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WikiLeaks film shifts focus after Julian Assange won't share info
When director Alex Gibney began work on his documentary "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," he thought he would be telling the story of a charismatic, silver-haired free speech advocate named Julian Assange, who had exposed dark corners of...
Tags: Philosophy, Sundance Film Festival, U.S. Department of Justice, Journalism, Computer Crime
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‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’: Joss Whedon, Clark Gregg on Coulson return
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesCoulson lives! After nearly a year of rumors and anticipation among Marvel fans, ABC officially ordered a first season of […]... -
Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying
WASHINGTON -- A Chinese military unit that a private U.S. computer security company accused of launching more than 115 cyber attacks against American companies over seven years has resumed hacking after a three-month hiatus, the firm’s chief...
Tags: Elections, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Government, Computer Networking and Internet, China
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Silicon Valley uses growing clout to kill a digital privacy bill
Silicon Valley has wielded its growing political clout at the state Capitol to kill a digital privacy bill that would have given consumers access to information about them being collected online. Had the Right to Know Act become law, California would...
Tags: Elections, Sales, John D. Rockefeller IV, Bonnie Lowenthal, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Alprazolam (drug), Cephalon Incorporated, Drugs and Medicines, Chemical Industry
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Chef who served foie gras says hackers put his personal data online
A Laguna Beach chef says animal rights activists posted personal information online — including his cellphone number and credit card transactions — because he served foie gras. Activists hacked into the website of Hudson Valley Foie Gras,...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Animal, Credit and Debt, Foie Gras
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Germany fines Google $190,000 over Street View data collection
WASHINGTON -- A German regulator on Monday fined Google Inc., about $190,000 for illegally recording data from WiFi networks while taking mapping photos for its Street View service. The regulator complained the amount, limited by law, was too little to...
Tags: Punishment, Interior Policy, Federal Communications Commission, Fines, American Airlines, Inc.
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Cyber security bill pits tech giants against privacy activists
SAN FRANCISCO — The escalating cyber attacks on corporate and government computers have provided a rare opportunity for bipartisan legislation to address the problem. But rather than sailing through Congress, the latest cyber security legislation is...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Yahoo! Inc., Oracle Corp., Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, Apple Inc.
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Insecurity in cyberspace
North Korea recently launched a cyber attack on South Korean TV stations and banks. Iran carried out a cyber campaign against U.S. banking sites. The U.S. and Israel released malware that disabled Iranian nuclear centrifuges. Or did they? There's no...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Russia, Computer Crime, Linux, Computer Networking and Internet
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Google faces more privacy probes, possible fines in Europe
SAN FRANCISCO -- Europe's biggest data protection authorities say they are taking steps to press Google Inc. to comply with European Union privacy rules and could impose fines if the Internet giant fails to do so. France's CNIL data protection agency...
Tags: Punishment, Interior Policy, European Union, Fines, April Fools' Day
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Congress weighs legislation that would update email privacy laws
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced legislation Tuesday that would give stronger privacy protection to emails. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 would require the government to...
Tags: Paula Broadwell, Email, Patrick Leahy, Justice System, Judges
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Reuters suspends Matthew Keys after Times hacking indictment
L.A. NOWNews agency Reuters has suspended a deputy social media editor after he was indicted on federal charges of conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous to breach a Tribune Co. website, changing a Los Angeles Times online story. Reuters spokesman David........
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