NSA performed over 61K hacking operations around the world, says whistleblower

Edward Snowden came out of hiding today to reveal that the NSA has performed thousands of hacking operations, hundreds of which were aimed at China.

Data-collecting ocean robots earn Liquid Robotics $45M in its fifth funding round

Liquid Robotics sent an autonomous wave-riding vehicle across the Pacific Ocean in 2012, and is now planning what to do with its $45 million fifth round of funding.

FCC points to rogue Google engineer over Street View Wi-Fi snooping

While Google got off easy over its Street View data mining case with the FCC — it was only charged a $25,000 fine for obstructing the agency — the full report of the investigation, released today by Google, raises new …

FCC closes case on Google Wi-Fi snooping but charges $25K fine for obstruction

The Federal Communications Commission has slapped Google with a $25,000 fine for obstructing the agency’s efforts to find out more about Google’s data collection practices, according to the New York Times.

Google has been in the government’s sights for years …