Government

Schumer wants to extend ban on 3D-printed plastic guns

The ATF last week demonstrated how the guns can explode

US HHS: Many people will shop for insurance outside HealthCare.gov

Many insurance shoppers will choose to buy coverage over the phone or in person, officials say

Next stop, Mars: NASA’s Maven spacecraft blasts off for 10-month journey

Maven will investigate the mystery of what happened to Mars' water, atmosphere

Google to pay $17 million to states in Apple cookies case

State attorneys general accused the company of circumventing cookie-blocking defaults in the Safari browser

British spies reportedly monitor hotel bookings of diplomats around the world

Knowing in advance which hotel a diplomat will stay at can be used to launch on-site intelligence gathering operations

Professors warn that grads could face competition from H-1B workers

H-1B workers, many under 30 and getting entry-level work, compete directly with new grads

Chomsky: Fight back against NSA spying or be ‘complicit’

US citizens' freedoms were 'won by popular struggle' and should be defended the same way, the MIT professor and linguist says

After Healthcare.gov debacle, group pushes for tests of NIST cybersecurity framework

More needs to be done to identify what adoption of framework really means, ISA says

HealthCare.gov error rates going down, consultant says

The website's tech team has fixed more than 200 bugs in the past month, officials say

The best data security offense is a good defense