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But Parliament has a duty to protect citizens’ democratic rights from unduly expansive and intrusive government surveillance. French lawmakers should not approve the bill unless judges are given a proper role in authorizing government surveillance, vague definitions of what constitutes a terrorist threat are struck from the bill and freedom of the press is protected.

via The French Surveillance State – NYTimes.com.

The 160-page critique, which was supposed to remain private but was inadvertently disclosed in an open-records request, concluded that Google’s “conduct has resulted—and will result—in real harm to consumers and to innovation in the online search and advertising markets.”

via Inside the U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google – WSJ.

For visitors that are not Facebook users, the cookie contains a unique identifier, and it has an expiration date of two years. Facebook users receive additional cookies that identify them uniquely. Once those cookies have been set, Facebook will receive them for every subsequent visit to a website that uses Facebook’s social widget. That applies whether or not the Facebook user is logged in to his or her account and whether or not the visitor to the third-party site actually uses the social widget.

via Report: Facebook tracks all visitors, even if you’re not a user and opted out | Ars Technica.

What happens when two men are communicating on Tinder, whilst each believes he is flirting with a girl?

via Catfish: Tinder man-in-the-middle, via The Verge

Google is teaming up with Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary to build what the two hope are the ultimate platform for robotic surgery.

via Google Takes on the Challenge of Making Robot Surgery Safer | WIRED.

We designed the largest open floor plan in the world — a single room that fits thousands of people.

via Mark Zuckerberg.