With so many trains carrying oil in North America, it is no wonder that several explode every year.

Due to concentration of businesses, and unimpeded mergers, overall competition in the US has declined. This may hold back increases in employment and wages.

US citizens: urge your congresscritter to oppose the DARK Act, even nastier now — it would be a crime to label a product as GMO-free.

The autopsy confirms that teenager Mohammed Kasbeh was shot in the back by an Israeli officer, who then made a false report of the circumstances.

Hacking Team found and secretly exploited bugs in many programs, including one in Flash Player.

The crackers should not have published this information; they should have sent it to the developers so the bugs could have been fixed. Nonetheless, the users will be better off (on a time scale of a month or more) having these bugs leaked and fixed, than having them kept secret and exploited for a long time.