Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Predator and Reaper program – aka drones – I wish I could ask them a few questions. I'd start with: "How many women and children have you seen incinerated by a Hellfire missile?" And: "How many men have you seen crawl…

No soft landing, no happy ending— we simply failed . It’s been a long four year journey, full of highs and lows. I am simultaneously incredibly proud, and incredibly disappointed. I’m incredibly proud

While investigating a hosting company known for sheltering child porn last year the FBI incidentally seized the entire e-mail database of a popular anonymous webmail service called TorMail. Now the FB

Sofia Liu, 6, was was struck and killed by a car in San Francisco on New Year's Eve. Christopher Dolan, a lawyer for the Liu family who provided the image, is expected to file suit against the driver of the vehicle and Uber. Travis Kalanick, chief executive of the on-demand transportation service…

China has in the past 30 years become the most urbanized country that has ever existed. More than 450 million Chinese - 1 in 25 people on the planet - live in cities. At least 160 Chinese cities have more than 1 million people, compared to nine in the United States.

Notion of an 'event horizon', from which nothing can escape, is incompatible with quantum theory, physicist claims. Access through your institution This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive…

Photo Marc Andreessen, a co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.Credit Keith Bedford/Reuters Editor’s note: Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has invested just under $50 million in Bitcoin-related start-ups. The firm is actively searching for more…

Marc Andreessen was a big part of turning the Web into a mainstream experience, but seems to misunderstand Bitcoin profoundly, writes Glenn Fleishman. Glenn Fleishman 12 min read· Jan 21, 2014 -- Update: Marc Andreessen has been ridiculously gracious on Twitter, responding to questions my article…

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IN my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I wanted more money for exactly the same reason an alcoholic needs another drink: I was addicted.…

Let me start this out by saying I didn’t “hack” something in the black hat Hackers way, but by finding a market inefficiency and leveraging it to my advantage. It must be the day trader in me. No harm was done to any computers or systems in the making of this post. TL;DR I booked a flight through…

Engineering 7 min read Four steps to building engaged engineering teams Engaged teams are the backbone of a healthy organization. Here are four lessons I’ve learned the hard way on about how to build

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Earlier this month, Bob McDonnell became former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. On Tuesday, he became indicted former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Just days after he left office, the Republican and and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, were charged in federal court with more than a dozen counts related to…

America Benefits From a Higher Minimum Wage — Here's the Proof Image Credit: The minimum wage debate was a hotly contested political topic last year and will continue to be so in 2014. This year, low-wage employee strikes and President Obama’s recent proposal to raise minimum wage to $10.10, has put…

An anecdote: I wanted to wear Google Glass during the birth of our second child. My wife was extremely unreceptive to this idea when I suggested it. Angry, even. But as we got a bit closer to the date

The morning of June 9, 2013, was surreal for the writers of "Person of Interest," the science-fictional CBS drama about government surveillance. Sixteen months earlier, they had written an episode about an N.S.A. whistle-blower-a fresh-faced, thirty-three-year-old analyst named Henry Peck.

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Email costs nothing more than the device we hold in our hand. As a result, we are deluged by messages. On Dec. 31, I had 46,315 unread emails in my inbox. On my first day back to work in the new year, I had zero. No, I didn’t spend two weeks replying to all those messages. I deleted them — without…

Jeff Jordan Consumer Investing Team About Jeff Jordan is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he serves on the boards of Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Codi, Incredible Health, Infinite Athlete, Foodology, Lookout, OfferUp, PrismsVR, Shef, and Wonderschool. He led the firm’s early investments in…

Dennis Crowley thought his 13-year dream might never come true. Crowley is the founder of Foursquare, the seminal social networking service that broadcasts your location across the net and serves you

phineasb: good read for hackers who want to be CEO from @fastcodesign. "don't be arrogant bastards and tell a story" http://t.co/BSiG0roJxR

1 / 18 blunderbuss-01 Independent security researcher Evan Booth wondered if it was possible for terrorists to craft deadly weapons using only items for sale at the duty free shops and newsstands beyo

At first I simply documented everything day by day. Press enter or click to view image in full size iPhone notes, I am a bit obsessive A few things that struck me on the first few days have come up over and over again and I will focus on these as in my opinion they’re the biggest failures.…

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The Congress has just ended one of the worst and least productive sessions in the history of our country. At a time when the problems facing us are monumental, Congress is dysfunctional and more and more people (especially the young) are, understandably, giving up on the political process. The…

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If you still can’t figure out what the heck a bitcoin is… Nik Custodio 6 min read· Dec 12, 2013 -- Press enter or click to view image in full size We’re sitting on a park bench. It’s a great day. I have one apple with me. I give it to you. You now have one apple and I have zero. That was simple,…

Editorial Seven months ago, the world began to learn the vast scope of the National Security Agency’s reach into the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the globe, as it collects information about their phone calls, their email messages, their friends and…

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