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President Obama calls out Snapchat and LinkedIn during final White House correspondents’ dinner

obama111Amid zingers directed at everyone from Donald Trump to himself, President Barack Obama briefly mentioned two tech giants during his final White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday evening.

The 40-minute monologue, which you can watch here, was certainly funny — well, maybe depending on your political views —...

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US House unanimously passed bill requiring warrants for e-mail

(credit: Dennis Skley)

The US House unanimously approved legislation Wednesday requiring the authorities to obtain a court warrant to acquire e-mail and stored cloud data.

The Email Privacy Act unwinds a President Ronald Reagan-era law that allows the authorities to access e-mail and data from service providers without a warrant if the message or data is at...

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JLENS program’s “blimp gone wild” prompts House to slash funding

One of the two JLENS aerostats on the ground at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Two aerostats make up a JLENS "orbit."

The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) system program has been savaged by the House Armed Services Committee in its markup of the Defense Department's 2017 budget. The proposed cut...

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