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China made its first substantive comments on June 17 to reports of U.S. surveillance of the Internet, demanding that Washington explain its monitoring programs to the international community.

If Google and Yahoo are as frustrated as they sound with the sprawl of the post-9/11 surveillance regime, at least they can say they got front-row seats to its launch.

Connecting the ends of the Earth with internet access will require tapping into various types of clean power. Google’s Project Loon is just the latest wacky way to use renewable energy to connect the world.

A new report from Kantar Sports Media and Sporting News Media shows a rise in mobile consumption and other trends in sports media. Here are some highlights:
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For a second week in a row, the Obama Administration made a major announcement about expanding access to high-speed broadband in the US. On June 14, President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum that establishes a set of measures that federal agencies, in collaboration with industry and other stakeholders, will take to more aggressively enhance spectrum efficiency and enable access to more spectrum for consumer services and applications. Under the Memorandum, an agency that requests a new spectrum assignment or that seeks to procure a spectrum-dependent system will have to document its consideration of alternative approaches and verify that it is pursuing the most spectrum-efficient method, in consideration of all relevant factors including cost and agency mission.

Federal Communications Commission chairman nominee Tom Wheeler outlined the top three challenges he would face under his leadership in a Republican staff memo for his upcoming nomination hearing.

Top U.S. intelligence officials said that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries — and that gathered data is destroyed every five years.

Silicon Valley companies are seeking to further distance themselves from government surveillance, though they don't agree on the best approach.

Even as he defends controversial government surveillance programs, the head of the National Security Agency is asking Congress for another authority sure to inflame critics — legal immunity for companies that help the feds fight cyberattackers.