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(Reuters) – General Mills Inc said it has stopped using genetically modified ingredients in the popular breakfast cereal Cheerios as the U.S. branded foods manufacturer hopes the move will [...]

GM Watch GM crops in Brazil have brought higher agrochemical use and lower yields and productivity, according to a new report based on government data. A new report on the performance of GM crops [...]

Derrick Broze Intellihub “It is part of the statist mystique to confuse the necessity of ends-means consistency; it is thus the most crucial activity of the libertarian theorist to expose [...]

Ars Techinica Latest batch of documents leaked shows NSA’s power to pwn. The National Security Agency’s sophisticated hacking operations go way beyond using software vulnerabilities to gain [...]

Guardian Heather Linebaugh Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn’t) Whenever I read comments by [...]

Houston Chronicle Houston police are considering a plan to charge the Critical Mass bicycle group as safety concerns draw officers away from their regular duties. The event, which sees thousands [...]

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Doctors confirm an Oregon boy, 5, has died from the H1N1 virus. His family says he collapsed on Christmas Day, and died just days later. Calandra Burgess says all [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ask people to imagine American life in 2050, and you’ll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or [...]

(CNN) – It may have been the least productive year for Congress in history, at least in terms of passing laws – fewer than 60 of which made it through the House and Senate and were signed [...]

By Karen Gullo (Bloomberg) Facebook Inc. (FB) was sued over allegations it systematically intercepts its users private messages on the social network and profits by sharing the data with [...]