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France Finally Levies Teeny Fine Against Google

Privacy regulators in France have slapped Google with the maximum fine allowed by law, confirming both the nation's dissatisfaction with Google and Europe's need to overhaul its data-privacy penalties ...

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China Blocks The Guardian’s Website

The Guardian has become the latest Western media outlet to get blocked in China ...

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So Now China IS Lifting Videogame Console Ban

China will temporarily lift a sales ban on foreign videogame consoles, according to China's State Council, reversing a 14-year prohibition ...

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Malicious Ads Infect Thousands of European Yahoo Users

Certain advertisements on Yahoo's European website may have helped infect thousands of computers with malware, according to Yahoo ...

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Computer Pioneer, Subjected to Homophobic Prosecution, Pardoned by Queen

Alan Turing, a British man whose code-breaking prowess helped thwart Nazi Germany in World War II, was pardoned this week by Queen Elizabeth for his decades-old "crime." ...

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Japanese Robot Shoots Breeze With Astronaut

A humanoid robot named "Kirobo" has had a chat with a Japanese astronaut on the International Space Station ...

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Chinese Man Heads to US Prison for Microchip Smuggling Attempt

A Chinese citizen was sentenced to three years in U.S. prison Wednesday for trying to smuggle American-made microchips from California to China ...

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Brazil Shoots Down Snowden Asylum Speculation

Brazil does not plan to grant asylum to Edward Snowden, according to sources cited by Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo ...

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US, Canada Take Heat for Fighter Jet-Escorted Santa

Some people are objecting to North American Aerospace Defense Command online updates on the whereabouts of Santa ...

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Norway Dashes Cold Water on Bitcoins

Norway's government ruled that Bitcoins don't qualify as a real currency, and it will treat them as an asset -- as opposed to a legitimate currency -- that is subject to capital gains tax ...

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China: We’ve Got the Goods on Qualcomm

China has "substantial evidence" on Qualcomm in an antitrust probe, according to a report in the state-run China Daily that quotes Xu Kunlin, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission's anti-price-fixing bureau. The Daily didn't divulge any specific details -- just Xu's confident assertion that Qualcomm is squarely in the crosshairs...

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Australian State Outlaws Non-Consensual Sexting

The Australian state of Victoria has made it illegal to distribute explicit images without consent ...

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Chinese Supercomputer Gets a Job Forecasting Smog

Scientists in China will use the country's Tianhe-1A supercomputer to forecast and analyze smog in major cities ...

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Ecuador Boards the Internet Freedom Train

Ecuador hosted an Internet freedom forum last week, welcoming guests from the pro-transparency community ...

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Chinese Banks Warned About Bitcoins

China's central bank said Thursday that the nation's banks and payment systems were prohibited from handling Bitcoins ...

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India Asks US for Tips on Snooping

India's home ministry reportedly will seek advice from the U.S. to help decrypt communications taking place on platforms like Skype, BlackBerry and WeChat ...

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Guardian Blasts US, UK ‘Intimidation’ Over Snowden Leaks

Alan Rusbridger, the top editor for The Guardian, told British parliament that government agencies in Britain and the U.S. have tried to "intimidate" the newspaper since it obtained and leaked loads of secret documents from Edward Snowden ...

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Hundreds of Counterfeit Sites Seized in Cybersting

Nearly 700 websites pushing counterfeit products were seized by American and European authorities, according to Europol ...

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China Flies Jade Rabbit Rover to the Moon

China has launched a rover that is en route to the surface of the moon, marking the first time the Middle Kingdom has embarked on a moon-bound rover mission ...

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China Targets Qualcomm With Antitrust Probe

Perhaps to celebrate the anniversary of last year's U.S.-China telecoms showdown, Beijing has launched an antitrust probe into U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm ...

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