The Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that one type of body scanner deployed in as many as 78 airports nationwide will be revamped to no longer display an image of travelers’ naked bodies, bowing to months of criticism over the privacy implications of the technology.

What the TSA sees using millimeter wave technology.

The announcement came despite a federal appeals court decision last week upholding the government’s right to use the advanced imaging technology, or AIT, scanners. The scanners produce a virtual nude image of travelers before they enter the terminal areas....

Google announced Wednesday it will be slowly shuttering Google Labs, its experimental site for projects that aren’t quite products.

That news prompted fear and news reports that popular “experimental” features in Gmail and other products would also be killed. Heavy users of Gmail — including me — have come to rely on Labs features such as “Undo,” which gives you a few seconds after hitting send to revoke the command, to the extent they now feel like permanent features.

But Google spokesman Jason Freidenfelds tells Wired.com that the Labs in products such as Gmail and Maps aren’t scheduled to be ...