President of Rwanda interview, Obama's data scientists and an open letter to David Cameron

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P O L I T I C S Exclusive: Rwanda's 'digital president' Paul Kagame on technology's role in Africa's future Wired.co.uk and spoke exclusively to Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, the man who has been at the helm of the country's transformation over the past 13 years » T E C H N O L O G Y Obama's data scientist: metrics didn't win the campaign, people did "There's been plenty of hype about the Obama campaign being digital savvy," says Rayid Ghani, hired as the President's chief scientist ahead of the 2012 election. "But our core channel was people talking to people." » P O L I T I C S Open letter: government response to NSA spying erodes human rights A group of 70 human rights organisations have written an open letter to David Cameron arguing that the UK government's response to the revelations of mass surveillance of digital communications is "eroding fundamental human rights in the country" » C U L T U R E Disarming Corruptor distorts 3D printing files for sharing of banned items Matthew Plummer-Fernandez has created a free piece of software designed to "corrupt" and "repair" an STL file used to 3D print, paving the way for the covert sharing of illegal items » T E C H N O L O G Y Student hacks Raspberry Pi to run college bar A student at the University of Oxford has modified a Raspberry Pi to alleviate the workload at his college bar. Johan Paulsson, who's studying for a PhD in theoretical physics at Wolfson College, was dissatisfied with the performance of the bar » S P A C E ESA releases pictures of 'Albert Einstein' burning up upon re-entry The European Space Agency (ESA) has released images of its fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry (ATV-4), named Albert Einstein, burning up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere » Promotion Shell Let's Go Shell and Wired are offering you the chance to win an iPad Mini, an iPhone 5s and a pair of on-ear Sennheiser Momentum headphones. Enter now to win this amazing tech bundle! Click here T A B L E T   R E V I E W S Apple iPad Air review Wired.co.uk's in-depth review of the new iPad Air shows the device is Apple's best tablet to date Listen » P O D C A S T Wired.co.uk Podcast 149: Rwanda's tech expansion, 'digital' child identifies predators Listen this week for an entertaining 30-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with Wired.co.uk's Nate Lanxon, Olivia Solon and Katie Collins Listen »

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