The National Security Agency has made repeated attempts to develop attacks against people using Tor, a popular tool designed to protect online anonymity, despite the fact the software is primarily funded and promoted by the US government itself.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday demanded that federal officials abandon their challenge of his state's voucher system, accusing the Justice Department of being more interested in doing favors for teacher unions than helping students.

But they’re cynical about the priorities of others at the same time.

A meat inspection program the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to roll out in pork plants nationwide is not stopping the production of contaminated meat, The Washington Post found. The program is designed to speed meat processing lines.

The world's largest solar-powered boat has docked on the banks of the Seine River, its final port of call after a three-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to study how the Gulf Stream and climate change could influence each other.

Consumer electronics companies and chipmakers aren't the only players entering the wearable tech space, Nissan is joining the fray too, with what it alleges is the first smart watch to connect the car and driver.

A tour of the late '90s, when N'Sync was n'style and phones like Nokia's were the status symbol of the moment

Physicists have devised a new experiment to test if the universe is a computer. A philosophical thought experiment has long held that it is more likely than not that we're living inside a machine.

The only mass-produced amphibious passenger car sold between 1962 and 1967. That's around the time many current owners, mainly middle-aged men, spotted the cars when they were still children and fell in love.

Since shuttering his email service, which was used by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Ladar Levison has been stuck in a Kafkaesque legal battle – and that's about all he can say

When it comes to getting preschoolers to share their toys, a new study finds that giving them a choice to share, rather than a reward, helps them share more with others in the future.

A White House spokesman on Wednesday said the United States is "deeply concerned" about reports of chemical weapons attacks in Syria and is calling on the United Nations to "urgently investigate" the matter.

North Korea is experiencing an epidemic of the drug crystal meth, or methamphetamine, according to a new study.

Americans overseas are increasingly questioning whether to renounce their citizenship as the U.S. government cracks down on tax evaders.

Throughout history, the most successful criminals have been those clever and audacious enough to exploit a previously unknown vulnerability and steal loot in such a way that no one knew it was missing.

Justin Engler and Paul Vines will demo a robot called the Robotic Reconfigurable Button Basher (R2B2) at Defcon; it can work its way through every numeric screen-lock Android password in 19 hours.

Chipotle appeared to be the latest brand to have its Twitter account hacked on Sunday when its main account, @ChipotleTweets, posted a series of confusing and seemingly random tweets over the course of an hour. Now, the company has come forward and a ...

Despite its snooping prowess, the agency tells ProPublica its system is too "antiquated and archaic" to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich caused quite a stir last week by pulling their music off Spotify, demanding that the service pay more to up-and-coming musicians. The thing is, however, that Spotify is already losing money hand over fist, despite expandi ...

Amazon is becoming a force in the booming business of cloud computing.