Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2008
Cell-phone footage shot by a doctor in a makeshift morgue in Azizabad, Afghanistan, showing rows of dead Afghan civilians, including several children, has led to a renewed inquiry into an American-led airstrike that occurred on Aug. 22. American officials had previously insisted that only seven civilians had been killed in the attack, but they're now having to face the possibility that the actual figure could be as high as 90. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Fisk / TruthdigJul 4, 2008
Three bodies lie beside a Baghdad street on a blindingly hot day. The one on the right is dressed in a white shirt and bright green trousers, his hands tied behind his back. Two others on the left lie shoeless, both dressed in check shirts, dumped -- how easily we use that word of Baghdad's corpses -- on a yard of dirt and bags of garbage. They, too, of course, are now garbage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2008
Be it through changes in cell phone restrictions or proposed legislation recognizing same-sex unions and transgender rights, Cuba's political future is looking up for many of its citizens . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 25, 2008
There's a new kind of addiction out there, to which many of us are currently vulnerable, and from which some of us may be suffering right this moment: According to one Dr. Jerald Block, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry, excessive e-mailing and text messaging could be a form of mental illness. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2007
Not to be deterred by new developments in digital technology, the FBI laid the groundwork for its current DCSNet (Digital Collection System Network) wiretapping system during the Clinton years, allowing agents to just point 'n' click their way into the nation's land lines, cell phones and Internet telephony networks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 17, 2006
Researchers from the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology have found that cell phone use does not increase the risk of cancer. The study looked at more than 420,000 cell users, some 56,000 of whom had used a mobile phone for more than 10 years. (h/t: Engadget Mobile) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 15, 2006
Driving while talking on your cell cuts by half the brain's ability to recognize and respond to traffic conditions, according to a study. Says a researcher: "Twentysomethings on a cellphone have the same reaction time as 70-year-olds." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 17, 2006
PayPal will now allow users to buy goods and exchange money using their cell phones.
Sweet! It's been getting far too hard to blow money on impulse items in recent years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 30, 2006
Despite widespread public disapproval of the move, the FCC plans to allow companies to provide cellphone service on airplanes
You may remember the FCC: It's the one that got so bent out of shape about Janet Jackson's breast Seems the agency is continuously looking out for our best interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 27, 2006
Fresh off the controversy over companies selling your private phone records to third parties, UK companies will now track a user based on a cellphone signal. And a BBC reporter learns that it's ridiculously easy to evade the companies' abuse safeguards. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 23, 2006
Illinois becomes the first state to bring suit against companies that sell logs of private phone calls. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2006
Rejoice! With bids coming in to wire New York's subway stations, you'll never have to miss a fascinating discussion about someone's dinner plans, or their stomachache, or whatever else they choose to spew on their captive audiences. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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