- How the F.A.A., Finally, Caught Up to an Always-On Society—It's official in the US, but there's still confusion and sometimes outright deception. NYT
- Europe approves use of in-flight electronics during take-off and landing—"European regulator approval could see the use of electronic devices during all phases of flight before Christmas."
- This is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, and it is gorgeous WaPo
- How Republicans Killed America's High-Speed Rail Plan
- We'll build Elon Musk's Hyperloop ... if you lob us ONE-MEELLION dollars
- Rio Replacing Train Drivers Paid Like U.S. Surgeons
- Air-power car, the next big thing in clean energy
- From NY to Calif. in 29 hours, and no speeding tickets
- Smart traffic lights use game theory to ease traffic congestion
- Renault Introduces DRM For Cars—"When you buy a Renault Zoe, the battery isn't included. Instead, you sign a rental contract for the battery with the car maker."
- Fiery Tesla Model S Owner Says He'd Totally Get Another One, Again
- Mercedes' Driverless Research Car Looks Freaking Amazing
- Ford Showcases Driver Autonomous Self-Parking Car Technology
- Inside Google's Driverless Car
- People Would Rather Buy a Self-Driving Car From Google Than GM
- Study: Self-Driving Cars Would Eliminate Majority Of Traffic Deaths, Congestion
- 90% of drivers would consider self-driving cars to save on insurance, survey says
- Michigan poised to approve self-driving vehicle testing
- The Shame of American Health Care—"People in the United States pay more and get less than citizens in other advanced countries." NYT
- Reich: Having the Backbone to Set Minimum Standards for Health Insurance—"Democrats are showing once again they have the backbones of banana slugs."
- Health-care Web site's lead contractor employs executives from troubled IT company—"Many CGI employees came from a company that mishandled at least 20 government IT projects." WaPo
- HealthCare.gov targeted by more than a dozen hacking attempts—"Officials also tracked denial-of-service software that targeted Obamacare site." Could Republicans and/or the Kochs and their ilk be behind this? Just saying...
- Without Massive Republican Opposition, Obamacare Would Be in Better Shape
- The myths of Obamacare's 'failure'—"Attacks on the Affordable Care Act have stepped up over the last week or so. You'd think that the healthcare reform known as Obamacare is leading to the wholesale loss of affordable insurance by huge sectors of the American public, many of whom will be impoverished by being forced into low-quality health plans at exorbitant prices."
- Obamacare is having one huge success nobody knows about—"Obamacare is making other health-care programs better." WaPo
- No huge drop in Obamacare support despite rocky rollout: Reuters/Ipsos poll
- Reports: Obamacare Enrollment On The Rise
- Stewart Rips Media, Bush Officials For Comparing Obamacare To Katrina
- Single-payer is a whole lot more popular than America's absurd health-care system
- Single-payer better than Corbett's Medicaid expansion
- Please, Just Give Us a Single-Payer System Already WSJ
- Obamacare a single-payer ploy, says ex-GOP Senator
- As health-insurance problems keep arising, Vermont offers a ray of hope—"Vermont has become the first state in the union to pass a single-payer universal health care law for its residents. It has a snappy slogan: Everybody in, nobody out."
- Supreme Court Rejects Case Challenging NSA Phone Spying
- Fisa court order that allowed NSA surveillance is revealed for first time—"Fisa court judge who authorised massive tapping of metadata was hesitant but felt she could not stand in the way."
- Judge: "NSA exceeded the scope of authorized acquisition continuously"—"New declassifed documents show legal arguments over bulk metadata collection."
- Private firms selling mass surveillance systems around world, documents show—"One Dubai-based firm offers DIY system similar to GCHQ's Tempora programme, which taps fibre-optic cables."
- NSA logged 33m calls in Nato ally Norway
- Schneier tells Washington NSA broke Internet's security for everyone—"And techies can only fix it if government stays out of the way."
- Yahoo will encrypt between data centers, use SSL for all sites—"CEO Marissa Mayer promises Yahoo will be locked down by March 2014."
