France summons US ambassador to answer allegations of widespread NSA surveillance

The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting French telephone calls “on a massive scale”, according to a report published Monday in Le Monde. via Pocket http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4861202/nsa-reportedly-recorded-millions-of-french-phone-calls-us-ambassador-summoned

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Latest space tourism trip uses balloon to take passengers 100,000 feet up

You may soon have a less expensive way to get into space. A new space tourism venture plans to bring visitors 30km (about 100,000 feet) into the stratosphere in what is essentially a space-ready air balloon for $75,000. via Pocket http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4866026/paragon-world-view-space-tourism-balloon-trip-announced

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The Decline of Wikipedia

The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything like the others in the top 10. It is not operated by a sophisticated corporation but by a leaderless collection of volunteers who generally work under pseudonyms and habitually bicker with each other. via Pocket http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia

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