The Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has put out a campaign designed to raise awareness of the privacy implications of Facebook’s developer platform.

A Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday.

The director of a British research unit that has been at the center of a row over climate change data said he is standing down from his post while an independent review is conducted. A series of e-mails obtained by a hacker also caused controversy in Washington, where a congressional hearing was held Wednesday.

The imagined inventions of Victorian-era French novelist Albert Robida may be coming closer to reality.

On Tuesday, an American Airlines flight carrying 154 passengers slid off a runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica, stopping just short of the Caribbean Sea. The impact severely damaged the aircraft — which broke into three separate pieces — and caused the Boeing 737’s engines to shear off the wings. Thankfully, there were no fatalities; 91 people were taken to hospitals where they were evaluated and most were released.

Bernard Bailyn, the Harvard historian who won a Pulitzer for his 1967 book “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution,” wrote about the critical role pamphlets played in 18th century America.

If you’re on Twitter, it may be a good idea to change your password today. The site appears to have been hit by a phishing attack that could be used to steal a user’s sensitive log-in information, according to reports.

U.S. analysts believe they have identified the Chinese author of the critical programming code used in the alleged state-sponsored hacking attacks on Google and other western companies, making it far harder for the Chinese government to deny involvement.

Jane McGonigal’s latest online video game, “Urgent Evoke,” kicks off this week with an ambitious goal: To empower gamers to seek solutions for real-world problems in Africa.

The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle.

A handheld device the size of a business card can be used to “taste” the sweetness in food and drinks, say researchers, who add that it could be an early step toward developing a fully artificial tongue.

On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission, the privatization of space travel is underway. While the prospect of a spacecraft in every garage isn’t near, some companies hope to sell suborbital flights — to the edges of space — within the next few years.

Drivers of commercial trucks and buses will be prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today.

A university team from Germany has won the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon for the second competition in a row, officials declared Friday. In second place was Team Illinois, and third place went to Team California.

“The Beatles: Rock Band,” whose 9/9/09 release coincides with the debut of remastered versions of the Beatles catalog, should not be played alone. The video game, which allows players to emulate the guitar, drums and vocals of the famous British foursome, makes for a great time.

Two U.S. spacecraft crashed on the moon Friday. On purpose. NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite dropped its Centaur upper-stage rocket on the lunar surface at 7:31 a.m. ET.