In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country house in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest.

One of the clearest, classic triumphs of technology over tyranny I see is the invention of the man-portable crossbow. With it, an untrained peasant could now reliably and lethally engage a target out to fifty meters - even if that target were a mount

ViaSat's next satellite carries triple the network capacity

Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp -- that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.

This is a fun, almost novice-level construction project for anyone who has a 2-meter ham radio walkie talkie (e.g., the $26 Baofeng UV-5) and would like more effective range without having to buy an amplifier.

Like most, my personal requirements for long-term data storage pretty much end when I end.

Take everything you know about data storage and set it aside, because a breakthrough from a research team at the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Center (ORC) could change everything.

The government is already spying on us through spying on us through our computers, phones, cars, buses, streetlights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and drones, through our credit cards and smart meters (update), television, doll,

Tesla Studios (no relationship to Tesla Motors) recently announced that it has developed a full-body suit that will give the wearer a sensory experience to match the visual experiences now available through virtual reality headsets.

Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has released a Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight on the state of Internet traffic encryption in 2016.

Don't call 911 during emergencies, call your trusted friends instead, using Cell 411, the decentralized emergency alerting and response platform. Cell 411 is a powerful smartphone app that allows you to stream content and notify people in your cell(s

Don Tapscott explains how the Blockchain could replace services like Uber and Airbnb. Other experts asked by CoinTelegraph explain further.

You're in a public place -- say a restaurant or a doctor's waiting room -- and it's taking longer to get your food or have your name called than you expected. Your toddler is starting to get restless.

DARPA has announced a program aimed at developing a cutting edge neural implant capable of forming a communication bridge between a human brain and electronic devices.

Skype has just launched a new feature that's very impressive indeed - live translation.

Linux is everywhere these days. It runs our phones, the web servers that underpin everything from Facebook to Google, even our cars.

Surveillance tech Star Trek would love

It's a two-color device: black and white. The screen has no touch functions. The battery probably lasts for days. It answers every complaint about smartphones without bothering to address them.

The Raspberry Pi 3 is 50 percent faster than its predecessor and now includes both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Here's our first look at these big upgrades for the $35 computer.

The tiny injectable machine could turn your noodle into a remote control.

The tyranny of the set-top box may soon be over.

Astronomers are discovering dozens of new exoplanets each year, but it's been nearly 170 years since we detected a new planet in our own solar system.

Brandon Smith is founder of the Alternative Market Project (www.alt-market.com) as well as the head writer and co-founder of Neithercorp Press.

Outernet is thrilled to announce our partnership with Learning Equality, the creators of KA Lite. KA Lite is an offline version of Khan Academy designed to work without Internet.

Like many scientists around the world, researchers working out of UC San Diego have high hopes for how our brainwaves might one day be used to control devices, tackle neurological disorders and everything in between.

This off grid couple faced a dilemma - their hard earned sustainable life is supported by income earned from the Internet, yet they worked so hard to get away from it all.

At least, brain-inspired computers

Mind-reading computer deciphers words from brainwaves BEFORE they are spoken

It's been more than 30 years since David Chaum launched the ideas that would serve as much of the groundwork for anonymity online.

Cell coverage can be fickle. You might get great reception at home but spotty coverage at work or at the gym even though other carriers work fine. And even if your carrier has your entire city pretty well covered, all bets are off when you travel.

SONAR FOR YOUR HANDS

Controversial machine is 100,000,000x faster at certain problems

Pictures coming in from many parts of the globe...On the streets of Phoenix, AZ; Philadelphia area; Dublin, Ireland... the force for good is alive and well