AT&T maintains a complete database of cell phone call records going back to 1987 for the US government to examine at will.

A study of 600 crop pests finds they have been spreading away from the equator at almost 2 miles a year, on the average.

The spread is not uniform. Some pests, in some regions, have spread hundreds of miles northward.

Explaining to Francois Hollande what it means to be Obama's new poodle.

Egypt is jamming al-Jazeera transmissions.

This is in addition to impeding al-Jazeera from broadcasting.

Facebook will no longer allow users to decline to let their names be used in advertisements. More than ever, Facebook is really Suckerberg.

In addition, Facebook secretly collects users' phone numbers. The article says it is not clear why. Perhaps it's a favor for the NSA.