Tech Companies Boost Their Efforts to Stave Off Spy Agencies

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2014 Tech companies are in a new race to make it harder for spy agencies around the world, such as the NSA in the U.S., to access their customers' data. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Rich Aim to Ban People From Sleeping in Cars Because It Disturbs Their Delicate Sensibilities

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 There are some truly insensitive morons in the United States and the government is pandering to them, as usual. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Can the Internet Democratize Capitalism?

By Yanis Varoufakis Feb 22, 2014 Democracy requires a great deal more than "leveling" It requires political institutions that enable the economically weak to have a decisive say on policy against the interests of the rich and powerful" It requires political institutions that enable the economically weak to have a say on policy against the interests of the rich and powerful. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )

A Republican San Francisco Ahead?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 22, 2014 "If the national Republican Party stops being a home for theocrats, war-mongerers, and xenophobic white men and drifts closer to a small-government, libertarian worldview that eventually makes peace with immigration, LGBT rights and abortion, it might gain traction in affluent, secular, and largely non-white San Francisco," a contributor at The Bold Italic writes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Right Gloats About Fall of Polygamy Laws

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2013 Conservatives believe the recent ruling on Utah's anti-polygamy statute is the inevitable consequence of the marriage equality movement; Coca Cola is trying to stop people from drinking tap water; meanwhile, Silicon Valley techies are arrogantly promoting class war in San Francisco. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Data Hackers

By Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch Oct 11, 2013 Inside your mobile phone and hidden behind your web browser are little known software products marketed by contractors to the government that can follow you around anywhere. No longer the wide-eyed fantasies of conspiracy theorists, these technologies are routinely installed in all of our data devices by companies that sell them to Washington for a profit. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A Cry for Gold in San Francisco

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 High rents, human displacement and the disappearance of do-it-yourself culture -- author and activist Rebecca Solnit artfully describes the social costs of the last decade of San Francisco's tech boom. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Welcome to the (Don’t Be) Evil Empire

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Jun 26, 2013 What do the U.S. government and Silicon Valley already have in common? Above all, they want to remain opaque while making the rest of us entirely transparent through the capture of our data. What is arising is simply a new form of government, involving vast entities with the reach and power of government and little accountability to anyone. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: California Is ‘Looking at Our Backside’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 12, 2013 The Texas governor who made a fool of himself in the 2012 presidential race has come to the Golden State trying to steal businesses and jobs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Media, Stay Away From Me

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2011 American news media outlets such as Time and Newsweek are keeping the U.S. in the dark about world issues; a Silicon Valley startup has dreamed up a ship for international techies to avoid immigration problems; and Wi-Fi and cellphones are making us sick—or are they? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Down and Out in Silicon Valley

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 Remember the heady days before the Internet bubble went and burst, as bubbles tend to do? California's Silicon Valley was one of the epicenters of that economic boom, but as this clip from Sunday's "60 Minutes" illustrates, things look a little different there these days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Power Plant for the Backyard

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2010 The impresario behind this newfangled clean-energy box sees one of his mini power plants in every home, but it's not clear if the little miracles even work. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )