2013 05 23 WRD Exclusive: Congressman Preps Bill to End Terror War Authority | Danger Room | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/schiff-aumf/ Exclusive: Congressman Preps Bill to End Terror War Authority BY SPENCER ACKERMAN 05.23.13 5:35 PM Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), shown in this 2009 photo with his wife Eve, is working on a bill that would bring the president’s post-9/11 war powers to an end. Photo: Cliff1066/Flickr In the wake of President Obama’s big speech...

2013 05 13 WRD Feds Won’t Say if NSA Surveilled New York Terror Suspects | Threat Level | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/feds-mum-on-terror-suspects/ Feds Won’t Say if NSA Surveilled New York Terror Suspects Terror suspects Sheheryar Alam Qazi, left, and brother Raees Alam Qazi. Photo: Broward Sheriff’s Office BY DAVID KRAVETS 05.13.13 6:30 AM Federal authorities prosecuting brothers on allegations they plotted to blow up a high-profile target in New York City are refusing to confirm publicly...

2013 05 20 WRD Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/nsa-tax/ Utah Springs Surprise Tax on Massive NSA Data Center Photo: Phil Windley/Flickr BY KLINT FINLEY 05.20.13 6:10 PM The National Security Agency should complete construction of its 1 million square foot data center near Bluffdale, Utah, this year. As Wired first reported last year, its purpose is to intercept, analyze and store data passing...

2013 05 Israeli Computer Scientist Developed Software That Compresses Time on Videos, Aiding Police After Crime | @pritheworld

http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/video-software-compresses-time-aids-police/ Matthew BellMatthew Bell is a Jerusalem-based Middle East reporter. He has been with The World since 2001 and has filed stories from cities across the US and abroad. Israeli Computer Scientist Developed Software That Compresses Time on Videos, Aiding Police After Crime | @pritheworld A computer scientist in Israel has developed a clever technique...

2013 05 22 LAT The future of wiretapping – latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-wiretap-fbi-calea-expansion-20130522,0,4866736.story The future of wiretapping The FBI and the Obama administration want expanded power, but they are applying 20th century assumptions about surveillance to 21st century technologies. In the not-too-distant future, video calling is likely to be a standard feature in Web browsers, potentially turning every website into a virtual phone booth or party line....

2013 05 22 LAT New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media – latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-mobile-ads-uberads-20130521,0,4129912.story New ad platform targets mobile users by scouring social media Mobile ad platform UberAds targets users based on their social media activity and location. (UberAds) By Andrea Chang May 22, 2013, 5:00 a.m. Mobile advertising is about to become a lot more personal. Pasadena technology company UberMedia has launched a mobile advertising platform that...

2013 05 14 NYT Spying on The Associated Press – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/opinion/spying-on-the-associated-press.html Spying on The Associated Press The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a credible justification for secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at The Associated Press in what looks like a fishing expedition for sources and an effort to...

2013 05 21 NYT Stop the Leaks – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/opinion/stop-the-leaks.html Stop the Leaks WASHINGTON — FOLLOWING the disclosure that the Justice Department obtained the telephone records of Associated Press journalists, The A.P. and other news organizations have sharply criticized the action as investigative overreaching and unwarranted interference with the ability of journalists to report on government operations. As former Justice Department officials who served...

2013 05 17 NYT Lawmakers Pose Questions on Google Glass – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/technology/lawmakers-pose-questions-on-google-glass.html?hpw&_r=0 Lawmakers Show Concerns About Google’s New Glasses By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: May 17, 2013 Eight members of Congress on Thursday formally demanded that Google address a range of privacy concerns about its new wearable technology device, Google Glass. The letter, addressed to Larry Page, Google’s chief executive, outlined eight questions for Google and...

2013 05 17 NPR Google Mines Our Data For Future Product Ideas : NPR

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/17/184700650/google-lays-out-its-future-for-everyone Google Mines Our Data For Future Product Ideas Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. This week in San Francisco, Google held its annual developers conference. The Internet search giant...