aaron-swartz Aaron Pressman Reuters 16 hours ago Reuters file Aaron Swartz poses in a Borderland Books in San Francisco on February 4, 2008. BOSTON  — A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the release of previously sealed documents in the criminal hacking case against deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz.

china Stephanie Nebehay Reuters March 7, 2013 at 3:52 PM ET Reuters file People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China’s Shanxi province on June 20, 2007. GENEVA — China and Russia are buying increasingly powerful surveillance technologies to intercept communications and try to take control of the Internet, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

Internet Jeremy Wagstaff Reuters May 5, 2013 at 9:51 AM ET Reuters A campaign poster of Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on display ahead of the general elections in Bukit Mertajam, north of Kuala Lumpur.