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1. Today’s tax day. The IRS should do more to protect all that data.
By Bruce Schneier at CNN
2. Computers are getting smarter. Here’s why they still can’t replace human spies.
By Peter Apps at Reuters
3. Both political parties agree: This is the most important economic issue everyone is ignoring.
By David Dayen in the New Republic
4. Corrupt business practices persist because they work, right? Wrong.
By the Editorial Board of the Christian Science Monitor
5. Put away the laptop: You remember more when you take notes by hand.
By James Doubek at NPR
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