How the U.S. requests user data from Google

Dec 23, 2015
A transparency report shows how the company gets data requests from the government.

Where data and drugs intersect

Nov 13, 2015
Lizzie recorded this conversation onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival.

Weather information is big business

Oct 28, 2015
IBM bids for data from Weather.com. Companies need this information, too.

GDP revisions — Who cares? Why bother?

Sep 25, 2015
Growth estimates are tweaked twice, but the markets have long-since digested that old news.

Encryption and privacy are priorities for tech firms

Sep 9, 2015
Microsoft, Apple fight in court to protect emails abroad and mobile devices.

Ashley Madison user information leaks

Aug 19, 2015
The myth of privacy on the Web has been exploded once and for all.

Could those OPM hacks lead to security updates?

Jul 16, 2015
Some officials affected by the breach have the power to budget for improvements.
Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta resigned after the hack. She testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about the OPM data breach in June, above.
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For public good, not for profit.

The economics.... of sleep?

Jul 16, 2015
'Early to bed, early to rise' really does have a wealth effect, researchers find.

In police killings, numbers are scarce or inaccurate

May 15, 2015
Why is it so hard to get these life and death numbers?

What's the hang-up with collecting phone data?

May 15, 2015
We put the spy practice through a cost-benefit analysis.