Microsoft: 2 Percent of Police Requests Get Customer Email, Other Content (via slashdot)In its second announcement of the kind, Microsoft revealed today that it received more than 37,000 requests for information on customers of its Skype, Azure and other services from law enforcement agencies around the world. The count does not include…
Pew: 15 Percent of Americans Avoiding Internet (via slashdot)This could be hard to believe for Americans equipped with at least three Internet-ready gadgets at any given moment, but 15 percent of their fellow citizens do not use the Internet or email, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American…
Facebook Updates Graph Search: Check Your Privacy Settings (via slashdot)Facebook has updated Graph Search with new features, including the ability to search through friends’ posts, status updates, captions, check-ins and comments. New, viable search terms could include “My posts from October 2012” and “Posts by…
Toxins in Our Blood (via Moyers & Company)In this 2001 Moyers Moment from Bill’s documentary Trade Secrets, Bill examines the many chemicals that have been introduced into our environment over the last few decades. To find out just how pervasive these chemicals were, Bill volunteered to get…
How the pope's statements on abortion, gays reflect his Latin American roots (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor)Pope Francis talks with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.(Claudio Peri/AP) Six months into his papacy, Pope Francis delivered a blunt message to the church: Stop obsessively preaching…
How the pope's statements on abortion, gays reflect his Latin American roots (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor)Pope Francis talks with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.(Claudio Peri/AP) Six months into his papacy, Pope Francis delivered a blunt message to the church: Stop obsessively preaching…
Why do people want to eat babies? Scientists explain. (via The Christian Science Monitor)This delicious-looking infant is wearing a onesie from J. Crew's new baby collection.(J. Crew/AP) If you're like most normal people, you've briefly considered eating a baby or two. Not literally, of course. That would make us no better than hamsters…
