AUSTIN, Texas—Defense Distributed announced Tuesday that founder Cody Wilson had resigned from the company as of last Friday. The company is now under new leadership—Paloma Heindorff is taking over as ...

If you would like to be a gun owner, you will need the following things as of next week: a 3D-printer, Internet access, and a nail. Defense Distributed, the libertarian non-profit focused on creating ...

3D-printed gun site Defense Distributed has obtained a federal license to manufacture and sell firearms, the organization announced Saturday on Facebook. The site has a mission of making all sorts of ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson announced during a rare media appearance Tuesday that he has begun selling 3-D printable firearms files online. The unveiled game plan came on the heels of a ...

As of Tuesday, Defense Distributed, a company dedicated to distributing software and hardware to help people make guns at home, has been under a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by Judge ...

Defense Distributed began distributing files related to the 3D printing of firearms in December 2012. It did so by publishing files to its defcad.org and defcad.com websites and letting visitors ...

AUSTIN — Several days after Cody Wilson was released from police custody under sexual assault charges, his 3D-printed gun company, Defense Distributed, announced that they are continuing to sell ...

A federal judge in Washington State has extended a court order blocking a Texas-based company called Defense Distributed from posting designs for 3D-printed guns on the Internet. U.S. District Judge ...

Defense Distributed, the organization known for being the driving force behind the 3D-printed gun movement, is now licensed to manufacture and sell firearms and ammunition in the United States. Over ...

Plenty has happened since Ars last took a moment to outline the legal mishegas involving Defense Distributed, its founder Cody Wilson, and the future of 3D-printed guns. After a surprising settlement ...

This Defense Distributed story—with its confusing twists into First Amendment jurisprudence, computer-controlled manufacturing, and 3-D printing (and more on that in a moment)—cannot be fully ...