Are we giving up control of everything we hold dear to the number crunchers?

How the Trump campaign used big data to elect a president.

As AT&T and Time Warner plan to merge, new FCC rules on broadband privacy show how today “Big Media” also means “Big Data.”

Marshall Ganz seems to think my book blames technology alone for the Internet’s failure to democratize politics. That’s far from the case.

One of the terms that has gotten a lot of play in this week’s NSA surveillance program coverage is “big data.” What is it and what effect will it have on our privacy?

Sunlight Foundation Executive Director Ellen Miller updates us on what's on the horizon in terms of government transparency and open data.

Thanks to our open records laws, you can find a treasure trove of information from government agencies on the Web.

From "Romnesia" to "Right to Work," linguist Geoffrey Nunberg decodes political buzzwords of 2012, including his pick for Word of the Year.