Over and over in the last 20 years we’ve watched low-cost or free internet communications platforms spring from the good intentions or social curiosity of tech folk. We’ve watched as these platforms expanded in power and significance, selling their influence
Jacob Shoemaker, an Ohio high school senior, was suspended for staying in the classroom during the National Walkout Day. (Carrie Carlyle) An Ohio high school student said he tried to stay apolitical during the National Walkout Day over gun violence
Carbon-free fusion power could be on the grid in 15 years The dream of nuclear fusion is on the brink of being realised, according to a major new US initiative that says it will put fusion power on the grid
(CNN)Fourth-grader Jerome Robinson was the bane of his young teacher’s career. Haley joined Teach for America to make a difference in a low-income school. She did not expect to encounter a tough boy like Jerome. She definitely did not plan
A plunge in U.S. stocks Monday cut the fortunes of the world’s 500 richest people by $114 billion as the optimism over tax cuts that fueled January’s gains gave way to worries about inflation. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett,
Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques likely affecting hundreds of millions of users and that Facebook looked the other way Hundreds of millions of Facebook users are likely to have had their private information harvested by companies that
The suspected serial bomber who killed two people and terrorized Austin, Texas, for three harrowing weeks was killed in a dramatic confrontation with police overnight Wednesday, authorities said. The suspect, identified by police early Wednesday as a 24-year old male,
Washington (CNN)Republican Senate candidate and former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio suggested that he would revive the debunked claim that President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is fraudulent if he’s elected to the Senate. “I don’t talk about it anymore, until
A Colorado couple who dreamed of a life sailing around the world had the wind taken out of their sails when their boat capsized nearly two days into their trip. (Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP) A couple’s plan for