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Eleven countries studied, one inescapable conclusion – the drug laws don’t worktheguardian.com
Eight month study shows legalisation policies do not result in wider use, and the US should be watched with interest - youtube.com
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Google Retools Its Flu Prediction Engine — After Getting It Wrongblogs.wsj.com
It’s flu season and Google has some news. The search giant is updating Flu Trends, its formula for making weekly predictions of the number of flu cases. -
F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutralitynytimes.com
A “split the baby” proposal would regulate “wholesale” Internet transactions similar to utilities, and lightly regulate “retail” transactions. - facebook.github.io
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Ello | gbello.co
Ello is a beautiful, simple, and ad-free social network. The Ello interface supports posting and private messaging. Ello allows users to share images, video, text, and sound files in an elegant environment that makes it fast and easy to read, post, and... -
NSA Phone Surveillance Faces Fresh Court Testonline.wsj.com
The NSA’s collection of Americans’ phone records will face a fresh court test this coming week, when a Washington, D.C., appeals panel hears arguments over the surveillance program. -
Judge Rules Suspect Can Be Required To Unlock Phone With Fingerprintm.wsj.com
A Virginia Circuit Court judge ruled that police officers cannot force criminal suspects to divulge cellphone passwords, but they can force them to unlock the phone with a fingerprint scanner. -
Will Schenk - How to track your coworkerswillschenk.com
How to track your coworkers - Simple passive network surveillance -
No Offense: The New Threats to Free Speechonline.wsj.com
The U.S. and Britain have long considered themselves the standard-bearers for freedom of expression. Can this proud tradition survive the idea that ‘hurtful’ speech deserves no protection? -
Apollo, Ansari and the Hobbling Effects of Giant Leaps at Parabolic Arcparabolicarc.com
Space Tourism … and Much More - dendory.net
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AirHopper: Bridging the Air-Gap between Isolated Networks and Mobile …slideshare.net
Information is the most critical asset of modern organizations, and accordingly coveted by adversaries. When highly sensitive data is involved, an organization… -
At Penn, students can get credit for ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’washingtonpost.com
Professor Kenneth Goldsmith, who will teach the creative writing class, says he will strictly enforce "a state of distraction" among the students. -
Startups, Robots Drive YC Founder | EE Timeseetimes.com
Trevor Blackwell, co-founder of seminal startup accelerator Y Combinator, shares thoughts on his passion for startups, robotics, and software. - english.upenn.edu
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Random Image Experiment Reveals The Building Blocks of Human Imagination | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
Scientists have discovered how to extract the template images that the human mind uses to recognise objects, such as balls, cars and people.