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New York Times:
Web's Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders  —  WASHINGTON — When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern.  Instead the man who was responsible for protecting …
Peter Cohan / Forbes:
Project Chess: How U.S. Snoops On Your Skype  —  If you thought that the U.S. government only tracks meta-data on your calls or scoops up your Facebook page and YouTube videos, think again.  Skype — a subsidiary of Microsoft since October 2011 when Redmond bought it for $8.5 billion …
Mat Honan / Wired:
Inside Digg's Race to Build the New Google Reader  —  Andrew McLaughlin is, like, California-enthusiastic.  Like, we're-totally-going-to-do-this- guys enthusiastic.  The 43 year-old CEO of the recently re-imagined Digg is a believer in the way the Internet can make the world better.
Pratik Naik / Fstoppers:
Adobe Photoshop CC Has Already Been Pirated In Just One Day  —  With all the recent discussion about Adobe's Creative Cloud model and the polarizing opinions surrounding it, one of the topics people have been mentioning is how it will stop the pirating of Photoshop and other Adobe products in the suite.
Don Mattrick / Xbox Wire:
Your Feedback Matters - Update on Xbox One  —  Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.  —  For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come.
Bloomberg:
Google Gets 3 Months to Fix Privacy or Face French Fines  —  France gave Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) three months to amend its policy regarding Internet users' data to avoid fines, and said five other European countries will follow suit by the end of July.  —  The U.S. search engine giant …
Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Google admits those infamous brainteasers were completely useless for hiring  —  You can stop counting how many golfballs will fit in a schoolbus now.  —  Google has admitted that the headscratching questions it once used to quiz job applicants (How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.T.C. Is Said to Plan Inquiry of Frivolous Patent Lawsuits  —  WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission is expected on Thursday to recommend a sweeping investigation of “patent trolls,” companies that buy large portfolios of technology patents and use them to sue software designers …
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Live From Facebook's ‘New Product’ Mystery Announcement  —  Just last week, a small chunk of the tech press was surprised to find invitations for a Facebook announcement waiting in their mailbox.  —  “A small team has been working on a big idea,” it read.  —  The only other thing Facebook …
More: Forbes, GigaOM, Engadget and CNET.  Tweets: @alexia
Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
NVIDIA's Shield now $300, arrives on June 27th (video)  —  Even before hitting store shelves, NVIDIA's Shield is shedding $50 from its original $350 asking price — the little Android portable gaming console will cost $300 when it arrives at retail on June 27th.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
Google Fiber spawns startup renaissance in Kansas City  —  Google's super-fast Internet service launched a year ago in Kansas City.  CNET's Marguerite Reardon takes a look at the impact it has on the local startup scene.  —  KANSAS CITY, Kan. —The modest two-story bungalow on State Line Road looks …
More: 9to5Google
Alyn Griffiths / Dezeen:
Interview with Richard Sapper on turning down a job at Apple  —  Interview: German industrial designer Richard Sapper has launched a new website chronicling his work dating back to the 1950s.  In an interview looking back on his career he tells Dezeen how he turned down the chance to work at Apple …
Anurag Kotoky / Reuters:
India sets up elaborate system to tap phone calls, e-mail  —  (Reuters) - India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.
Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:
The Case For And Against Candy Crush-Maker King's Possible IPO  —  Zynga cast a long shadow when its stock tanked by about 75 percent in the first year after going public.  But that apparently isn't scaring off other contenders in the gaming industry from an IPO.
More: VentureBeat.  Thanks:@techcrunch
Businessweek:
Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization  —  In 1940, a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy began to think about what a war with Germany would look like.  The admirals worried in particular about the Kriegsmarine's fleet of U-boats, which were preying …
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Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Yahoo rejects fears hackers will exploit old user IDs  —  (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts.

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Axios:
Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes the first release of 2026 to cross $1B in global grosses; Michael Jackson biopic Michael is on the verge of crossing $900M

Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline

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