LONDON — In June, as the campaigns to Remain or Leave the European Union were at the final stage, Parliament overwhelmingly approved a bill that critics believe is the most intrusive piece of legislation on mass surveillance in the West. … Read More
LOS ANGELES — YouTube announced Wednesday that it has shelled out a total of $2 billion to more than 8,000 rights holders through its ContentID program. Content ID, launched in 2007, was designed to help rights holders, including music labels, … Read More
The Auschwitz Memorial has asked Pokémon Go gamers not to play the popular app on its premises, saying it is “disrespectful” and “not appropriate.” The game is now available in Germany, but not elsewhere in Europe. Some users have found a way … Read More
When Dallas police officers told their chief, David Brown, that they planned to attach an explosive to a remote-controlled robot and kill the man who they believed had fatally shot five officers on Thursday night, he gave his approval, and … Read More
It took augmented reality game Pokémon Go just a few days to become a global phenomenon, draw in hundreds of millions of users and leap over established services such as Tinder like it was nothing. Even more impressive? The game … Read More
The FBI has quietly been collecting iris scans from 434,000 people over the last three years during a “pilot program” involving multiple police departments, the Pentagon and U.S. border patrol, according to a report published Tuesday on The Verge. The … Read More
Politics and current events managed to find their way into Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego when a quartet singing “O Canada” changed some lyrics and injected the phrase “all lives matter.” The backlash was swift … Read More
New Zealand will never stop showing off its natural beauty. Ever since Crowded House soundtracked those “100% Pure New Zealand” ads in the early-2000s, the country has been dazzling audiences with its awe-inspiring mountains and scenery. The country’s pretty, we get … Read More
The Faroe Islands are a remote archipelago to the northwest of Scotland, and while less than 50,000 people live there, more than 70,000 sheep call it home. The local tourist body, Visit Faroe Islands, decided to put their wooly friends to good use. … Read More
The year is 2003. The San Antonio Spurs have just beaten Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. The Spurs feature a dynamic 21-year-old point guard named Tony Parker, but Kidd is the best pure point … Read More