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U.S. government reveals breadth of requests for Internet records

November 30, 2015 publisher federal-bureau, file-picture, greek, internet, man-typing, preventing-even, result, richard-posner, the-hackers

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has used a secretive authority to compel Internet and telecommunications firms to hand over customer data including an individual’s complete web browsing history and records of all online purchases, a court filing released Monday shows. The documents are believed to be the first time the government has provided details of its so-called national security letters, which are used by the FBI to conduct electronic surveillance without the need for court approval. The filing made public Monday was the result of an 11-year-old legal battle waged by Nicholas Merrill, founder of Calyx Internet Access, a hosted service provider, who refused to comply with a national security letter (NSL) he received in 2004

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Anonymous hackers target Iceland sites in whaling protest

November 28, 2015 publisher anonymous, hack-websites, late-on-friday, north, north-atlantic, the-campaign, video-posted, were-published

Activist hackers from the Anonymous collective have claimed responsibility for bringing down five government websites in Iceland in a protest against whale-hunting by the North Atlantic nation.

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FanDuel, DraftKings fight threatened shutdown in New York

November 25, 2015 publisher contests, daily, draft, fantasy-sports, from-offering, highly, players-conference, popular-online, schneiderman, state, supreme-court, their-contests, wednesday, week-seeking

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel urged a New York judge on Wednesday to spare them from a potentially crippling shutdown in one of their top markets by ruling that their contests do not constitute illegal gambling. “Chance pervades fantasy sports,” McGee said.

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BRIEF-New york judge says no ruling today on daily fantasy sports

November 25, 2015 publisher are-legal, circuit-court, daughter, highly, michael, source, supreme-court, whether-daily, york-judge

Nov 25 (Reuters) – * New york judge says no ruling today on whether daily fantasy sports are legal in the state Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: [ ] (Reporting By Michael Erman)

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Big brands don’t mind live Periscope stumbles to reach millennials

November 25, 2015 publisher create-more, daughter, even-though, including-news, last-month, michael, north-america, periscope, royal-caribbean, supreme-court, the-broadcast

When Benefit Cosmetics, a San Francisco-based maker of skin care and makeup, used Twitter's Periscope live-streaming video service to make a product demonstration, a heckler became part of the live show, typing to the presenter, “I can see down your top” even though there was no wardrobe malfunction. During BMW of North America's debut of its M2 coupe on Periscope last month, the sound dipped in and out as the driver talked about how the car handled

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FBI has lead in probe of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials: documents

November 24, 2015 publisher bloomington, facebook, fbi, federal, florida, having-access, internet, investigation, largest, lifeless-body, linked-through, miami-florida, warrant-the-fbi, while-the-older

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – A hacker who once advertised having access to user account information for websites like Facebook and Twitter has been linked through a Russian email address to the theft of a record 1.2 billion Internet credentials, the FBI said in court documents. The papers, made public last week by a federal court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provide a window into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe of what would amount to the largest collection of stolen user names and passwords. The court papers were filed in support of a search warrant the FBI sought in December 2014 and that was executed a month later related to email records.

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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg will take two months of paternity leave

November 20, 2015 publisher chris-reese, daughter, guillermo, indian, indian-prime, largest-economy, latin-america, menlo, menlo-park, second-largest, the-transaction, world, zuckerberg

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he will take two months of paternity leave after his daughter's birth, though he did not say when she is due. Facebook allows its U.S

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Investors ‘swipe right’ in Tinder-owner Match’s debut

November 19, 2015 publisher annual, bike-during, expansive-view, grassroots, instagram, match, most-popular, offered-hope, solid-opening, startups-hoping, the-annual, the-public, undated, valley, willingness

Match Group, which touts itself as the world's No. 1 dating company, is seen as the crown jewel of Diller's media properties and has driven parent IAC/InterActiveCorp's profit and revenue in recent quarters. One of Match Group's most popular offerings is Tinder, a mobile app on which people “swipe right” or “swipe left” to signal their willingness – or not – to meet prospective partners.

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Tech group rejects post-Paris call for data encryption ‘backdoors’

November 19, 2015 publisher attacks, dustin-volz, european, government, joint-statement, like-the-paris, meeting, other-blue-chip, paris, rejected-calls, steady-source

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A leading U.S.-based technology industry group on Thursday, in its first statement since last week's Paris attacks, rejected calls to give U.S.

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Snippets of Adele’s ’25’ leaked, removed days ahead of release

November 18, 2015 publisher 85th, academy-awards, action-the-user, airliner-over, extent, islamic-state, million-copies, official, personal, selling-album, song, the-official, were-reported, years, york

Parts of Adele's much anticipated new album “25” were reported on Wednesday to have been leaked online ahead of the official Nov. 20 release of the Grammy-winning British singer's first release in four years