Tech New Archives

The FBI can listen to everything you say, even when the cell phone is turned off.

A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post. Read More »

Protests Begin Against Future Killer Robot Technology in UK

Autonomous weapons', which could be ready within a decade, pose grave risk to international law, claim activists Read More »

New Brain Implant Gives Rats 6th Sense Like Abilities

Scientists create 'sixth sense' brain implant to detect infrared light Read More »

UK planning broad online domestic spying regime

On Tuesday the British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee published the report outlining a massive, national surveillance program. Read More »

Mayor grounds Seattle police drone program

Mayor Mike McGinn said the department will not use two small drones it obtained through a federal grant. Read More »

DHS Looks To Install Microphones In “Urban Areas” That Can Listen to Conversations

“Gunshot detectors” could be used to eavesdrop on street chatter Read More »

5 Creepy New Ways for Police to Intrude on Your Rights

Handcuffs that give shocks? Mobile iris scan readers? Thanks to Homeland Security cash, police departments are stocking up on all kinds of creepy new technologies. Read More »

Lawmakers around the country proposing legislation to restrict drone use

Many Americans are likely unaware of the fact that drones are already being used in the United States. Read More »

Texas Judge Rules Schools Can Force RFID Chips on Students

One student, sophomore Andrea Hernandez, was suspended for refusing to wear the tracking device and took the matter to court. Read More »

Facebook Owned Instagram Takes Right To Sell Your Photos

In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. Oh, and there's no way to opt out. Read More »

Mayan End Date for CERN Largest Experiment Ever

CERN will be launching and running a series of collisions, which are predicted to break records in high voltage collisions. Read More »

2030- US Vision for Future Earth

Superhumans, supercities and supercomputers: US intelligence's vision of 2030 Read More »

Hackers Begin the Anonymous Project Mayhem?

Hackers Steal Data from Pentagon, NASA, Federal Reserve (Project Mayhem Video & Link to Stole Info) Read More »

'Eye in the Sky' Surveillance Tower Installed in NJ

Police Say New Technology Will Provide Officers Bird's-Eye View Of High-Crime Areas Read More »

Woman Arrested in NY Over Drone Satire

Last week the NYPD arrested Essam Attia, an artist who had designed and placed satirical posters dealing with the NYPD’s potential use of pilotless drone aircraft. Read More »