While we're angry about Amazon, Starbucks, Google and more for appearing to dodge their UK tax responsibilities, US tax authorities have themselves an even bigger target, with Apple branded one of "America's largest tax avoiders." Read More >>
Just three months after hacks by China’s People’s Liberation Army came to an abrupt halt, the country is once again attacking US targets reports the New York Times. Read More >>
To no one's real surprise, the culprit behind all the hackings against the United States is the Chinese Army. Specifically, they're known as the 'Comment Crew' or 'Shanghai Group' (two rather non-intimidating names if you ask me) and they're in P.L.A. Unit 61398, a 12-story office tower located just outside of Shanghai. That little building is responsible for much of the cyber attacks against the US from China. Read More >>
It looks like the decade-long saga of Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who thoroughly pwned the Pentagon, is finally going to come to an end -- with him dancing off scot free. Read More >>
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"Thanks, but that's just utter bullshit. How can the UK Government even allow this kid to be extradited to the US for not breaking any UK law?! He shou..." More »
Real pilots? Please. The US Army's so intent on cutting costs that they've developed a system that lets helicopters fly themselves. Would I ever get in one? Hell to the no. Read More >>
American security laws could be used to override European privacy rules if data is held on international cloud servers, letting US agencies freely rifle through anything submitted to 'The Cloud'. Which is just about everything nowadays. Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"Please don't confuse me with a supporter of this, my original point was just that this is neither strange nor new. I do not believe that abuse of the ..." More »
Though we all know and love the Western world's arsenal of high-flying, hard-hitting drones, there are also different types of robot in the works. Read More >>
Featured comment by suicideneil:
"You'll notice the loud soundtrack played over the top of the video; these things sound like flying lawnmower so the enemy would hear them coming from ..." More »
An interview with a former US Air Force physicist has come up with the astonishing claim that America planned to set off a nuclear bomb on the Moon as the ultimate display of technical and military might. Read More >>
Featured comment by MonkeyTypes:
"There was. I bought my girlfriend at the time an acre of the moon, put the certificate in an envelope and taped the envelope to a cane. I gave it to h..." More »
There's all sorta knockoff crap that you can get from China nowadays: watches, clothes, and things that look vaguely like iPhones. Looks like the cloning factories are turning to a more sinister purpose, however, with China unveiling a new fleet of drones that look suspiciously similar to their American counterparts. Real question is, will Apple be able to sue them? Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"This thing is actually much closer to the Predator than the Reaper. Its little 100hp piston engine is thoroughly trounced by the 900hp turboprop in th..." More »
Richard O'Dwyer, one of the high-profile tech extradition cases the UK legal system has struggled to handle of late, has avoided US legal proceedings and the threat of jail time thanks to arranging a deal to visit the US voluntarily and pay a token amount of compensation. Read More >>
Featured comment by lc437:
"Google's revenue comes from adverts on legitimate services (their search engine, email web clients and such like). If Google was providing advertising..." More »
Theresa May, Home Secretary, has announced that she's going to block America's attempts to extradite the British hacker, Gary McKinnon, over charges of hacking into US military computers 10 years ago, in what was called the "biggest military computer hack of all time". Read More >>
Featured comment by Jammin500:
"see.. there's the attitude.. anyway your beautiful concept is not the same.. Theft and being nosy are different. If you where working on a new design ..." More »
Security footage broadcast by US network ABC News shows exactly what you might expect to happen to unattended laptops and iPads left lying about in airports -- they get bagsied by employees and taken home. Perk of the job, right? Read More >>
Featured comment by 10minuter:
"One of the reports said ABC went 30 miles away to Clermont Fl.
I wonder if Andy's wife who he tried to pin the blame on is
Milba A Ramirez who liv..." More »
While we tend to think of Julian Assange as an annoying sex pest who likes the sound of his own voice a little too much, the US has taken things to a whole new level by declaring him an Enemy of the State. Read More >>
Featured comment by elevenses:
"I did actually specify Very naughty boy to the US Govt' ;-)
I agree with you that war crimes are just not on, whether it's American soldiers pissin..." More »
It's invaded their countries, used deadly, invisible drones to blow them up and killed their leader, but now the US is really gonna hit Al-Qaeda where it hurts -- the internet forums. I can hear them quaking in their bomb-filled boots from here. Read More >>
The bizarre, global legal circus Samsung and Apple are conducting has broken new ground in the US, where a judge has granted Apple an injunction against Samsung, stopping it from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet over the latest set of patent claims. Read More >>
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