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Riyadh’s new Snow City vies to attract tourists

  Riyadh / TNS Saudi citizens and residents can now enjoy a white winter in an environment that is safe. This follows the Kingdom’s indoor snow theme park at Al-Othaim Mall Rabwa in Riyadh. Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar inaugurated the Kingdom’s first Snow City. The latest tourist destination is described as a new chapter and a huge leap in ...

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Ruling for Microsoft helps criminals, not privacy

In an important decision with immense consequences for data storage services and law enforcement, a federal appeals court has quashed a warrant for e-mails that Microsoft was storing on a server in Ireland. Unless Congress changes the relevant law, this ruling creates the incentive for criminals — or anyone else who wants privacy protection from government surveillance — to make ...

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People should be in charge of their data

  Leonid Bershidsky A clash between European Union bureaucracy and artificial intelligence is a plot worthy of a cyberpunk thriller. It will take place in real life in 2018, once some European data protection laws, passed earlier this year, go into effect. And, though we might instinctively be tempted to endorse progress over regulation, the EU is on the side ...

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