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Federal judge bars NSA from destroying evidence of illegal surveillance

US District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco ordered that the evidence related to the lawsuits filed by a privacy rights group against the NSA's surveillance operations be kept intact, Bloomberg News reported.

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Tech execs meet with President Obama to discuss intelligence, technology and privacy concerns

Heads of the six biggest Internet companies in the US met with President Barack Obama and senior White House aides to talk about the government's data collection practices, Reuters reported.

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AT&T says Netflix's call for free interconnection as an "arrogant proposition"

Jim Cicconi of AT&T said the call of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for free internet internet connection was an "arrogant proposition" that would require everyone else except Netflix to pay, Reuters reported.

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Australian government considers extraditing Australian alleged to be moderator of now-defunct Silk Road

The Australian government is considering if it should surrender Peter Phillip Nash to the US authorities after he was indicted as one of the "small support staff" of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Reuters reported.

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Warren Buffet wins $1B bet on Quicken Loans Inc NCAA contest

Warren Buffet emerged as the winner on the bet he made on a Quicken Loans Inc contest that no individual would be able to correctly predict the winner of each game in the NCAA men's basketball tourney, Bloomberg reported.

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FTC and California say Facebook gave wrong interpretation on online teen privacy

The Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Facebook had the wrong interpretation of how COPPA applies to teenagers, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Investor files case against GM and CEO for failure to address previously known defects which led to recall

Investor GeorgePio filed a case against General Motors Co and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra for its failure to take care of the faulty issues that led to the recall of over 3.1 million cars, Reuters reported.

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First Lady Michelle Obama tells Chinese college students that online access to information a universal right

US First Lady Michelle Obama told Chinese students that online freedom is a right that everyone should have but stopped short of urging the Chinese government to grant more freedoms to its citizens, Reuters reported.

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Turks having more difficulties going online after Twitter ban

Turks are now facing a new challenge getting access to the Internet after courts banned Twitter as alternative DNS numbers that were used to access the Internet were not anymore working, Reuters reported.

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GAO says testing delays plague Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet software

A report from the US Government Accountability Office revealed that "persistent software problems" are causing delays in the testing of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet which could also put the project behind schedule, Bloomberg reported.

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Police mum on tech tool known as Stingray

Police are not revealing a lot of details about Stingray, a cell-tracking technology tool, that helps authorities that intercepts calls or messages of criminals they are trying to apprehend, the Associated Press reported.

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One World Doll Project secures $500K from unnamed private equity firm based in New Mexico

The One World Doll Project, a subsidiary of One World Holdings Inc, secured a capital infusion of $500,000 from a New Mexico-based private equity investor, a statement about the funding said.

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Sun Capital Partners sells Certified Power Inc to Brinkmere Capital Partners

Sun Capital Partners has exited Certified Power when its affiliate sold the fluid power and power train solutions provider to Brinkmere Capital Partners. Financial details were not disclosed.

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XO Group acquires recipe aggregation platform Gojee

Gojee, a recipe-finding site, has been acquired by the XO Group for an undisclosed amount, after talks with other possible acquirers like Yahoo failed, TechCrunch reported.

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Greece-based Locish bags $820K for seed round

Mobile Q&A app Locish secured fresh funding of $820,000 for its seed financing round led by Odyssey Jeremy Partners and joined in by other investors, a statement about the funding said.

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