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Google, Twitter push to reveal number of national security related requests separately
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While Microsoft and Facebook have both published information tonight about how many requests for customer info the government made over a six month period, Google and Twitter are apparently hoping to take a different route. As Google told AllThingsD and Twitter legal director Benjamin Lee tweeted, “it’s important to be able to publish numbers of national security requests-including FISA disclosures-separately.” Google went further, claiming that lumping the number of National Security Letters together with criminal requests would be a “step backwards.” Clearly this post-PRISM revelations battle for more transparency on just what the government is doing behind the scenes isn’t over, we’ll let you know if any of the parties involved have more information to share.
Source: AllThingsD, Benjamin Lee (Twitter)
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Facebook reveals government data request numbers, is first to include national security stats
Author: Margo Tipton
Facebook lawyer Ted Ullyot revealed in a post tonight precisely how many user-data requests it receives from government entities, and that it’s negotiated the ability to include national security-related (FISA and National Security Letters) inquiries in the report. Until now, the companies that receive such requests, whether through the recently uncovered PRISM program or not, have not been able to say anything about them, or report how many there are. Still, the stats it’s able to release aren’t specific, and include all requests from the last six months in a range, said to be between 9,000 and 10,000, covering between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts. We still have no official reports on what those inquiries cover, how wide reaching a single one can be or what information has been passed along. Facebook however, is quick to point out that these cover “only a tiny fraction of one percent” of its 1.1 billion active user accounts.
Along with Microsoft and Google, Facebook has publicly petitioned the government to let it be more transparent about the size and scope of the requests it receives, and Reuters reports tonight that “several” internet companies have struck an agreement to do so.
For the six months ending December 31, 2012, the total number of user-data requests Facebook received from any and all government entities in the U.S. (including local, state, and federal, and including criminal and national security-related requests) – was between 9,000 and 10,000. These requests run the gamut – from things like a local sheriff trying to find a missing child, to a federal marshal tracking a fugitive, to a police department investigating an assault, to a national security official investigating a terrorist threat. The total number of Facebook user accounts for which data was requested pursuant to the entirety of those 9-10 thousand requests was between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts.
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Source: Facebook
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Director of National Intelligence declassifies PRISM info to clear up ‘inaccuracies’
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After details of a government program called PRISM with alleged hooks into the servers of major internet companies became public this week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper decided it was necessary to respond. According to his statement, clearing up the “significant misimpressions” and “inaccuracies” requires the release of further classified info, included in a bullet point fact sheet listed after the break.
Source: Director of National Intelligence
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No Comments »Pangea Supercontinent w/ Current National Borders
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Note: Larger version RIGHT HERE in case you would like to know where the Galapagos Islands used to be. SPOILER: No hint.
This is the Pangea supercontinent imagined with present national borders. Was anyone else surprised to see that the United States accustomeded to be neighbors with Canada and Mexico? Blows my mind. Obviously the truth that people actually believe that all the continents accustomeded to fit together like a huge jigsaw puzzle blows my mind too. Like, centuries from now that’s going to seem as outrageous as still believing the earth is round. It isn’t round however, is it? “It’s shaped like a turtle.” Simply any old turtle? “Michelangelo.” Congratulations, that was a test and you passed.
Thanks to Brad C, who as soon as got so upset at a tropical island that he kept kicking sand off the beach into the water until the whole thing disappeared.
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Pangea Supercontinent w/ Current National Borders
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Note: Larger version HERE in case you want to know where the Galapagos Islands used to be. SPOILER: No clue.
This is the Pangea supercontinent imagined with current national borders. Was anybody else surprised to see that the US used to be neighbors with Canada and Mexico? Blows my mind. Of course the fact that people actually believe that all the continents used to fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle blows my mind too. Like, hundreds of years from now that’s going to sound as ridiculous as still believing the earth is round. It isn’t round though, is it? “It’s shaped like a turtle.” Just any old turtle? “Michelangelo.” Congratulations, that was a test and you passed.
Thanks to Brad C, who once got so angry at a tropical island that he kept kicking sand off the beach into the water until the whole thing disappeared.
