Are MOOCs—massive open online courses—the utopia of affordable higher education, or just the latest fad?

The company has attracted tens of millions in venture capital—but if you're looking for the Amazon of online higher ed, try iTunes U.

Public interest organizations say deregulating phone service providers will hurt communities of color, but major civil rights groups are still in favor.

Publishers of sponsored content are playing fast and loose with credibility, the ‘unique value proposition’ journalism has to offer.

Google eats the world.

Amid the outrage over the NSA's spying program, the jailing of journalist Barrett Brown points to a deeper and very troubling problem.

What is the NSA doing with your metadata?

As the company moves to Internet-based telephone service, it’s looking to shed regulatory obligations that benefit low-income Americans.

Social media companies say consumers’ loss of privacy is just the cost of doing business. But what would happen if they actually had to bargain with users on equal footing?

Unmasking racists and trolls on the Internet may feel like justice, but it does not drive social progress.