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1. Spyware isn’t just for big nations. Smaller countries are snooping on their own people.
By Lorenzo Francheschi-Bicchierai in Motherboard
2. Why isn’t anyone in charge of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division?
By William Yeomans at Reuters
3. If you give DNA to Ancestry.com, police could link it to a crime.
By Kashmir Hill in Fusion
4. Here’s how tech can help the blind get active.
By Christina Couch in MIT Technology Review
5. The key to an affordable electric car might be ditching the steering wheel.
By Klint Finley in Wired
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