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Notion Ink Adam II teased at India’s National Technology Awards, reportedly priced at $218
Author: Brian McKinnell
Remember the Notion Ink Adam? We’ll forgive you if you don’t — the device fell a bit short of expectations, and news of its successor has been scarce. Save for a few teasing tweets, Notion Ink has kept the project pretty close to its chest. That changed this weekend, however, when the tablet’s price and specifications were announced at India’s National Technology Awards. According to a press release (after the break) and a pamphlet reportedly given to attendees, the Adam II will sell for 12,000 Indian Rupees (about $ 217) later this year, packing in a 1.5 Ghz Dual-Core ARM Cortex CPU, twin 2MP cameras, 1GB RAM and up to 10 hours of battery life.
The tablet also boasts a secondary screen, albeit a small one: a monochrome ticker that displays Android notifications on the Adam’s book-like spine. HDMI, headphone and a micro USB ports crowd the device’s adjacent edges, which wrap around a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display — a concession that was apparently made to increase longevity. Specific and international availability was sadly left out of the announcements, but its nice to finally see this project gain some steam.
Gallery: Notion Ink Adam II Pamphlet
[Thanks, Anonymous]
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No Comments »National Robotics Week is Here!
Author: Gabe Hall
National Robotics Week is Here!
It's time once again for National Robotics Week in the United States. Hundreds of local events are planned by robot clubs, schools, libraries, museums, and other groups throughout the week of 6-14 April. Over 170 events have already been registered on …
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Making Robots Mimic the Human Hand
… been major obstacles to advanced robotic systems. Robotic hands that mimic the capabilities of the human hand have cost $ 10,000 or more, and computer vision systems have worked only in highly structured environments on a very limited set of objects.
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Mix-and-Match Robots Animate Voltron's Corpse
“That's when I realized that we had never given robots their due at Yuri's Night…. The fact of the matter is, the United States' manned spaceflight program is kaput (mostly) and robots are going to take a larger and larger role in space exploration …
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China chooses Ubuntu for a national reference OS coming in April
Author: Matthew Baker
China’s government and people have historically been friendly toward Linux, although not quite on the level of a new deal with Canonical. The country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is teaming with Canonical to create Ubuntu Kylin, a variant of the regular Linux distribution that would serve as a reference point for local hardware and software developers. A Raring Ringtail-based build due this April should bring Chinese calendars, character input methods and quick access to relevant music services. Later Kylin releases should integrate Baidu mapping, mass transit information, Taobao shopping and a common slate of photo editing and system tools from WPS. The hope is to foster open source development in China as part of a five-year government growth plan — and, we suspect, get away from closed operating systems that Americans control.
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Via: The Register
Source: Canonical
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National Geographic celebrates 125 years of remarkable photography with new Tumblr
Author: Gabe Hall
National Geographic this week revealed a brand-new Tumblr website committed to showcasing some of the more obscure photos in its vast archive. The Tumblr, labelled Found, was introduced in celebration of the publication’s 125th anniversary, and although their campaign still young, National Geographic‘s archivists have actually currently published some remarkably gorgeous images.
Not surprisingly, the pictures released on Found cover a wide breadth of cultures and periods. Some, like the below image of Budapest’s Gellert Bath House, give quotidien, slice-of-life pictures from bygone times, while others stand apart on purely aesthetic or compositional premises. On the more strange end of the spectrum is a 1903 picture of Alexander Graham Bell kissing his wife Mabel …
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FTC offers $50,000 to whichever ‘national hero’ can stamp out robocalls
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is providing a $ 50,000 cash prize to anyone who can establish a technical option to so-called ‘robocalling’, preventing automated and unwanted phone calls from reaching their targets. Set to be granted as component of the FTC Robocall Difficulty, which opens on October 25th, the prize is offered to individuals, groups, and company using up to 10 people– according to David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Customer Security, whoever bags the award “will certainly become a nationwide hero.”
” The large bulk of commercial robocalls are prohibited.”
While the rhetoric could be somewhat overblown, the issue of robocalling is genuine. Regardless of legal and regulatory attempts to stamp out the practice– according to the …
