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• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, July 7

  Privacy group wants Google to forget more... Programmer escapes vampire squid... Self-driving cars evade human menace... and more tech news

• Senate panel secretly approves cyberthreat sharing bill

  A U.S. Senate committee has voted in secret to approve a controversial bill that seeks to encourage businesses to share information about cyberthreats with each other and with government agencies.

• US Senate Intelligence Committee approves cybersecurity bill

  The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee approved Tuesday a cybersecurity bill that would pave the way for sharing of information between government and the private sector on security threats.

• Senators question need to rein in NSA surveillance

  The U.S. Congress would endanger the nation's security by passing even watered-down legislation to limit the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records, several U.S. senators said Thursday.

• Senate panel approves bill to continue NSA surveillance

  A U.S. Senate committee has voted to approve a bill that would leave in place the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk telephone-records collection program, with some limits.

• Senator vows fierce defense of NSA data collection, surveillance programs

  Massive data collection and surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency are necessary to keep the nation safe from terrorism, several senators said Wednesday.