Technoviking, Tim Berners-Lee and Socmint

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N E W S North Korea: we'll kill activists launching pro-democracy literature via balloons The Human Rights Foundation has teamed up with the Freedom Fighters of North Korea to release thousands of helium balloons carrying pro-democracy materials over the border into North Korea » N E W S Filmmaker gagged by the Technoviking, bankrupted by legal bills Matthias Fritsch shot a video that became a viral hit, known as "Technoviking". For three years, he's been battling the protagonist over "personality rights". He's now raising funds on Indiegogo to make a documentary about the ordeal » N E W S Berners-Lee: 'developed nations are seriously spying on the internet' Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, has accused Western governments of hypocrisy over their use of data surveillance techniques for "seriously spying on the internet" » N E W S Meet Prism's little brother: Socmint For the past two years a tight-lipped and little talked about unit within the Metropolitan Police has been conducting blanket surveillance of British citizens' public social media conversations » N E W S Two genetic code tweaks 500 million years ago caused evolutionary jump Modern day reproductive systems are the result of changes in two letters of genetic code that took place 500 million years ago, a team of geneticists has discovered » N E W S Exhibition showcases artist's highly intricate, hand-drawn maps Artist Stephen Walter has a solo exhibition showcasing his intricate hand-drawn maps, including two of London and one that revisits Thomas More's fictional island state of Utopia » Promotion Read Wired magazine online Haven't received your July 2013 issue of Wired magazine yet? Don't panic -- you can read a selection of content from it on our site, as well as explore the full archive of older issues Click here N E W S Promotion: handful of tickets remaining for Wired Money, don't miss out Wired Money, a conference exploring the ongoing revolution in money, banking and finance, is just days away Listen » P O D C A S T Wired.co.uk Podcast 130: Google censorship, Xbox 180, mysterious manuscript The week's most amazing, important and interesting stories across science, technology, weirdness and more Listen »

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