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By Mark Hosenball and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The debate over whether the government is violating citizens’ privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities...

IT security firm Kaspersky claims it has discovered the "most sophisticated" Android trojan yet Identified by Kaspersky as "Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a," the mobile menace can send SMS to premium-rate numbers, download other malware and install them...

By Emma Bryce, The Guardian
Lion burgers sold in America are nothing more than a gimmick, but there’s no telling how the fad might impact wild cats
In America over the past few months, a battle has been raging over big cat burgers.

Pope Francis joked about the difficulties of being head of the world’s Catholics, saying he never wanted the job, on Friday in unscripted comments in which he also said he had turned down luxury Vatican housing because it would be “boring”.

Smartphone owners are now a solid majority of U.S. mobile subscribers at 61% according to Nielsen. Smartphones became the dominant mobile device in the U.S.

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Exclusive: Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI
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Lostutter first got involved in Anonymous about a year ago, after watching the documentary We Are Legion.

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $39 billion Department of Homeland Security spending bill for next fiscal year that would boost its funding by nearly $1 billion, shifting deeper cuts into other domestic agencies.

The Wall Street Journal report does not identify the credit card companies involved in NSA monitoring.

If you asked 100 people whether they'd rather be in jail or on house arrest, there's a strong possibility that all 100 would prefer the confines of their own home over the Big House. However, there will be always exceptions to the rule.

Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert delved into revelations that the National Security Agency has been routinely spying on everyday Americans, conducting wholesale data-mining operations by prying into the private...

PETA's newest spokeswoman wears fur — and the animal advocacy group is totally cool with it.
Lil Bub has taken on the role of PETA spokescat, promoting animal adoption, spaying and neutering.

The US economy added a modest 175,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department announced Friday, dispelling some worries that job creation had slumped in the spring.
The unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage points to 7.6 percent.

Coca-Cola, which recently introduced a can that splits in two, is messing with its bottle design as well.

President Barack Obama thinks American students aren't connected enough, and that access to faster Internet connections and technologies is crucial in today's schools.

Two different versions of the PRISM scandal were emerging on Thursday with Silicon Valley executives denying all knowledge of the top secret program that gives the National Security Agency direct access to the internet giants’ servers.

Kristin Beck, a former member of Navy SEAL Team 6, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday night that she feared being killed if she revealed her gender identity.

If you're still not feeling queasy after reading Thursday's revelations about the National Security Agency tapping Internet records, you're probably not paying close enough attention In short: a leaked intelligence presentation, verified by...