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Edward Snowden, NSA leaker, answers Guardian reader questions

June 17, 2013 Bob Sullivan 0

NSA leader Edward Snowden participated in an online chat or sorts on Monday, says the Guardian newspaper. There’s no way of verifying it was Snowden behind the keyboard, of course. You can read NBCNews.com’s coverage of the chat, by Tracy Connor, here. You can see the original chat page at The [Keep reading]

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Technology run amok

Tell the truth: How many times did you check your smartphone this weekend?

May 28, 2013 Bob Sullivan 1

Americans were never any good at relaxing, anyway. But technology has taken away our nights and weekends, and it sure seems like holidays are at risk, too. I explored this phenomenon on the Friday before Memorial Day in my Red Tape Chronicles column.   Users check their phones every 6 [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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