(This text in Swedish) The Pirate Party does not want to abolish copyright; we want to reform it. This is why and how. Today’s copyright laws are out balance, and out of tune with the times. …

Boeing is working on new software for the 737 Max that will use a second flight control computer to make the system more reliable, solving a problem that surfaced in June with the grounded jet, two people briefed on the matter said Friday. When finished,…

By Geoff Roberts

Brazil has the power to save Earth’s greatest forest—or destroy it

Background Several past studies have found that media reports of suicides and homicides appear to subsequently increase the incidence of similar events in the community, apparently due to the coverage planting the seeds of ideation in at-risk individuals…

The Allies saved thousands of lives by embracing the artistry of war.

It was inventor Franky Zapata's second attempt to fly the 22 miles on his jet-powered craft.

Yesterday, I wrote about science publishing profiteer Elsevier’s legal threats against Citationsy, in which the company claimed that the mere act of linking to Sci-Hub (an illegal open-access…

As seems to be happening annually, due to a short summer lull, we decided to combine the June and July Progress Reports. As you may have noticed, we're a few days into August at this point and things ended up running a bit late. That's actually a consequence…

The decision to delay a $10 billion computing contract for which Amazon was the favorite reflected both opposition from President Trump and an aggressive campaign by an industry rival.

We didn’t start the fire

Class-action lawsuit filed in California against Capital One... and GitHub???