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Weekly E-book: Seeing Ourselves Through Technology
Jill Rettberg explores the meaning of Instagram filters, smartphone apps that write diaries for you, and the ways in which governments and commercial entities create their own representations of people from the digital traces they leave behind as they go through their lives.
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No Spin Zone
Telescopes are now discovering Earth-size planets throughout the galaxy, but an astronomer at Berkeley explains why that doesn’t mean they are habitable. Eric Petigura writes.
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President Obama urges Congress to pass a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against ISIL
President Obama uses his State of the Union address to urge military action against ISIL. But there are problems.
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“I have a very important story for you.” – John Murphy Among the Yezidi
John Murphy listens to the stories from his Yezidi companions and finds a common theme.
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Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie That You Can’t Kill
An online advertising clearinghouse relied on by Google, Yahoo and Facebook is using controversial cookies that come back from the dead to track the web surfing of Verizon customers.
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Eight reports show: After Citizens United, Big Money dominates politics
A handful of deep-pocketed donors gets to determine who runs for office, what issues make it onto the agenda, and too frequently, who wins. Deirdre Fulton reports.
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The FBI Expands Its Surveillance Powers
The FBI is using controversial FISA amendments and information collected by the NSA to expand its surveillance powers, a DOJ report found. Nadia Prupis reports.
