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were seated side by side on the set of The Today Show, attempting to sort out the translation of the "@" symbol.
Osiris Aristy posted what police consider threatening text and digital cartoon images or emoji on Facebook. He was arrested for terroristic threats as well as criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of drugs and criminal possession of marijuana
As the saga of the Silk Road has unfolded over the last four years, everyone has had an opinion about the unprecedented, billion-dollar online narcotics bazaar, from press to politicians to prosecutors.
Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Michael O'Rielly criticized recent calls from the White House for the commission to begin federal regulation of Internet services.
Silk Road, for its more than two and a half years online, was an unprecedented online narcotics emporium. But according to a journal found on the laptop of its alleged creator Ross Ulbricht, Ulbricht wanted it to be even more: a "brand" that exte
Last week's arrest of a man alleged to help run the Silk Road 2.0 online drug bazaar has touched off speculation he was identified using a controversial attack that for six months last year systematically worked to deanonymize users
a male and female agent started an argument in San Francisco's Glen Park public library, to get Ulbricht's attention. As soon as Ulbricht was distracted, another agent grabbed the open computer and gave it to Kiernan, who is an FBI computer speciali
The app is designed to function as a streamlined tool for using smart contracts to commit pledges to particular projects, which can range from bitcoin development initiatives to charity drives. Currently, the only project available for Lighthouse is
Forrest said she was going to strike much of Thursday's questioning about Der-Yeghiayan's "suspicions" about Karpeles from the record. Dratel complained vociferously.
"Now I have to go back and reconstruct," complained Dratel. "I'm not sure I can
When Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said the tech giant might bring 10 gigabits per second internet connections to American homes, it seemed like science fiction.
At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science -- without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money).
The trial of the alleged mastermind behind the world's biggest online drugs marketplace continued Wednesday with testimony from a Homeland Security agent who went undercover to bring down the site back in 2012.
Boehner at a press conference in Pennsylvania on Thursday where he and Republican colleagues are meeting to discuss items on this year's legislative agenda, including reauthorizing the surveillance law known as FISA.
By John Bush DHS agent Deryeghiayan at one point suspected disgraced Mt GOX CEO, Mark Karpeles, and his right hand man, Ashley Barr, of being the masterminds behind Silk Road. He went so far as to sign an affidavit stating he had probable cause to g
For the past year, the FBI and federal prosecutors have told and retold the story of how Ross Ulbricht created, owned and operated the massive, anonymous online drug empire known as the Silk Road.
Watch exclusive Silk Road Trial video updates from John Bush of SovereignBTC podcast. 95% of fees go to support Free Ross Legal Defense Fund. Use your Bitcoin app on your phone to scan the QR code to video.
New research has found that computers can "judge" personality traits far more precisely than previously thought. The study found that it is possible for computers to draw inferences about a person as accurately as their spouse can. Even then, the jud
Obama will urge the Federal Communications Commission to strike down state laws around the country that restrict the ability of cities to build their own broadband networks. The move is likely to draw fire from Republicans,
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