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Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process Glenn Greenwald

Obama and other NSA defenders insist there are robust limitations on surveillance but the documents show otherwise

Since we began began publishing stories about the NSA's massive domestic spying apparatus, various NSA defenders beginning with President Obama - have sought to assure the pub

Robot Dominates Air Hockey, Adapts To Opponents' Playing Style

colinneagle writes "Researchers at Chiba University in Japan have developed a robot that could frustrate teenagers worldwide with its impressive air hockey skills.

Hollywood has inured us to NSA-style surveillance

How did we get so complacent about agency eavesdropping? Movies have got us used to the sight of the human being as pixellated quarry, tracked by powerful technology

Last week's NSA leaks scandal had one scary side-story: a poll determining that a slim but clear majority of Americans weren'

Roundup of responses to the Snowden/NSAleaks

In the Guardian, an excellent roundup of the US and EU responses to the revelations from Edward Snowden's leaks about the extent of NSA dragnet spying on the Internet and phone networks:

On Capitol Hill, a group of US senators introduced a bill aimed at forcing the US federal government to

Anger mounts in Congress over US telephone surveillance programmes

After a closed-door briefing of the House of Representatives, politicians call for bipartisan response to 'spying on Americans'

Anger was mounting in Congress on Tuesday night as politicians, briefed for the first time on the US government's telephone surveillance programmes, called for an

Europe warns US: you must respect the privacy of our citizens

EU officials demand answers on what data snooping programmes entail and whether they breach human rights

European Union officials have demanded "swift and concrete answers" to their requests for assurances from the US that its mass data surveillance programmes do not breach the fundamental

NSA surveillance challenged in court as criticism grows over US data program

Civil liberties group accuses US government of running a program 'akin to snatching every American's address book'

The first constitutional challenge to the widespread surveillance of US citizens disclosed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden was laid down on Tuesday, as international pressu

Oakland Raiders: The 5 Games That Will Determine Oakland's Fate in 2013

With a whole slew of new faces—most of them younger and unproven—there aren't a whole lot of expectations this season. That said, there's a strange sense of hope and excitement hovering over the team thus far.

Obama administration under pressure as US senators demand end to secrecy

Senator Ron Wyden suggests US intelligence chief James Clapper may have misled him as international pressure builds

The Obama administration was facing renewed pressure over the secrecy of its surveillance programs, as a group of US senators demanded it reveal how it interprets the laws tha

US senators bid to force government to reveal secret surveillance rulings

Bill would compel government to disclose opinions of secret Fisa court whose judgments underpin US surveillance programs

A bipartisan group of eight senators will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would force the government to reveal how it interprets the laws underpinning the massive survei