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President Obama: NSA Spying Keeps America Safe, So Get Over It

US President Obama will be on TV tonight to chat about all the NSA spying that came to light last week. But PBS has released a portion of the transcript to Buzzfeed ahead of the broadcast.


The US Facial Recognition Database Hiding In Plain Sight

It’s only natural to be a little skeeved out by the idea that the government is slurping up your private data behind the scenes, but there’s a very public piece of your data being collected as well: the look on your face. There’s already a national database of over 120 million faces in the US, and the Washington Post reports that it’s slowly turning into the ultimate police tool.


NSA Whistleblower: ‘Truth Is Coming, And It Cannot Be Stopped’

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is one of the most wanted men on the planet, both by folks who want him to spill more beans and the powerful people who want him to stop. Today, he granted The Guardian an exclusive Q&A, and he’s already making it clear that this whistleblowing won’t end with him.


Breakfast Wrap: Monday Night’s Top Stories

What iOS 7 Looks Like On Your iPad So it’s kind of a tablet-optimised version…?

Apple Details What The NSA Took — And How Much Of It 5000 government requests in just six months?!

A Self-Sustaining Hut For The Modern Hermit Only if your idea of a weekend retreat means being holed up in a tiny cabin.

Researcher Says Lego Minifigs Aren’t As Happy As 25 Years Ago Minifigs are just like us.

What Futuristic Promise Makes You Most Sceptical? The ones that claims to be self-sustaining or renewable.


Apple Details What The NSA Took — And How Much Of It

The impact of the NSA’s secret surveillance through PRISM and other means has sent reverberations through out the tech industry and the world at large. The latest ripple: Apple’s full accounting of its interactions with government spies in the past year or so. Here’s what went down.



Yahoo Tried Hard — But Failed — To Avoid Joining PRISM

While everyone’s sceptical about how and why so many tech companies are involved with PRISM, the New York Times has run a heartening piece, which describes how Yahoo fought hard — but ultimately failed — to avoid joining the initiative.


Bloomberg: US Agencies Actually Share Data With Thousands Of Firms

Bloomberg is reporting today that the recent NSA Prism scandal is just a tiny scratch on the privacy surface. Citing “four people familiar with the process”, the agency claims that in fact thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies work with US national security agencies.


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