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A new Senate report criticizes the execution of US foreign aid to Afghanistan.

Amazon has announced that e-books are outselling paper books on its website for the first time ever. But does that mean you can get rid of your bookshelves? That’s just one of the stories in Clark Boyd’s roundup of great global tech stories you might have missed this week.

Miami DJ Mr. Pauer tells us about a collection of “electropical beats” he put together for a CD he calls “Soundtrack.”

It’s not completely clear what happened with Amazon.com this weekend: rumors of hacks and customer hate-based tagging abound, but the company is not helping clear the air over exactly what happened although they did apologize for being ‘ham-fisted.’