Police losing battle to get drivers to put down their phones
By DENISE LAVOIE State police in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have been known to patrol in a tractor-trailer so they can sit up high and spot drivers texting behind the wheel. In…
Technology law and ethics
US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…
Hidden GPS devices to track suspects raise legal concerns
By MICHAEL BALSAMO For months, police trying to solve a Long Island robbery spree had little more to go on than grainy surveillance footage of a man in a hoodie…
TURKISH INTERNET RESTRICTIONS RAISE MORE CONCERNS
By SUZAN FRASER In this picture taken late Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Oktay Vural, a leading deputy from the opposition Nationalist Action Party, MHP, holds up a placard during a…
COUNTDOWN: GOP UNITY FRAYS AS SHUTDOWN GROWS NEAR
By DAVID ESPO Speaker of the House John Boehner, R- Ohio, pauses during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting about the ongoing budget fight on Capitol Hill…
FAA TO WEIGH EASING LIMITS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this June 18, 2013 file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Airline passengers may get some relief from restrictions…
INFLUENCE GAME: INDUSTRY SOUNDS ALARM ON PIRACY
By ANNE FLAHERTY FILE – In this April 24, 2012, file photo, Motion Picture of Association of America of Chief Executive Chris Dodd speaks during his CinemaCon State of the…
HERZOG ON TACKLING TEXTING AND DRIVING IN NEW FILM
By DERRIK J. LANG In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo, German director Werner Herzog talks about the “On Death Row” documentary series during the Discovery Networks portion of the…