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Los Angeles (AP) -- Watchdog and activist groups are outraged by a Fox News Channel segment in which an interviewer asked people in New York's Chinatown if he was supposed to bow to greet them, if they were selling stolen goods and if they could "take care of North Korea for us."

Not long after Edward Snowden’s revelations of massive government surveillance of the American public, Yahoo was one of the eight tech giants that called for strong reforms that would protect their customers.

And back in 2007, Yahoo went to court to challenge a government surveillance program in order to protect its users’ privacy.

Well, that was then.

The head of the National Security Agency (NSA) on Wednesday appeared to downplay allegations in a recent report that claimed Yahoo developed a scanning software to help U.S. intelligence search its customers' incoming emails.

GETTY ENLISTS PHOTOGS AGAINST GOOGLE — Getty Images, the stock photography giant, is trying a new tactic as it ramps up its effort to get antitrust officials to crack down on Google: rallying the sort of photographers and small photo agencies whose images they license to complain that they feel the pain of Google’s design choices.

SOMETHING NEW? — In Tuesday evening’s vice presidential debate, Sen.

USMobile is launching a new version of its Scrambl3 app that lets you make private and secure encrypted mobile calls.