Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and China for years  —  US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday emerged from hiding in Hong Kong and revealed to the South China Morning Post that he will stay in the city to fight likely attempts by his government to have him extradited for leaking state secrets.

Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different?  —  If you caught Apple's iOS 7 presentation on Monday or have followed any of the numerous bits of coverage, then you know that the home screen icons have quickly become a point of contention.  They're certainly a radical departure from the deep …

Aiming for the Real-Time Interest Graph, Facebook to Introduce Hashtags  —  Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery.  And Twitter should be very flattered right now.  —  As we reported in March, Facebook plans to introduce the hashtag symbol to its network …

Time Warner Cable Content Incentives Thwart New Web TV  —  Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said.

This is the HTC One Mini  —  The leaks are true: HTC's rumored M4 is indeed the One Mini.  We know because a trusted source in possession of the “petite” 4.3-inch handset has fed us a direct image, while also confirming some specs.  From what we've seen, the few renders and blurrycam shots …

Rubinstein on HP's purchase of Palm: ‘Talk about a waste’  —  with former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein … FierceWireless: What are you doing now?  How do you spend your time?  —  Rubinstein: I'm on two boards.  I'm on Amazon and Qualcomm.  And there's a logic behind those two boards.

Google Glass Teardown  —  What is this Glass thing anyways?  Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction.  Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been collecting controversy and sociological analysis.

IBM Said to Start U.S. Job Cuts Today Amid Global Reduction  —  International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) began cutting U.S. jobs today as part of a plan announced in April to spend $1 billion globally to trim its workforce, according to a person familiar with the move.

Yahoo Acquires Advanced iOS Photography App Maker GhostBird Software  —  Yahoo has just quietly announced that they've acquired GhostBird Software, the creators of advanced iOS photography apps, KitCam and PhotoForge2.  Though details of the deal are still underwraps, Yahoo is explicitly saying …

Ashton Kutcher's ‘Jobs’ to open nationwide on August 16th following a four-month delay  —  Early impressions of the Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs were decidedly mixed, but you'll soon get an opportunity to judge the Steve Jobs biopic for yourself.  According to Deadline, Open Road Films has announced …

AirPort Extreme Teardown  —  Our teardown artists kept the midnight oil a'burning to take apart the AirPort Extreme—Apple's first ever 802.11ac wireless base station.  —  And, we'll tell you this for free: the AirPort Extreme totally lives up to its name.  It's extremely tall and extremely easy to disassemble.

Apple: We have 20 percent of the U.S. ebook market  —  Apple now holds about 20 percent of the U.S. ebook market, director Keith Moerer said in court Tuesday.  Moerer was a government witness in U.S. vs. Apple, in which the Department of Justice accuses Apple of illegally colluding …

The new, new Myspace leaves beta; launches a revised design, new features, & a mobile app  —  Myspace is unveiling its latest version today, with some new features and an iOS app that hopes to pull in users despite the multitude of other music-focused services already vying for attention.

Stealth Data Startup RelateIQ Raises $29 Million  —  RelateIQ, a big data startup that has raised $29 million, despite being in so-called stealth mode for two years.  —  The investment, which values the company at north of $100 million, includes Accel Partners, an early investor in Facebook …

ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year  —  ESPN will kill 3D TV by the end of the year.  We reached out to ESPN, and the company confirmed rumors, citing lackluster adoption of the technology.  This is huge news considering the huge investment that TV manufacturers and broadcasters have made to try to bolster the tech.

iOS 7 to include support for standardized, MFi hardware game controllers, new turn-based game modes, & more for gamers  —  In what seems to be an announcement lost within the buzz of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks (amongst other WWDC news), Apple will finally open up the iOS SDK …

Xbox chief: we have a product for people who can't get online, it's called Xbox 360  —  Did you think the Xbox 360 was being kept around just for the budget market?  It turns out Microsoft's got another sort of customer in mind for the revamped last-gen hardware: the crews of nuclear submarines.

Live in Lulea: Facebook Goes Global and Gets Greener  —  Some of the racks of Open Compute servers inside the new Facebook data center in Lulea, Sweden.  The facility is Facebook's first data center outside the U.S. (Photo: Facebook).  —  Facebook has gone live in Lulea.