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Uncle Sam confirms it's saying nothing The US International Trade Administration (ITA) has admitted it promotes the sale of American-ap...

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Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a petition to review the legalit...

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Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again The FBI misused controversial surveillance powers more than 278,000 times...

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Alleges major risks to national security but is happy for product to remain in place China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has ruled that...

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This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent Meta is set to face what may be a record...

Go go gadget data collection The stewards of Google's open source Go programming language (Golang) have reversed course and committed t...

Do it or don't. We're not cops. But the FBI are, and they have this to say The FBI and friends have warned organizations to "s...

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From the life-threatening irony department:  General Motors is recalling almost a million SUVs due to a defect in their airbag inflators t...

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If you’ve been trying to improve your posture and you just can’t seem to do it, let me introduce you to what might be a surprising idea: th...

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Latest snaps have NASA rethinking scale of rivers on the Red Planet Never mind the trickling stream that NASA's Curiosity rover spotted...

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