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FCC Chair To ‘Quickly Replace’ Obama Net Neutrality Rules
Two speed Internet? Head honcho of US comms watchdog wants to reserve net neutrality rules
US Expels Russian Diplomats For Cyber Attacks
35 Russian diplomats handed their marching orders by the United States in revenge for cyber attacks
White House Refuses To Support Draft Encryption Bill
Obama refuses to enter debate surrounding controversial draft bill, that will require tech firms to help crack encryption
Google Offers Internet Access For Cuba Amid Historic Obama Visit
Cubans to receive Google Internet access as frosty relationship between the two nations thaws
US Government, Spooks, Tech Giants Meet For ISIS Showdown
Silicon Valley meets US government and others to discuss ways to combat terrorist use of social media
Obama Asks For Tech Cooperation After Terrorist Attacks
Silicon Valley urged to help authorities tackle militant groups using social networks and tech tools
UK, US Wargame Tests Financial Response To Cyber Attack
War games. British and American tests the responses of their financial centres to a major cyber attack
Obama Orders Exascale Supercomputer Initiative
World's faster supercomputer. Obama orders creation of computer capable of 1,000 petaflops
US Tech Firms Warn Obama To Back Off Encryption
Open letter to President Obama highlights tech opposition to efforts to weaken encryption systems
White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation
Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House
China Hits Back At Obama Over Software Backdoors
The war of words escalates between America and China over its demand for a backdoor in foreign software
White House Leaves FTC To Decide Net Neutrality Laws
The FTC will decide how the Internet is governed after the White House said it already had the required powers
Britain And USA To Stage Cyber War Games
“Shall we play a game?” The UK and US are to launch cyber attacks on the City of London and Wall Street
Obama To Propose NSA Stops Storing Phone Records
US President will make proposal to Congress following major public outcry at NSA mass surveillance
Angela Merkel Proposes Secure European Communications Network
Pan-European network would help improve data security following recent NSA snooping allegations
Chancellor Merkel Warns UK And US On Surveillance
Merkel says snooping “sows distrust” amongst allies in address to German parliament
Verizon’s Transparency Report Shows Another Rise In US Data Requests
Verizon reveals the masses of data requests it receives from the US government and law enforcement
Obama’s Spy Reforms Will Hit Political Quicksand
President Obama's phone surveillance reforms make little difference, and face political deadlock, says Wayne Rash
Obama Is Not Curbing NSA’s Data Centre Activity
President Obama can't halt the NSA's data collection, even if he wanted to, says Peter Judge
Obama: NSA Phone Surveillance Will Be Controlled… Some Day
President Obama defended the creation of a phone call database but promised access to it will be controlled
NSA ‘Can Hack Disconnected PCs’
NSA installs radio bugs in PCs, reports say
Tech Titans Meet Obama To Urge NSA Surveillance Reform
Obama faces the dream team of Marissa Mayer, Sheryl Sandberg, Eric Schmidt and Tim Cook
US-China Cyber Espionage Discussions Fail To Deliver
Discussions between President Obama and President Xi Jinping bring nothing concrete
Fury Over NSA Interception Of Verizon Customer Communications
US spy agency, the NSA, is conducting mass surveillance of American citizens' telephone communications thanks to a secret court order
US House Passes Controversial CISPA Bill
Bill passes but faces tough road ahead, with White Office threatening a veto