NSA Broke The Law

Just a quick headline, but a federal court ruled that the NSA went too far when it collected phone metadata. Continue reading →

Data That Matters April 2015

Antarctica sets a new temperature record of 63.5F. California’s snowpack is at 6% of normal. Since 1870, sea level has Continue reading →

Upload Your Brain

Uploading your brain was an element in science fiction, but it is coming closer to reality. Some think it can’t Continue reading →

Flash Crashes Are Ridiculously Easy

The flash crash in 2010 gutted the stock market within minutes. The simple story recently revealed is that a trader Continue reading →

You Only Thought You Owned It

John Deere and other manufacturers are now claiming that consumers can no longer buy their products to use as they want. Continue reading →

Argentina Fights Federal Debt

Argentina has found itself the target of predatory lenders. The concern was that a sovereign nation would find itself at Continue reading →

Drug Cartels React To Legal Marijuana

Legal liquor helped put Al Capone and bootleggers out of business. Legal marijuana may help put drug cartels out of Continue reading →

Autonomous Cars Mean Fewer Cops

The preliminary data are encouraging and debatable but autonomous cars may dramatically reduce accidents (~90%) and certainly won’t break the Continue reading →