Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
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Facebook and Yahoo have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for permission to publish details of national security requests they receive from the US government for user data. In a policy statement on Tumblr, Yahoo's ...
With immediate effect, Environmental Product Declaration sheets (EPDs) are available for almost all MasterTop flooring products from BASF. BASF is thus the first manufacturer of polyurethane and epoxy floor covering systems to publish ...
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An optical interconnect introduced by Intel on Wednesday may someday slim down cabling throughout data centers if the company can get enough vendors to mass-produce it. The interconnect, which Intel is calling MXC, is designed to offer ...
Jack Wolfskin will publish a list of its manufacturers. The aim of this transparency offensive is to gradually create an outline of all the stages of production and make it available to the general public. This means Jack Wolfskin will be ...
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The spot price of uranium has dropped by about $1 in the past week to come in at about $34/lb, as a trading company's deal last week to sell material that level continued to depress prices, market analysts said in interviews Tuesday. The ...
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said on Friday that the company would move ahead with its lawsuit against the U.S. government, seeking permission to release more information on demands Microsoft receives from the National Security ...
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Tandus Centiva, a Tarkett company, has published seven Environmental Product Declarations to further enhance transparency, accountability and third party validation for its modular and hybrid resilient flooring products. The manufacturer ...
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Heimtextil exhibitors as well as designers, furnishers and interior decorators were given a head start in terms of trends and design at the official presentation of the 2014/15 Heimtextil trends.Representing the Heimtextil Trend Table which ...
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Improving alfalfa yields one drip at a time Irrigation water blocked by red tape Managing food safety risks on the orchard floor The Natural Resources Defense Council claims that much of last year's record Federal Crop Insurance Program ...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed his plans for the Hyperloop, a futuristic mode of transport that would be high-speed, low-impact, self-sustaining and immune to weather and seismic irregularities. The Hyperloop is a proposed transport ...
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Hoping to generate more apps for its mobile platform, Microsoft has launched an online tool that could allow even non-developers to create new programs for Windows Phone 8. The tool, called Windows Phone App Studio, is free to use and in ...
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China's work safety watchdog on Tuesday urged local authorities to further their work to close down small chemical enterprises that do not meet standards set to ensure safe production. The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said ...
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A non-profit organization is publishing a quick-reference card to help cycling teams and race officials assess possible concussions. The group, Medicine of Cycling, has collaborated with a group of physicians and researchers with a ...
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Government requests to Twitter to reveal private information about users has rocketed by 40 per cent in the first six months of this year, the social media company has revealed as part of its bi-annual transparency report. The report, ...