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it's Friday August 30th 2013 I'm David Pierce and I'm available in both standard and audio file mastered editions this is 90 seconds on the verge US Secretary of State John Kerry said in a speech today that US intelligence agencies had reviewed thousands of pieces of evidence and have quote high confidence that Assad was responsible for the august twenty-first attack while carrying stopped short of confirming the US military response was coming he did say that US soldiers will not be sent in on the ground a market departure from the strategies used in Iraq and Afghanistan Microsoft wants to publish information about the secret NSA court orders it's received and it's suing to do so the company originally filed a lawsuit against the US government back in June Microsoft wanted to publish information about the number of court orders it's received asking it to turn over information the Department of Justice has been negotiating with Microsoft's legal team ever since but today the company said no decision had been reached and it would be moving forward with its lawsuit google has also been fighting to publish this kind of information and with this latest news we wouldn't be surprised to see its lawsuit moving forward Israel and in other news upgrading your iPhone just got a lot easier Apple has launched a new trade-in program at its retail stores taking your current iPhone and you'll receive store credit on the spot there's just one catch you'll need to buy a new iphone and sign up for new contract in order to take advantage you should do this right now seriously it's not like anybody's expecting another iphone to come out next month and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow the philosophical implications of Labor Day barbecues we'll see you on Tuesday