Obama claims he can’t pardon Snowden
He has not been charged with anything
The campaign to have President Barack Obama pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden has run aground.
US Navy claims its piracy was approved by its victim
All at sea
The US Navy, which pirated more than 558,000 copies of some virtual reality software without paying the German software maker for it, claims that it did so with the consent of the software producer.
US asks China to play nice in chip market
Or we will take our ball back
The US government is asking the Chinese to “play nice” in the chip market after fears that the nation might be getting close to technology spurt which will eclipse the “Land of the Fee”.
New President will face a cyber crisis
Tarot cards say within 100 days
Whoever gets elected in the US elections will face a cybercrisis within their first 100 days of presidency, according to a security report by Forrester.
FBI Czech Russian hacker
Putin's Democratic party hacker?
Czech police and the FBI have fingered the collar of a Russian citizen and the press is wondering if they have caught the US Democratic party hacker.
Xiaomi is in no hurry to go to the US
Dragging its feet
While there is some interest in Xiaomi’s smartphones in the US, the company continues to drag its feet in a Western expansion.
US government can nick your phone if you enter the country
Take a burner if you leave the US
The Land of the Free has come up with a wizard way of violating privacy – according to the New York Times its border staff can just steal your phone when you return to the country.
German’s beating the US on the Internet of Things
US leadership not assured
It appears that when it comes to the Internet of Things, the US is not the key innovator and that the Germans are where all the innovation is.
US Nuclear shield out-of-date
Matthew Broderick might still have the gear to hack it
After decades, the US Defense Department is still using eight inch floppy disks in a computer system that coordinates the operational functions of the nation's nuclear forces.
UK hacker will not have to hand over passwords
Love one NCA nil
A UK computer scientist and activist Lauri Love has had a minor victory against the authorities who are trying to extradite him to the US.