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  Google's privacy director departs after years of controversial practices and legal trouble

  By Carl Franzen on April 1, 2013 05:19 pm + 94 comments

  Google has confirmed to The Verge that lead privacy director Alma Whitten will be leaving the Continue reading…

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  Generic drug trade wins big after court refuses cancer medicine patent

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 1, 2013 04:53 am + 150 comments

  The Supreme Court in India has left the door open for the generic drug trade to manufacture cheap Continue reading…

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  Russia starts censoring internet suicide content after passing child protection law

  By Sam Byford on April 1, 2013 04:19 am + 9 comments

  Last year Russia passed a law giving the government powers to control and blacklist certain websites Continue reading…

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  Chinese regulator pledges to get tough on Apple warranty practices

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 11:19 pm + 15 comments

  Chinese regulators are calling for tougher protections for consumers, and Apple’s iPhone repair Continue reading…

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  What you need to know about the government's fight to unlock your cellphone

  By Adi Robertson on March 28, 2013 02:14 pm + 142 comments

  Seventeen years after passing legislation that made unlocking potentially illegal, Washington, DC Continue reading…

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  For American gangsters, the internet is not much of a G thing

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 02:29 am + 23 comments

  What are America's gangsters doing on the internet? Not a whole lot, according to a recent survey. A Continue reading…

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  US Congress restricts government purchase of Chinese computer equipment, citing cyber-espionage concerns

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 27, 2013 06:17 pm + 19 comments

  The latest US appropriations bill, signed into law just this week, includes a provision that is Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court says police need a warrant to use drug-sniffing dogs outside homes

  By Amar Toor on March 26, 2013 12:43 pm + 31 comments

  The Supreme Court today said police officers cannot use drug-sniffing dogs along the perimeter of a Continue reading…

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  Mayor Bloomberg says surveillance drones are inevitable in NYC: 'get used to it'

  By David Pierce on March 24, 2013 12:02 pm + 287 comments

  Governmental use of unmanned surveillance drones has inspired a lot of concern about privacy, but Continue reading…

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  Justice Department offers $20 million in grants for improving gun background check data

  By Carl Franzen on March 22, 2013 03:02 pm + 35 comments

  The US Justice Department today officially kicked off a $20 million grant program designed to Continue reading…