Tech conglomerate IBM has announced it will be launching a line of Linux-only mainframe servers dubbed the LinuxONE. IBM has teamed up with Canonical, the >>>

  When it comes to privacy, Germans can’t take a joke. Source: Germans are so scared of surveillance they microwave their ID cards – The >>>

Newly disclosed N.S.A. documents show that the agency gained access to billions of emails through a “highly collaborative” relationship with AT&T. Source: AT&T Helped N.S.A. >>>

More than 4700 people who illegally downloaded a Hollywood blockbuster have won a reprieve from the Federal Court of Australia. Here’s why. Source: Dallas Buyers >>>

At the DEF CON hacker conference, Kustodian CEO Chris Rock demonstrated how fraudsters could artificially ‘kill’ someone for a profit or prank due to vulnerabilities >>>

Using SSL proxy, attack decrypts user data, allowing remote access to vehicle. Source: OwnStar Wi-Fi attack now grabs BMW, Mercedes, and Chrysler cars’ virtual keys >>>

Not just the world’s highest capacity SSD, but the world’s highest capacity drive of any type. The PM1633 uses Samsung’s new 48 layer V-NAND, itself >>>

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FBI Director Comey believes that national security is more important than constitutional privacy protections or, apparently, due process. After all, aren’t Source: FBI Says That >>>

Warnings from the EFF this week that Hollywood is making renewed efforts to obtain SOPA-like powers over Internet companies has touched a nerve, with filmmakers >>>