Struggling with privacy tradeoffs in digital era

Would you allow your insurance company to monitor your driving for a discount? Or let a "smart thermostat" save energy by tracking your family's movements around your home?

Spread-changing orders and deletions affect stock prices

The first rule on the stock market is to buy low and sell high. Economists are well aware of how this behaviour changes the prices of stocks, but in reality, trades alone don't tell the whole story. Parties like banks and ...

Viewpoint: Paying the costs of climate resilience

The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming. The cost of reducing climate pollution faster would be ...

Feds: 3 charged in spamming scheme that targeted 60M people

Three men were charged Tuesday in a computer hacking and spamming scheme that federal prosecutors in New Jersey said compromised the personal information of 60 million people and netted more than $2 million in profits.

First bill in Tesla deal sails through Assembly

The Nevada Assembly has unanimously approved the first of four bills that make up a package of up to $1.3 billion in tax breaks and incentives the Legislature is considering to seal a deal to bring Tesla Motors' $5 billion ...

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