It seems that based on information from the Edward Snowden leaks, the NSA has been creating its own holes in cellular networks in order to provide backdoors for the future. Operation Auroragold created holes which can allow the NSA to spy on users of cellular networks but also other hackers which take advantage of these new vulnerabilities.
It seems as though Apple has a lot more control over peoples' iPods than many would expect. After factory resets, some songs, specifically ones obtained through sources other than iTunes, were no longer able to load or play on the device.
Though the article title is sensationalist and a bit wrong, the idea and the hope is still there. Solar energy is a renewable energy source which is under heavy development in hopes that the efficiency can be improved.
Angela Merkel has an argument against net neutrality and it involved those "fast lanes" that everyone was so up in arms about when SOPA was up for the vote.
Many scientific experts are saying that the Earth will not be able to hold us forever and that we must expand to space if we are to survive indefinitely.