Warning issued over webcam hackers

A charity is advising people to cover their webcams when they are not in use because hackers could be using them to spy on you.

By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on …

England’s NHS regulator is to review a decision not to name those behind a possible “cover-up” after a series of baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital.

By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal indictments on Wednesday against a former BP Plc executive and a former BP engineer charged with obstructing investigations into the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.The new in…

Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies.

Should action be taken against Tor and other ID-hiding tech?

A study by Reuters suggests more people are becoming willing to buy online news, but warns that social media may be eroding brand recognition.

Has the fighter pilot had his day?

Contributing editor George Musser explains how physicists think about the universe using the fundamental concept of “the field”.

Microsoft backtracks on controversial plans to impose strict restrictions on the playing and trading of games on its upcoming Xbox One console.