Today there are new rules from the Obama Administration on building new coal and gas plants in the U.S. Some of them could require plants to use carbon capturing technologies. Critics say the technology isn’t there yet, but environmentalists say the industry is dragging its feet. So how close are we to actually putting less smog into the air — when we’re continuously putting smog into the air?

This month the first inpatient treatment program for internet addiction opened in Bradford, Pennsylvania. It’s a ten day program that involves a thorough search for internet connected devices, three day quarantine and, hopefully, a cure. And aircraft maker Boeing says it has built the first helicopter that can take off and land without help from a human.

The U.N. General Assembly started this week. Syria is top of mind for many leaders, but there’s a related topic also getting attention this year: The looming specter of cyber war. Hackers from one nation attacking the missile defense systems, power grids and water supplies of another country is a popular topic at the U.S. Defense department, too. But author Thomas Rid says we’re getting the idea of cyber war all wrong.

If you’re a hardcore video gamer, you’ve probably been up all night playing Grand Theft Auto V. And there’s little doubt that millions will be playing the latest version of the crime action title on Playstations and Xboxes around the world. But big games like GTA cost big money to develop. And lots of game makers are looking to cash in on the mobile market. So is making a game like Grand Theft Auto worth it these days? Another Miss America was crowned this week, and Nina Davuluri, formerly Miss New York, is Asian American. If you’ve seen the ugly underbelly of social media comments you can guess where this is going. The biggest story after Miss New York won the crown has been about intolerant tweets.

Smartphone apps are released all the time, but here’s one that could be a first. It’s a new app that asks users to help identify and thus apprehend sexual predators and other criminals. It’s built by the Homeland Security Investigations unit within the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. 

Some pretty big news in under 140 characters. There’s been talk for months about whether the popular micro-blogging social media would go public. But Twitter’s filing was a bit unconventional.

We already know the NSA trades data with U.S. allies. But the latest document leak from Edward Snowden suggests all of that phone and online data the NSA is sucking in is being shared in raw form with at least one country: Israel. And today LinkedIn throws open the digital doors to, of all people, teenagers.

In a study published today, researchers at the University of Miami say that, thanks to modern computing technologies, extreme events in financial markets, that often happen within a few milliseconds, are on the rise. And Apple announced a host of new products this week. Two new iPhones, a new operating system iOS 7, and a streaming music service iTunes Radio. But the announcement that might truly push the boundaries of modern technology is the company’s new fingerprint scanning tool. Apple’s new iPhones have scanning hardware and software that will unlock the phone itself. It also could unlock new legal and hacking challenges.

Last week we learned the NSA was trying to weaken encryption online. Now Google has announced it’s trying to step up encryption on all its data. But one suggested solution for users trying to avoid surveillance is to operate on an entirely separate network. A so-called mesh network is made of phones and other devices that talk to each other without the help of an Internet service provider.