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it's Friday January 17th 2014 I'm adrianne jeffries collector of meta metadata its data about talking about collecting data about data this is 90 seconds on the verge President Obama today announced major changes to America's massive government surveillance program the proposed reforms focused largely on the NSA's bulk collection of Americans phone records and metadata and woefully less time addressing the spying on internet communication the speech and directive are only a first step the next test will come via Congress the holidays have come and gone again and you know what that means checking in on how next-gen consoles have sold Microsoft's Xbox one was the top-selling game console in the US over the holiday season selling nine hundred and eight thousand units in the month of December worldwide however the PlayStation 4 has so far out sold the xbox one 4.2 million to 3 million and let's not forget Nintendo although the news there isn't quite so celebratory the company today slashed his forecast for wii u sales by nearly seventy percent and finally over in the top secret lair of google x the company is looking to make contact lenses that can see more than just 2020 the quote smart contact lens will measure wearers tears in order to monitor their glucose levels ideally the sensor would be able to generate a reading once per second and google imagines putting a small LED in the lens that could indicate levels dropping above or below a set thresholds however the biggest concern for contact lens that measures tears is what about an emotionless diabetic that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow papa johns announces its own wiretapping program that delivers a pie whenever someone says hey do you want to just get pizza tonight