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Is Butte, Montana, the Davos of the Rockies?
Sitting squarely on the Continental Divide, the mining town of Butte routinely hosts a fair piece of the world's movers and shakers as it works to shift its gaze from one boom to another.
Freeze! WYD? Don’t you dare LOL!
It’s always fascinating to consider the ways new technologies are simultaneously helping and hurting us. Some disturbing evidence…
WikiLeaks Has Not Ushered in New Era of Transparency
Legal scholar Alasdair Roberts argues that any changes in government transparency wrought by the hordes of data revealed by WikiLeaks is more evolutionary than revolutionary.
Automotive Technology: Convenience vs. Privacy
The amazing new communication technologies in cars can greatly enhance the driving experience, but they may compromise privacy.
Researchers Examine Life Without Cellphones
With cellphones increasingly dominating every aspect of U.S. life, some researchers are wondering what happens when we go cold turkey.
Eyes Wide Open But Algorithms Wide Shut?
Adobe's laudable push for open government butts up against the difficulty that machines have sussing out what's in its products.