19 Aug

OK, be honest, who isn’t surprised that in this crazy, post-Bioshock world, a wealthy Libertarian invests in creating an isolationist space for the elite? Peter Thiel, creator of Paypal, hasn’t quite gone to the extent of building a complete city underwater, but he is planning on creating island micro-nations free from all national laws.

17 Mar

In the ongoing legal struggle between Sony and George “Geohot” Hotz, the hacker who published the Playstation 3 rootkey, a court has granted Sony access to “limited information” from Hotz’ PayPal account. Specifically, the court allowed Sony to access data “to identify the source of funds in California that went into any PayPal account associated […]