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It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

Here are the most important competencies to develop by the time you transition from your 20s to your 30s.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

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This is often a dirty word for golfers…it ranks right up there with ‘frost delay’. Both things are inevitable during the golf season and both make you as the golfer unhappy. But the key to accepting aerating, is understanding why we do it. There are many benefits to aerating and they all go a long... Read more »

American leaders have cooperated with regimes around the world that are, to varying degrees, repressive or corrupt. Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book, Perilous Partners.

From buds for bodies on the move to sleek designs for audiophiles, IndyBest gets an earful of the latest tech

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

<p>KUALA LUMPUR: SRC International Sdn Bhd says the RM4 billion borrowed from the Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) is accounted for in its balance sheet, in accordance with the standard accounting and governance practices. "None of it was misappropriated as claimed by those with malicious intent," it said in a statement rebutting a media report that claimed that the fund had been misappropriated.</p> © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

The festival celebrates the lives of loved ones who have passed away

Since the first Five-Year Plan, the steel industry has been a major engine of the Russian economy. Despite being privatized, market-oriented and relatively competitive, it became burdened with large amounts of debt and may be headed for greater government involvement with the maladies that entails | Русский

The laptop-tablet hybrid is clearly the future of Windows mobility, so it makes sense that Microsoft is trying to corner the market.

WIRED's David Pierce reviews the Surface Book, Microsoft's kick-ass laptop that the company figured out how to turn into a convertible hybrid PC.

The Assad regime is Russia's main stake which allows the Russians to influence the situation in Syria and demonstrate their importance in the international arena by positioning Moscow as one of those players without whom the crisis cannot be solved.

Takaaki Kajita talks about his eureka moment

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It's October and there is lots of science to celebrate.  Chemists in the US and elsewhere are celebrating Mole Day on Friday (October 23 at 6:02 pm) to honor Avogadro's number (6.02 x 1023 items are in a mole -- it's the chemist's version of a dozen).  It's also the International Year of Light, and while you might think that light is the purview of physicists, it's an element of chemistry as well. Читать дальше...

A century and a half after the Civil War, the process of Reconstruction remains contested—and incomplete.

<p>GEORGE TOWN: Schools in Penang have been ordered to cancel their afternoon session today due to the worsening haze.</p> © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

Cities such as New York City and London are even worse, averaging just over $3,000 a month in the Big Apple, and roughly $2,300 in London. There are hostels around the world not only offering free accommodation in return for work, but they also award an allowance to employees. Take for example this Central London hostel (the ad has expired). You can work 36 hours a week in exchange for free accommodation and approximately $185 a month.

A delegation of government and business leaders from Kenya visited the Kfar Saba Biofilter on October 13.