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...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...Oh A small British company seems to be succeeding where US tech giants fail: persuading older people to embrace video connectivity....
...Snowden seeks French overture Whistleblower Edward Snowden has said he would “love” an offer of political asylum in France....
...In the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, the European Court of Justice is considering a case — Schrems v Facebook — that could make it harder for US technology companies to transfer data to America...
...In June 2013, the Snowden leaks provided Schrems with new material....
...Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower, used the hashtag #BringBackOurInternet to publicise Mr Biya’s warning that irresponsible use of social media was punishable by law....
...(NYT) Video of the day Mobile pay: Shanghai v San Francisco Who has the best facilities for mobile phone payment — the world’s tech hub or China’s business capital?...
...Edward Snowden has rounded on his hosts, attacking the Kremlin’s human rights record and implicating Russia in two of the US government’s latest major security hacks....
...Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency whistleblower, praised Mr Schrems at the time, saying he had changed the world for the better....
...The most well-known legal protection — “legal professional privilege” or (as it is called in the US and elsewhere) “client-attorney privilege” — is exactly that: a privilege....
...Those with shorter memories might remember that on October 6 this year, in Schrems v Ireland, the European Court of Justice made a finding of fact that the US was engaged in “indiscriminate mass surveillance...
...US court told PwC cut corners in Colonial audit Control+C, Control+V....
...Apple will this week present its legal challenge to the US government’s use of a 227-year-old law to force it to help investigators gain access to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters....
...It showed photographers Fabrice Monteiro, Maimouna Guerresi, Jim Chuchu and Ayana V Jackson, as well as large delicate drawings by the Nigerian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze....
...In 1996, a landmark ruling in the case of Bernstein v. Department of Justice established that computer code was free speech, protected under the First Amendment of the US Constitution....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Open question. Depends if he injects a major fiscal stimulus....
...Mr Schrems, who had already won some prominence with a one-man pressure group called Europe v Facebook that he started in 2011, took up the Safe Harbour cause after deciding that official responses to Snowden...
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College I expect inflation to rise towards 3% in 2017 was import prices rise....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...Our assumptions about data privacy have been changed by Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower....
...Fabrice Montagne, chief UK and senior European economist, Barclays We expect UK GDP to grow 1% next year and 1.5% in 2018....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College My guess is he will be too timorous to do the right thing....
...Le Nôtre’s great gardens include many V-words, words such as Versailles or Vaux le Vicomte....
...Fabrice Montagne, chief UK and senior European economist, Barclays Feel about the same as 12 months ago While the short term resilience has surprised us to the upside, the long term outlook remains challenging...
...Star of the show is the smashed-up laptop and hard drive of the Guardian computer that stored the files of the Snowden revelations illustrating the extent of US National Security Agency surveillance....
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