He's already served more than two years in prison on charges related to sources within the Anonymous hacktivist entity.

This promo video for the DJI drone the drug traffickers used clearly says it holds "almost 5 pounds of equipment," not 6 pounds of meth. Read the manual next time, dudes.

In Illinois, school districts are informing parents that a new law may mean that school officials can demand social media passwords of students if the kids are suspects in cases… Read the rest of the article: In Illinois, misbehaving students may be required to give teachers their Facebook passwords

New Republican chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee fighting to ensure that the 6,900-page report about the CIA's torture of terrorism suspects captured after 9/11 is never publicly released.

Activist and intel/security journalist Barrett Brown criticizes the government that wants to put him in jail for eight-and-a-half more years in his sentencing speech, while also expressing "sincere regret" for… Read the rest of the article: Read the statement Barrett Brown read to the court in his sentencing hearing

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Barrett Brown's sentencing hearing is taking place now behind closed court doors, as we publish this blog post.

"The Facebook" was in fact Facebook's original name.

Abdullah al-Kidd is a U.S. citizen who was arrested in 2003 and detained as a material witness in another case. He was innocent, and the government knew it.

Color us shocked.

"I recently captured this footage of blue whales from my paddle board with my GoPro," says Rich German.

Helicopter pilot Jonathan Benson has a pretty cool job, and captures video of it to share with the world. In this clip, he chases an off-road truck from a helicopter.… Read the rest of the article: Don't watch this helicopter car chase video if you're easily spooked.

Were it not for dedicated crate-digger and vinyl hoarder, Dori Hadar, his brilliant work might never have been seen.

What the hell did we just watch? And can we watch it again?

In just two months, Kelly will begin a year-long trip to space. "Good luck, Captain," said the President. "Make sure to Instagram it."

Here's a good rule of thumb: Any time a president says new tech laws are to protect "our kids," you know something bad is on the way.

Full of nail art win.

Just proves you never know what's gonna work in online dating.

Read his letter here. Obviously this whole thing proves the President is Santa Claus.

Guaranteed to pluck your happy-strings.