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WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency collects less than 30 percent of all US phone calls, much less than previously thought, according to media...

SAN FRANCISCO - Californian leaders want to make it compulsory for smartphones or tablets sold in the state to have built-in "kill switches" to...

WASHINGTON - Government requests for Twitter user information are on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more...

NEW YORK - The accused mastermind of the online black market bazaar Silk Road pleaded not guilty Friday to drug and money laundering charges...

WASHINGTON - Incoming US ambassador Max Baucus pledged Thursday to build trust with China as fellow senators confirmed him to the post at a...

NEW YORK - US mass surveillance, restrictive legislation and a wave of global cyberattacks drastically restricted online press freedom during 2013, a New York-based...

WASHINGTON - A US official acknowledged Tuesday that the NSA likely scoops up data on congressional phone communications, but stopped short of saying whether...

SAN FRANCISCO - Satya Nadella has to renew the world's faith in Microsoft and then deliver on the promise if the aging technology giant...

SAN FRANCISCO - Internet titans eager to regain the trust of users for the first time on Monday provided insight into numbers of secret...

ABUJA - Nigerian police on Monday said they had arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of an Australian woman and...

OTTAWA - Canada's ultra-secret eavesdropping agency on Friday blasted the disclosure of its tradecraft, after it was reported the agency had tracked airline passengers...

OTTAWA - As a trial run for the NSA and other foreign intelligence agencies, Canadian intelligence collected data from Canadian travelers who passed through...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has nominated a US Navy officer, Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, to take over as head of the embattled National...

WASHINGTON - Authorities are committed to hunting down the hackers blamed for a massive data breach at US retail giant Target, Attorney General Eric...

LatAm Summit Lashes Out at US SpyingHAVANA - Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday railed against US spying as he opened a summit of Latin...

Britain Says Head of Eavesdropping Agency to Step Down LONDON - Britain announced Tuesday that the head of GCHQ, the secret eavesdropping agency that...

OTTAWA - Canada's interim privacy commissioner on Tuesday urged lawmakers to crack down on government spies who trawl without cause on social media websites...

WASHINGTON - The United States agreed to give technology firms the ability to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted...

WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency and its British counterpart are tapping into smart phone applications to scoop up personal data, the New York...

NEW YORK - US authorities Monday filed criminal charges against two operators of a Bitcoin exchange which enabled its users to buy drugs and...