Jimmy Carter: I Think the NSA Is Spying on Me

Jimmy Carter: I Think the NSA Is Spying on Me

Former President Jimmy Carter thinks the NSA is spying on him. In an interview on NBC, Carter explained that he favored pen, paper and stamps to email because it meant his message wouldn’t be snooped on. He explained:

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Jony Ive Talks Design Philosophy, Patent Theft and Apple's Future

Jony Ive Talks Design Philosophy, Patent Theft and Apple's Future

In a rare interview, Jony Ive spoke to The Sunday Times over the weekend, discussing everything from design philosophy to travelling with Steve Jobs. Here are a few choice cuts.

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Tim Berners-Lee: We Need an Online Magna Carta

Tim Berners-Lee: We Need an Online Magna Carta

Daddy of the internet Tim Berners-Lee has spoken out in an attempt to enshrine the independence of the world wide web, telling the Guardian that he believes we need an online Magna Carta to protect the rights of its users world wide.

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Mark Zuckerberg Talks Fragmenting Apps, Anonymous Facebook and… Poke

Mark Zuckerberg Talks Fragmenting Apps, Anonymous Facebook and... Poke

Ahead of Facebook’s 10th anniversary on February 4th, Bloomberg Businessweek scored an interview with Mark Zuckerberg to chat about the company’s future. Here are some choice cuts from the social network’s head honcho, before you go read the whole thing.

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Obama: Dammit, I’m Not Allowed an iPhone For “Security Reasons”

Obama: Dammit, I'm Not Allowed an iPhone For "Security Reasons"

Poor old Barack Obama. Not only is his pet project HealthCare.gov struggling to gain traction, he has other tech woes, too: he isn’t allowed an iPhone for "security reasons."

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Vint Cerf: “Privacy May Actually Be an Anomaly”

Vint Cerf: "Privacy May Actually Be an Anomaly"

Vint Cerf, Google’s chief internet evangelist, is famous for having some, um, strong views. He’s just unleashed a cracker, though: he thinks that "privacy may actually be an anomaly."

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Stephen Hawking Doesn’t Think the Higgs Boson Is Interesting Enough

Stephen Hawking Doesn't Think the Higgs Boson Is Interesting Enough

Professor Stephen Hawking is not impressed by the discovery of the Higgs boson particle earlier this year. First, it lost him a $100 bet. Second, he would’ve been happier if a more “interesting” solution to the problem of the mass of the universe had been discovered.

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Woz: I Wish to God That Apple and Google Were Partners

Woz: I Wish to God That Apple and Google Were Partners

If there’s one man who talks tech sense it’s Woz—and never more so than in a recent interview with the BBC. Woz would love it if Apple and Google played friendly, and he makes a very, very good point.

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Thom Yorke: Spotify Is “the Last Desperate Fart of a Dying Corpse”

Thom Yorke: Spotify Is "the Last Desperate Fart of a Dying Corpse"

Thom Yorke has already made his feelings on music streaming services known: he doesn’t like them. But now he’s spoken at length about Spotify and the current state of music distribution and he’s… well, angry.

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Bill Gates: Ctrl-Alt-Delete “Was a Mistake”

Bill Gates: Ctrl-Alt-Delete "Was a Mistake"

The keyboard combo that is Control-Alt-Delete may have become iconic—but according to Bill Gates it was all just a big mistake.

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