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German Telecoms See Marketing Opportunity in NSA Fears

German telecommunications companies are marketing email services as being National Security Agency-proof, a potentially fruitful ploy in a country where a past marred by sinister data collection has left people yearning for privacy ...

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Germans May Torture Amazon Into Lifting Lowest-Price Rule

Germany's antitrust watchdog said Amazon is undermining competition with its rules for third-party merchants and threatened to impose reforms if Amazon doesn't change its ways ...

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Huawei: No One Bothers Us for Data

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, long suspected of being in cahoots with Beijing authorities, said in a report released Friday that no government has ever asked it to divulge information about citizens ...

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Greenwald to Join Billionaire-Funded Journalism Project

Tech billionaire Pierre M. Omidyar, founder and chair of eBay, will team up with Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald -- the first to open Edward Snowden's treasure chest of leaks -- to launch a mass media venture designed to foster top-flight journalism ...

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26 Years Later, Google Earth Helps Lost Indian Boy Go Home

Indian Saroo Munshi Khan used Google Earth to track down his long-lost family 26 years after accidentally falling asleep on a train ...

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British Retailer Takes Site Offline to Clear Out Disgusting E-Books

British retailer WH Smith has shuttered its UK site and will keep it offline until all particularly objectionable sexual content is removed from its offerings ...

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Russia to Battle Thug Image With Patriotic Video Game

The Russian government plans to produce a patriotic video game to offset the legions of games in which Russian soldiers are the villains ...

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Russia Nabs ‘Blackhole’ Hacking Suspect

Police in Russia have arrested a man suspected of masterminding a pair of famous hacking tools -- the Blackhole and Cool exploit kits, favorites among cybercriminals looking to install malware ...

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Foxconn in Trouble Again Over PS4

Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, one of the world's most vilified workers-rights violators, confirmed reports that it is manufacturing Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4 on the backs of university interns ...

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110 Arrested in China for Online Rumors

China continues to crack down on online rumors, as 110 people were detained in the northwest China province of Xinjiang ...

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Russian ‘Pirates’ Offer Hobbled NASA a Helping Tech Hand

Russia's Pirate Party wrote a letter to NASA offering to host the agency's website, which is currently out of commission because of the government shutdown ...

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Russia Going for Gold in Surveillance at Winter Olympics

Russia's FSB security service wants to ensure that every ounce of electronic communication is monitored at next February's Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi, according to a team of Russian investigative journalists ...

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France Trying to Cut Down Amazon

In France, members of parliament unanimously supported a bill designed to restrict Amazon's ability to discount books ...

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NSA Succumbs to Government Shutdown

Employees at the National Security Agency received a memo telling them that they, too, would not work because of the government shutdown taking place as Congress does whatever it is Congress is doing (or not doing) right now ...

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Cutting-Edge Specs Translate Languages on the Spot

Japanese NTT Docomo unveiled augmented reality glasses that are able to translate menus and signs in real time ...

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France to Follow Through on Tiny Google Fine

In France, data protection officials announced that they will impose sanctions against Google for the company's failure to stick to a three-month deadline to tweak its privacy policies ...

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European Lawmakers Push for Universal Chargers

Members of the European Parliament's internal market and consumer protection committee voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a new law mandating universal chargers for mobile devices ...

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UK Parliament Blasts Google Over Piracy

Departing from the normal routine of chiding Google over taxes, British parliament is trying its hand at chiding Google over piracy ...

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Brazilian Prez Rebukes US Over NSA

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff gave a speech in which she -- well, maybe it's best to just let her say it ...

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China Un-Bans Facebook, Twitter in Shanghai

China is lifting its ban on a handful of heretofore banned websites within the Shanghai Free Trade Zone ...

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