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Exclusive: Obama set to announce executive order on cybersecurity threat data

February 12, 2015 publisher agenda-as-much, conference, congress, game-developer, government, handily-beat, mobile, president, victoria-bryan, white, white-house

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is expected to announce an executive order directing the government and companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats in response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment. As in other policy areas where Obama has been unable to get legislation through the now Republican-controlled Congress, the White House is turning to more limited administrative actions to advance its agenda as much as it can. The announcement could be tonight or tomorrow, when the U.S.

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Jeb Bush talks immigration, education, releases emails as he eyes 2016 bid

February 10, 2015 publisher also-stressing, bush, credentials, florida, politically, time, white, white-house

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – In a visit to Florida's state capital on Tuesday, Republican Jeb Bush focused on the politically explosive topics of immigration and education reform, while emails were released from his time as governor there in an effort to burnish his credentials as he eyes a 2016 presidential bid

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U.S. tech groups ask White House for help with China policies

February 5, 2015 creative 369-3-million, alarming-number, chinese, hiring-business, michael-conroy, michael-froman, north, quarter-ended, representative, said-the-letter, showing-binary, white-house

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Katy Perry lights the way for Super Bowl’s girl power moment

January 26, 2015 admin jason-lipshutz, nfl, obama, silicon-valley, singer-katy, takes-the-stage, white-house, women

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – There is a strong chance of a neon-colored spectacle, perhaps some flying and definitely songs of female empowerment when pop singer Katy Perry takes the stage during halftime at the Super Bowl, the most-watched 12 minutes on U.S. television. The pink-loving Perry may seem a mismatch for the macho world of NFL football

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Sales of surveillance cameras surge in South Korea after daycare abuse case

January 26, 2015 creative cameras-rose, daycare-center, march-auction, nfl, obama, online-shopping, reported-sales, singer-katy, takes-the-stage, white-house, women

Sales of surveillance cameras are surging in South Korea after a daycare center worker was caught on camera earlier this month knocking a toddler to the floor, spurring calls for closer monitoring of schools and child care facilities. The education ministry said last week it planned to require that 90 percent of kindergartens install surveillance cameras by next year. Parliament has introduced a bill to require all daycare centers to install cameras, and is expected to pass it in March

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Sprint says Obama net neutrality plan wouldn’t curb investments

January 16, 2015 creative data-throttling, deputy, federal, friday-sprint, known-as-title, office, permission, president-obama, sprint-corp, united-states, white, white-house

By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sprint Corp will keep investing in its networks even if U.S. regulators adopt stricter “net neutrality” rules as long as they are applied with a “light touch,” the company said in a letter to the FCC released on Friday.

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Uber ordered to shut down South Carolina operations for now

January 16, 2015 publisher francisco-based, friday-sprint, madrid, order-directed, public-service, smartphone-over, sprint-corp, united, white, white-house

(Reuters) – Ride-sharing company Uber has been ordered by South Carolina regulators to cease operations in the state while it remains in the process of seeking permission to legally do business there. The San Francisco-based company, valued at about $40 billion in its latest fundraising, has touched a raw nerve in many parts of the United States and other countries by threatening to open up often tightly controlled and licensed taxicab markets.

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N.Y. Post says Twitter feed was hacked after erratic Tweets

January 16, 2015 creative federal, friday-sprint, madrid, order-directed, public-service, smartphone-over, sprint-corp, united-press, wake, white, white-house

The New York Post said some of its Twitter accounts were hacked on Friday, in the wake of a series of inaccurate posts on the social network relating to the Federal Reserve, Bank of America and U.S. military engagement with China. Similarly peculiar messages appeared on a Twitter account controlled by United Press International.

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Exclusive: White House says net neutrality legislation not needed

January 15, 2015 creative authority, mistake, necessary-given, reuters-obama, roberta-rampton, rules-because, twitter, white-house

By Alina Selyukh and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said legislation was not necessary to settle so-called “net neutrality” rules because the Federal Communications Commission had the authority to write them. Republicans in Congress are trying to drum up support for a bill that would counter the FCC's upcoming new rules. “In terms of legislation, we don’t believe it’s necessary given that the FCC has the authorities that it needs under Title II,” a White House official told Reuters

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State Department’s unclassified email systems hacked

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Monday said its unclassified email systems were the victim of a cyber attack in recent weeks, around the same time as White House systems were breached, but no classified data was compromised. The department shut down portions of its unclassified system over the weekend to improve its security but said they should be back online shortly, though it declined to predict when.