"Russia further tightened its control of the Internet on Friday, requiring people using public Wifi hotspots provide identification, a policy that prompted anger from bloggers and confusion among telecom operators on how it would work."
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"The USB Promoter Group announced today that it has finalized the design of the USB Type-C plug, a new type of USB plug that's designed to completely replace every size of all current USB connectors. Like Apple's Lightning cables, the new connector is reversible so that it can be used in any orientation."
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It's been ten years since Stieg Larsson's untimely passing, and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo author would have turned sixty on August 15 of this week had he lived. via Pocket
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"[...] reports from Ferguson suggest that some local authorities might be falling short of their obligations to respect the rights of citizens and to comply with judicial interpretation of the First and Fourth Amendments. Below are a few areas in which local authorities could be violating people's rights."
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"That behavior was wholly unwarranted and an assault on the freedom of the press to cover the news."
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"The controversial police shooting in Ferguson, Mo., brings to light the common discrepancy between the racial makeup of a police force and the community it serves. A Washington Post analysis of 2010 Census Bureau police staffing data shows that the vast majority of cities have a police presence that is a lot whiter than their population."
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"Chicago resident Aaron Spain explained in the video Monday that he was on hold for more than three hours, showing the time of the call on his phone as proof. He was calling to cancel Comcast "after a month of trying to get them to fix my service," he said. Spain was transferred to the retention department, but didn't actually get to talk to anyone. After using a different phone to call back the same number, Comcast's automated assistant told Spain, "I'm sorry, but our offices are now closed.""
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"Just a few people on earth knew where I was and why—in Moscow, to sit down with Edward Snowden. It was a secret that required great efforts to keep. I told coworkers and friends that I was traveling to Paris, for “some work.”"
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"The NSA whistleblower says the agency is developing a cyber defense system that would instantly and autonomously neutralize foreign cyberattacks against the US, and could be used to launch retaliatory strikes as well. The program, called MonsterMind, raises fresh concerns about privacy and the government’s policies around offensive digital attacks."
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"If the NSA still doesn’t know the full extent of the greatest leak of secrets in its history, it’s not because of Edward Snowden’s attempts to cover his tracks. On the contrary, the NSA’s most prolific whistleblower now claims he purposefully left a trail of digital bread crumbs designed to lead the agency directly to the files he’d copied."
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