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BERLIN - The chairman of a new German parliamentary panel probing mass surveillance by the NSA abruptly quit on Wednesday, rejecting opposition demands that...

STRASBOURG - Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said on Tuesday there should be an international agreement on data collection to protect against the...

LUXEMBOURG - The European Court of Justice on Tuesday struck down an EU-wide law on how private data can be collected and stored, judging...

BEIJING - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will Tuesday urge China to pursue a more open dialogue about cyber-warfare and other sensitive issues to...

SAN FRANCISCO - A young startup specializing in Android smartphone lock screens that anticipate what "app" a user might want at any give moment...

BEIJING - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel got a first-hand look at China's new aircraft carrier on Monday as Beijing offered an unprecedented glimpse...

WASHINGTON - It could be a difficult breakup between the US government and the Internet.

ANKARA - Turkey lifted a criticized block on Twitter on Thursday, 24 hours after its highest court had overturned the ban as a breach...

Update: Turkey Lifts Controversial Twitter Ban ANKARA - Turkey's government faced growing pressure Thursday to quickly implement a top court order to unblock Twitter,...

WASHINGTON - More than 40 activist organizations and companies called Tuesday for an overhaul of US government surveillance authority that goes beyond President Barack...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a sign of the growing importance of the Internet "cloud," software group Cloudera said Monday it raised a whopping $900...

MOSCOW - Uzbekistan has brought in new regulations to increase surveillance of Internet cafes in the latest tightening of the country's strict rules governing...

NEW YORK - Investors are pumping millions of dollars into encryption as unease about data security drives a rising need for ways to keep...

SHANGHAI - Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei on Monday pledged to protect cyber security, following reports this month that a US government agency had...

FRANKFURT - The US National Security Agency's vast eavesdropping programs amassed more than 300 reports on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Der Spiegel reported Saturday,...

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft on Friday scrapped a policy which allowed it to peek at Hotmail messages to plug leaks or investigate intellectual property...

WASHINGTON - The United States will show "restraint" in cyber operations outside of US government networks, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Friday, urging...

QUITO - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has said his Twitter account was hacked, blaming right-wing foreign groups for posting false tweets in his name....

GENEVA - Washington must shake up its overseas surveillance program, shut Guantanamo, hold Americans accountable for "war on terror" violations and stem racism in...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama put forward a plan Thursday to end bulk collection of telephone records, aiming to defuse a controversy over the...