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Homeless ‘Journeyman Hacker’ Launches Eco-Friendly Mobile ...

December 10, 2013 no comments

Leo Grand, by his own admission, didn’t know the first thing about computer programming four months ago. The 37-year-old man was living on the streets of New York City in late August, when a co...

Careful, Hunters: PETA’s Drones May Be Watching You

October 24, 2013 no comments

Animal rights activists are promoting a new way to make sure game hunters don’t break the rules — but the tool itself may not be legal. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has in...

White House Security Official Fired Over Controversial Tweets

October 24, 2013 no comments

An official on the White House’s National Security Council was fired last week after he was uncovered as the person behind the now-defunct Twitter handle @NatSecWonk. The Daily Beast first repo...

Top 10 Countries With the Most Digital Natives

October 21, 2013 no comments

China is home to the world’s largest population of digital natives, totaling more than 75 million people — that’s almost twice as many as the U.S., which has more than 41 million. India a...

Drones vs. Government: Who Owns America’s Skies?

October 18, 2013 no comments

The Federal Aviation Administration is suing a man for selling footage he captured while piloting his remote control drone in a case that could decide the future of personal and commercial drone use ...

NASA Launches Instagram Account

September 10, 2013 no comments

One small step on a social media platform is one giant leap for Instagram. That’s because NASA launched an official Instagram account on Friday — a social profile it says will “take its f...