Former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is drawing crowds, and NFL scouts to practice in Birmingham, Alabama for the Senior Bowl. For once, the controversy he’s set off has nothing to do with questions about his mechanics, or whether he will or won’t play quarterback in the NFL. (more)
Google made headlines when it went public with the fact that Chinese hackers had penetrated some of its services, such as Gmail, in a politically motivated attempt at intelligence gathering. The news here isn’t that Chinese hackers engage in these activities or that their attempts are technically sophisticated — we knew that already — it’s that the U.S. government inadvertently aided the hackers. (more)
American democracy is in peril. (more)
One of China’s top censors on Thursday reaffirmed the state’s commitment to monitoring the internet, showing no signs of compromising in the face of Google’s threat to quit the country. (more)
























