Beacon Hill sadly demonstrates that it is out touch with ordinary working families when it kills bills such as the one that would have driven down the costs of repairing a car. The House failed to take action on the so-called Right To Repair bill, which would give consumers a protected right to determine for themselves who they want to repair their vehicles.  

Thousands of Tufts University alumni have received letters over the past few days warning about a computer security breach that may have left Social Security numbers and other personal information exposed. Tufts University - Social Security number - Social Security - Personally identifiable information - Computer security

In the wake of revelations that the US military network was compromised in 2008, and that US digital interests are under a relative constant threat of attack, the Pentagon is establishing new cyber security initiatives to protect the Internet. The Pentagon strategy--which is part digital NATO, part digital civil defense, and part Big Brother--may ruffle some feathers and raise concerns that the ...

Two teams of computer scientists report vulnerabilities in computer-controlled braking and other automotive systems.