In my latest Guardian column, I talk about the real danger from the UK Tories' plan to ban effective cryptography: not the initial mandate forcing companies to help spy on their users, but all the things we'll have to do when that doesn't work. Read the rest

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Katitza from EFF writes, "Paraguay is at a vitally important digital civil liberties crossroads, and we're calling on all Paraguayans to help! " Read the rest

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There're just a couple days left to back LOUD on Planet X, a music game about fighting aliens that features the work of artists like Purity Ring, Tegan and Sara, Metric and others. Read the rest

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Early on in the exploration game Gardenarium, a woman informs you that "you are on a quest to win." This is a lie. Read the rest

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From the aptly named Crude Brothers. Read the rest

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The 33-year-old patient sang and played guitar while the doctors performed the surgery. It began with a song he composed for his son, born a few months ago, followed by "Yesterday" by the Beatles, and other tunes. Read the rest

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A federal judge is investigating charges that the United States government may have illegally destroyed possible evidence during the high-profile media leak investigation of National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drake. Read the rest

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Xeni speaks with the stars of Love & Mercy about the music and magic inside Brian Wilson's mind. Directed by Bill Pohlad with a score by Atticus Ross, the film opens Friday, June 5, 2015. Read the rest

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Hopes&Fears surveys "analog control panels in sci-fi movies, beginning with the excellent X-wing targeting computer from Star Wars. Read the rest

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Rotate your shish-kabobs with the favorite tool of the eleventh and twelfth Doctor. Read the rest

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A snorkeler dragged in this 18-foot dead oarfish he found just off Catalina Island near Los Angeles on Sunday. Oarfish are rarely seen this large and usually found in deep open ocean waters. Read the rest

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NPR has set up a test online: can you distinguish between 128kbps and 320kbps MP3 files, and uncompressed WAV files? I got all but one of my answers right (on my cheap Urbanears Tanto headphones), but I found them consciously impossible to tell apart and went with hunches. Read the rest

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Mike from Muckrock sez, "'My name is Allen Ginsberg and I sleep with whoever I want.' So noted the FBI, in its 89 pages tracking the life, lovers, and political activism of the American poet, who was born this day in 1926." Read the rest

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With the sunsetting of Section 215 of the Patriot Act and the passage of the USA Freedom Act, Congress has, for the first time since the 1970s, put limits on the surveillance powers of America's spooks. Read the rest

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After sharp criticism for "whitewashing" Aloha, Cameron Crowe has posted an apology on his website, The Uncool.

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While the bill has many significant flaws, it is historic: it’s the first time since the 1970s Congress has indicated its intention to restrict the vast powers of intel agencies like the NSA, rather than expanding them. Read the rest

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A story from Drawn and Quarterly's new 800-page 25th Anniversary Anthology Read the rest

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Neal Stephenson's no stranger to ambition, but his new novel Seveneves stretches to lengths (and heights) that beggar the imagination. Read the rest

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Artist Paige Smith, aka A Common Name, takes to the streets of LA to create beautiful geodes in the cracks and crevices of the city. Read the rest

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