Feds accuse T-Mobile of massive scam
Kate Tummarello - 07/01/14 02:15 PM EDT
Regulators say the company reaped millions of dollars from unauthorized text messages.
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DOT chief defends FAA's drone testing progress
Keith Laing - 07/01/14 11:45 AM EDT
The agency faces a September 2015 deadline set by Congress.
Leahy: Net neutrality is online ‘Bill of Rights’
Kate Tummarello - 07/01/14 10:35 AM EDT
Leahy is raising pressure on regulators to keep net neutrality rules.
Supreme Court passes on Google privacy case
Julian Hattem - 07/01/14 09:18 AM EDT
As a result, a lawsuit against the Web giant will proceed in a lower court.
Revealed: Feds searched thousands of times for data on Americans
Kate Tummarello - 06/30/14 06:29 PM EDT
But intelligence officials denied conducting "backdoor searches" of communications.
California legalizes bitcoin
Kate Tummarello - 06/30/14 04:02 PM EDT
Virtual currency bitcoin is now legal in California.
Senators slam agency report on NSA spying
Kate Tummarello - 06/30/14 02:40 PM EDT
Sen. Al Franken said the information disclosed still leaves Americans "in the dark."
NSA director: The sky isn't falling after Snowden's leaks
Rebecca Shabad - 06/30/14 08:50 AM EDT
New director acknowledges terrorists have changed behavior since leaks.
FCC moves to caption the Web
Kate Tummarello - 06/29/14 06:00 AM EDT
FCC wants to require captions on all online video clips from TV programs.
Privacy board to tackle spying programs
Julian Hattem - 06/27/14 05:56 PM EDT
The board previously said the NSA's phone records collection program was illegal.
Thousands targeted by spying orders
Julian Hattem - 06/27/14 12:48 PM EDT
The U.S. went after the communications of nearly 90,000 foreign targets last year.
GAO calls for increased oversight of bitcoin
Julian Hattem - 06/27/14 09:11 AM EDT
Consumer protection has been neglected, says the Government Accountability Office.
Lew says cybersecurity on agenda for US-China talks
Vicki Needham - 07/01/14 11:47 AM EDT
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Tuesday that he will continue to press China toward changing it...
Dems take net neutrality message on the road
Julian Hattem - 07/01/14 11:44 AM EDT
Congressional Democrats took their support for new Internet regulations back home to Vermont.
Aereo looks for eleventh-hour help from Congress
Julian Hattem - 07/01/14 10:29 AM EDT
Chief executive Chet Kanojia asked supporters to “raise your hands and make your voices heard.”
Report: NSA received broader authority for overseas intelligence
Rebecca Shabad - 07/01/14 08:28 AM EDT
The Washington Post obtained documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
FAA in danger of missing drone deadline
Keith Laing - 06/30/14 05:48 PM EDT
Congress set a deadline for the agency to expand drone use by 2015.
Backlash to patent pick tests the White House
Kate Tummarello - 06/30/14 04:02 PM EDT
Tech industry groups are openly resisting the possible nomination of Phil Johnson.
Facebook manipulated over 600K users for psych experiment
Kate Tummarello - 06/30/14 10:13 AM EDT
Facebook manipulated users’ experiences for a new academic study.
Tech takes hit from NSA
Julian Hattem - 06/30/14 06:00 AM EDT
Smaller tech companies say they’re losing business because of privacy perceptions.
Aereo to subscribers: We're taking 'a pause'
Bernie Becker - 06/28/14 11:40 AM EDT
Supreme Court ruled this week that the streaming TV company Aereo's operations were illegal.
Privacy groups grade lawmakers on NSA votes
Kate Tummarello - 06/27/14 04:22 PM EDT
The groups included the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reddit and the Sunlight Foundation.
Dems back FCC chief in local Internet push
Kate Tummarello - 06/27/14 12:18 PM EDT
Republicans have said the plan involves disregarding state laws.
Privacy groups oppose new Senate cyber bill
Kate Tummarello - 06/26/14 06:32 PM EDT
A coalition of privacy advocates have come out against a new Senate cybersecurity bill that critics...
