privacy The DHS is buying a new database to store biometrics for 500 million people Cory Doctorow

Comics Fan outrage kills Marvel's deal to promote real-world arms-dealers in Avengers comics Cory Doctorow

News China's space solar station could generate more energy in one year than all Earth's remaining oil Ellsworth Toohey

News New images of US Defense Department's secret drone that looks like a UFO Allan Rose Hill

DRONES Footage of massive new underwater drone that looks like a manta ray (video) Allan Rose Hill

fbi FBI and Airforce in full riot gear raid home of Area 51 YouTube Mark Frauenfelder

Space International Space Station set to crash into Pacific Ocean, on purpose David Pescovitz

Space For sale: bottle of wine aged on the International Space Station David Pescovitz

astronomy One year from today, our knowledge of the cosmos could dramatically change (if all goes according to plan) Gareth Branwyn

swag Here are the freebies college football players will get for participating in bowl games this year John Struan

corruption Defense contractors gleefully report record earnings in divisions that bid on "classified" projects, the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget Cory Doctorow

Space NASA successfully tests crew ejection system for use in aborted launches Rob Beschizza

security HACKED: Perceptics, license plate reader provider for US Border Patrol at Mexico border Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook's security is like a "college campus," but they face threats like a "defense contractor" Cory Doctorow

Business America's CEOs and hedge funds are starving the nation's corporations to death Cory Doctorow

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space flight Virgin Galactic crash blamed on "single human error" Xeni Jardin