Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security!!!

Is Privacy Dead? (via http://amicuscuria.com)

Revealed: how US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security • NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records • $250m/yr: US works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products •…

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US tech sector feels pain from PRISM!!!!!

US tech sector feels pain from PRISM (via AFP)

Revelations about vast US data collection programs are starting to hit American tech companies, which are ramping up pressure for increased transparency to try to mitigate the damage. An industry group, the Cloud Security Alliance said last month that…

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Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech!!!!!

Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 29, 2013 It is significant that Android’s Hugo Barra is leaving Google to join Xiaomi, a three-year-old smartphone maker that is already valued at $10 billion. And it’s just as significant that he is taking on a role…

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Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand!!!!!!!!

Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand (via Pando Daily)

On August 27, 2013 Kickstarter has announced via a teaser page on its website that it will soon offer its crowdfunding services in both Australia and New Zealand. The only other non-US countries Kickstarter is available in are Canada and the UK. [Source…

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The most ridiculous patents of all time!!!!!!!

The most ridiculous patents of all time (via Pando Daily)

By David Holmes On August 9, 2013 The requirements put forth by the US Patent and Trademark Office are surprisingly straightforward. Is it new? Is it useful? Is it already widely in use? If the answers are “yes,” “yes,” and “no,” then you…

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US venture capital courts India tech!!!!!

US venture capital courts India tech (via GlobalPost)

BANGALORE, India — At the Microsoft Accelerator office here, techies dressed in sandals, jeans, T-shirts and Bermudas hunch over keyboards in library silence. It's a day for beavering away, tightening the nuts and bolts of software. But the evidence…

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Tumblr porn is a bigger problem than Yahoo realizes!!!!!!!

Tumblr porn is a bigger problem than Yahoo realizes (via Pando Daily)

By Paul Walsh On July 26, 2013 My startup promotes Internet family safety, and as a result I can lay claim to having indexed more pornography than perhaps any other company in the world — more than OpenDNS, Norton, and McAfee combined. We maintain…

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