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Tech industry: Obama’s NSA reforms ‘insufficient’

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Tech industry group calls Obama's NSA speech 'thoughtful, but insufficient' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technology companies and industry groups took President Barack Obama's speech on U.S....
    






Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

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US appeals court rules bloggers, public have same First Amendment protection as journalists GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public...
    






NSA Reform: What President Obama Said, And What He Didn’t

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President Obama gave a speech this morning outlining changes to be implemented in the NSA phone record surveillance program. The reforms are a result of an in-depth investigation into NSA...
    






NSA Dishfire program harvested 200 million text messages daily claims report

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A new report has surfaced and the Telegraph reports that the NSA in the US has been running a program code-named Dishfire. Dishfire allegedly captured about 200 million text messages each day. The...
    






AP Source: NSA phone data control may come to end

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AP Source: President Barack Obama to call for ending NSA's control of Americans' phone data WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday will call for ending the government's...
    






‘The Banner Saga’ Review: Beautiful, But Not Quite Brilliant (PC)

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The moment I laid eyes on indie developer Stoic’s The Banner Saga, I wanted to love everything about it. The art-style is simply jaw-dropping, calling to mind classic Disney—Sword in the Stone comes...
    






Wearable Tech Already Deployed In Australia… On Bees

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At last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, wearable technology was supposedly the hottest new thing. A wide array of companies introduced headsets, activity monitors and...
    






For Obama, NSA review a quest for public trust

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For Obama, NSA review a quest to regain public trust in surveillance operations WASHINGTON (AP) — Faced with Edward Snowden's first leaks about the government's sweeping surveillance...
    






Church Sex Abuse Files Released

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At least 30 priests who had a bad reputation of being child abusers have had their names released to the public in Chicago. This came about after their victims’ families caused an uproar related to...