Former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut

By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Edward Snowden has come in from the cold – on Twitter. Snowden, the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S.

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Top U.S. spy says skeptical about U.S.-China cyber agreement

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence official said he was skeptical that a new U.S.-China cyber agreement would slow a growing torrent of cyber attacks on U.S. computer networks, adding that his approach will be to “trust but verify.” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the agreement did not include specific penalties for violations but that the U.S

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Google unveils latest Nexus phones, tablet

(Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled its new Nexus phones on Tuesday in its latest attempt to take a bite out of Apple's dominant share of the smartphone market. The launch of the phones, the Nexus 6P and the Nexus 5X, comes a day after Apple Inc reported record first-weekend sales of its new iPhones.

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Russia watchdog blocks web pages calling for Navalny support protest: activists

By Andrey Kuzmin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia's Internet watchdog is working to block social networking sites rallying support for a mass protest next month backing Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, activists said on Monday. Navalny, a leader of the 2011-12 Moscow protest movement against President Vladimir Putin's rule, is facing charges of stealing 30 million roubles from two firms, between 2008 and 2012, in a case he has dismissed as politically motivated. ..

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Top bankers need to take cyber threat seriously: BoE

By Matt Scuffham and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Top British bankers and other senior executives in the financial services industry are not taking the risk of cyber attacks seriously enough, financial policymakers at the Bank of England say. Cyber crime costs the global economy $445 billion a year and the bill is rising, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies

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