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FBI Dislikes Apple Encryption (Shock!), Cali Bans Forced Inmate Sterilization, Pornhub Launches Record Label: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.26.2014 9:00 AM


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    FBI Director James Covey has the sads over tech companies like Apple makng it harder for the National Security Agency to spy on people.

  • The Danes are now fighting ISIS with us. All signs still a go for WWIII. 
  • Police across Colorado next week will undergo special training on not killing dogs.
  • California Gov. Jerry Brown signed some non-terrible bills for a change, including one banning forced or coerced sterilizations of inmates in Cali prisons and another giving those behind bars easier access to DNA tests that could clear their names.
  • Uber and Lyft have been given a preliminary okay in Austin, Texas, while San Francisco and Los Angeles are stepping up efforts to shut down the services, along with newcomer Sidecar. 
  • Pornhub is moving into the music industry. "We're looking for acts that aren't necessarily porn-focused," said the website's head. 
  • Several protesters were arrested after an attempt at reconciliation from Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson didn't go over so well.  

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.