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Three years later, thousands mark Sandy Hook shooting on social media

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Thousands took to social media on Monday to remember the children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, three years ago, many of them decrying the lack of new gun control laws. Top trending hashtags included #SandyHook, #ProtectOurKids and #StopGunViolence. Twitter user Mark Bland (‏@markbland) wrote: “Not a single gun control measure has been attempted or passed since #Newtown #SandyHook.

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Samsung appeals Apple patent ‘windfall’ ruling to U.S. Supreme Court

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By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – Samsung took to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a last-ditch effort to pare back the more than $548 million in damages it must pay Apple for infringing the patents and designs of the iPhone

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EU set to agree new data privacy law with stiff penalties

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By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A sweeping reform of fragmented laws governing the uses of personal data set to be agreed by the European Union on Tuesday will force companies to report privacy breaches to authorities or face stiff sanctions. EU governments and members of the European Parliament are expected to agree the new data protection law, which would replace a patchwork of 28 different laws and give regulators greater enforcement powers