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THE LEDE: Netflix is taking up the once-unpopular position that the federal government should consider regulating Internet providers like it regulates traditional telephone companies, despite the ...

"I submitted a FOIA and it basically destroyed my entire career," Scudder said. "What was this whole exercise for?" The CIA declined to comment on Scudder's case, citing privacy restrictions and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Journalist Glenn Greenwald defended the value of digital privacy and slammed those who dismiss its importance during a stop on his national book tour Thursday. "We all need places ...

Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts wrote on June 25th that real US GDP growth for the first quarter of 2014 was a negative 2.9%, off by 5.5% from the positive 2.6% predicted by ...

Memo: From Nick HanauerTo: My Fellow ZillionairesYou probably don’t know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded

Imagine yourself in a bar where a pickpocket takes money out of your wallet and with it buys you a glass of chardonnay. Although you would have preferred a pinot noir, you decide not to look that ...

MONTREAL-A group of academics and activists is trying to drum up interest in an ambitious plan to provide every Canadian with a guaranteed minimum level of income, whether or not they have a job ...

The news: Academics and activists are floating around an ambitious plan to guarantee a national income level of 20,000 Canadian dollars (around $18,750) - replacing social welfare programs entirely

I promise this is about Star Trek. Sort of. Bear with me a moment. I've been reading a lot about robots lately. When I read about robots, and the future, I can't help but think about it in economic

Unless you've spent the last couple of days in a Faraday pouch under a rock, you've heard about Facebook's controversial 'emotion manipulation' study. Facebook data scientist Adam Kramer ran an ...