Photographs of the dead in the past...

The spread of computing to every corner of our physical world doesn't just mean a proliferation of screens large and small—it also means we'll soon come to rely on mobile computers with no screens at all. "It's now so inexpensive ...

Community members were outraged at what they believed was a lack of response by Detroit Police and on Monday took matters into their own hands. The community beat the accused rapist with a baseball bat...

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, has changed his mind and now supports medical marijuana. His shift from con to pro came with a lengthy apology. "We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the Unit ...

Rob Malda, the founder of Slashdot and now an employee at WaPo Labs, weighs in on the future of news and why nerds distrust authority.

It’s been bubbling for some time, but the controversy over Russia’s draconian “gay propaganda” law has now boiled over.Last week, Russia’s Sports Minister confirmed that the country intends to enforce its laws against visiting LGBT athletes, trainers ...

Dove Canada created a brilliant anti-retouch campaign by way of a Trojan horse disguised as a Photoshop effect.

US regulators have reportedly been handed evidence that traders at some of the world's biggest banks manipulated a key rate for derivatives, pocketing millions at the expense of pension funds in the process.

We have seen countless headlines of wrongful arrests, innocent people or pets being injured or killed, and a disproportionate amount of young minorities being incarcerated in the name of this failed war. Just when you think that the headlines cannot ...

We've adopted content management systems. Are design management systems next?

An NSA tool called DNI Presenter, used to read the content of stored emails, also enables an analyst using XKeyscore to read the content of Facebook chats or private messages. An analyst can monitor such Facebook chats by entering the Facebook user n ...

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A string of robberies by people "dressed as police" led the people of Detroit to believe there were "fake cops" out robbing people at gunpoint, it turns out they were "not fake after all,"

When ISPs and video providers fight over money, Internet users suffer.

President Obama has repeatedly said the U.S. is targeting Al Qaeda and “associated forces.” But the government won’t say who those forces are.

A team of researchers at the University of Texas were able to take control of the navigation system aboard an $80 million, 210-foot super-yacht in the Mediterranean Sea using a laptop, a small antenna and an electronic GPS spoofer built for $3,000...

Several cities have been experimenting with a computer program that predicts where crimes are likely to occur. But the software has raised unanswered questions about whether it's appropriate for police to stop people based on computer modeling.

Why remain silent if they can just read your mind?

Imprisoned for pooping. Really. A Maine man gets a week in jail for a terrible No. 2 -- the ruling is a must-read...

This week prime minister David Cameron announced further details of his crusade to have adult material censored in the UK. It's a controversial topic for a number of reasons, with even those unconcerned about losing access to porn wondering what ...