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Obama administration still wants to prosecute Snowden despite surveillance debate
Despite the expiration of three provisions in the USA Patriot Act on Monday – largely due to the revelations of former National Security Agency …
Recycling center ready to pay $100,000 to mysterious woman for rare Apple PC
A recycling center in Silicon Valley, US, is looking for an unknown woman who disposed of a unique specimen there: Of one of the …
Apple, Google and 140+ tech firms urge Obama not to give police ‘backdoor’ access to encrypted phone data
Apple, Google, and a host of other tech companies and cryptology experts have signed a letter sent to President Obama calling on his administration …
Leaked Sony emails exhibit wealthy elite’s maneuvering to get child into Ivy League school
Emails leaked during last autumn’s hack of Sony Pictures revealed how a connected CEO of a major corporation tried to court favor with an …
No ‘illegal spying’ or ‘misuse of power’: Sony amends wording on Snowden biopic description – leaked emails
Internal Sony emails, released by WikiLeaks, confirm that the company edited the press release announcing its Edward Snowden biopic to be less critical of …
Bank contractors offer ‘back door’ to cyber thieves – NY regulator
Too many banks are vulnerable to cyber-security breaches through their third-party vendors, a New York regulator announced. They have promised swift action to beef …
Florida charged 14-year-old with felony hacking
A 14-year-old middle school student is facing felony computer hacking charges after he admitted to accessing a teacher’s computer during class without permission. If …
US bans Intel from sending computer chips to China amid nuclear research fears
A Chinese supercomputer ranked fastest in the world four years running could soon slip from that top spot: Intel, the US-based microprocessor maker, says …
Congress considers Patriot Act repeal as FCC commissioner moves to block net neutrality
Two events worth noting took place this week on Capitol Hill. First, Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced the Surveillance State …
US aggressively threatened to ‘cut off’ Germany over Snowden asylum – report
Washington reportedly threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Berlin if it offered asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, or arranged for him to travel …
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