US school departments' web sites not only fail to have the most basic protection outside against snooping on the visitors, they even host surveillance advertising themselves.

However, the recommendations would eliminate only the most gross violations of students' privacy, which would continue to be threatened by the schools' own data collection.

The MPEG patent-rent standard organization seems to think its days are doomed. Video compression formats that are protected by patent pacts are replacing MPEG standards.

Berlin made 8000 more apartments available by restricting Airbnb usage and discouraging speculation.

Other cities plagued by speculation in housing should do likewise.

A US court ruled that Florida's scheme for disenfranchising ex-cons is unconstitutional.

The Koch brothers's next target is the public schools of the US.

They want to replace these with private schools that take public voucher money for profit, and do a bad job for students.