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NSA Must Disclose Bugs; Inactive Twitter Accounts; Sprint, Spotify Deal

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Topping tech headlines over the weekend, the Obama administration announced that the National Security Agency will reveal major exploits—unless they are related to "a clear national security or law enforcement need."

The decision, which was made in January, was kept under wraps until last week's Heartbleed bug made global headlines. The White House maintains that neither it nor the NSA had knowledge of the flaw.

In other news, a report from Twopcharts finds that approximately 44 percent of Twitter's 947 million accounts or so have never sent a single tweet. Of the number that have — approximately 550 million — just under half of these accounts are reported to have sent their last tweet more than one year ago (43 percent). Only 126 million have sent any kind of tweet at any point in the past 30 days.

Meanwhile, Sprint and Spotify are reportedly working on a deal that would give all Sprint users a free trial account on the music-streaming service, in addition to being able to pay for Spotify directly through their Sprint accounts. The offer will apparently be unveiled at an April 29 event.

Be sure to check out PCMag Live from Friday in the video, as well as a few other stories making headlines in the links below.

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  • B.A. in Journalism & Public Relations with minor in Communications Media from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
  • Reporter at The Frederick News-Post (2008-2012)
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