"Unfortunately, the positive effects will be minor at best; the real issue is not addressed."

"President Obama's War on Hackers is a bad thing, creating a Cyber Police State," writes Errata Security's Rob Graham in a Wired op-ed. "The current laws already overcriminalize innocent actions… Read the rest of the article: Obama is waging a war on hackers

What could go wrong?

A White House rep says new legislation is not necessary to settle "net neutrality" rules because the FCC had the authority to write them.

A rundown of our top stories this week.

"That's a mighty big plume for an 18-inch tall rocket!"

Uber does a better job at gathering this sort of social intelligence than any government entity, but city governments would love to have access. And soon, they will.

After a string of scandals and security lapses, at least five senior officials in the US Secret Service are headed out the door.

The government has a way of harming digital civil liberties in purported efforts to protect against cybermonsters.

A Chinese woman working as an assistant to a German news organization has been detained for more than 12 weeks.

"Since that glorious 'free speech' march, France has reportedly opened 54 criminal cases for "condoning terrorism," writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. The Associated Press today reported "France ordered prosecutors… Read the rest of the article: Greenwald: Since glorious "free speech" march, France has opened 54 criminal cases for "condoning terrorism."

I have a hard time with this decision sometimes, too.

What needs to be said? Not much.

I don't know, but it seems to me like it was retouched a bit too much. The Bieb looks like a sensory homonculus.

Martin Pistorius is a South African man who lived for more than ten years trapped inside his own body, being forced to watch "Barney" on TV inside a care facility.

In these hidden murals that come to life under blacklight, artist Bogi Fabian says she wants to create "dreamful atmospheres" that allow people in these spaces to experience the art… Read the rest of the article: These 'invisible' bedroom murals come to glowing life in ultraviolet light

In a video shot on his 95th birthday, he said he hoped to live to 100. He did.

Comet Lovejoy is flying through our inner solar system for the first time in more than 11,000 years.

Rivers of melting glacier ice that flow over Greenland's frozen surface may be contributing as much to global sea level rise as all other processes that drain water from the melting ice sheet combined.

http://youtu.be/EbazdZ4erl0 This video is four years old, and the 16-month-old kid in the video is now more than 5 years old. Wonder how his reading and comprehension continued to evolve!