Online

Watch Reddit’s Co-Founder Debate SOPA On TV

Gizmodo AU

Still not sure how US legislative efforts like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act of 2011 (Protect IP) could affect the rule of law on the Internet? On Giz, we’ve posted a detailed primer from the Stanford Law Review, but this video from MSNBC — hosted by Chris Hayes — is another great introduction.


September 22, 2011
Geek Out

How The US Planned To Destroy Britain Just A Few Years Before WWII

Invasion of Canada. Bombing raids on British industrial interests. Naval blockade. Chemical weapons. Six million troops fighting on the Eastern seaboard. This wasn’t a crazy Nazi plan. It was the United States’ strategy to destroy Britain as a world superpower.


August 15, 2011
Geek Out

Graphic Images Depict Brutal Consequences Of Historic Conflict

In Focus’s latest tribute to World War 2, called Daring Raids and Brutal Reprisals, is perhaps the most stomach-turning yet. Graphic content awaits, but this is war. You should know that already.


January 31, 2011
Online

Duck! Security Experts Warn Of Stuxnet "Boomerang Effect"

To many in the intelligence community (especially those who purportedly created it), the Stuxnet worm was a wildly successful cyberattack. But it was also a major failure on at least two fronts—fronts that could come back to haunt us.


August 5, 2010
Cameras

Unearthed Colour Photos From Depression-Era America Show Rare Glimpse At Life

Colour photography’s been kicking around since the mid-1800s, but it wasn’t until 1935, when Kodak put the first colour-film out, that people started using it. Nonetheless, colour photos from Depression-era America are scant, which is what makes these so wonderful.


June 14, 2010
Science

Massive Afghanistan Lithium Deposit (As In Batteries) Could Alter US Economy

A large mineral deposit worth an estimated $US1 trillion has been discovered in Afghanistan, Pentagon officials revealed today. The find could change the US economy, alter the war and contains vast amounts of lithium – found in many of today’s batteries.


January 13, 2010
Gadgets

The US Is Giving Digitalisation 112%

If you were ever curious to know how fast our lives are becoming saturated with digital technology, get a load of this graph. In 2004 we were in the kiddie pool and by 2007 we were drowning.