Encryption Has Foiled Wiretaps for First Time Ever, Feds Say  —  For the first time, encryption is thwarting government surveillance efforts through court-approved wiretaps, U.S. officials said today.  —  The disclosure, buried in a report by the U.S. agency that oversees federal courts …

Getting ALL your data out of Google Reader  —  There remain only a few days until Google Reader shuts down.  Besides the emotions1 and the practicalities of finding a replacement2, I've also been pondering the data loss aspects.  As a bit of a digital pack rat, the idea of not being able …

New PRISM slides: more than 100,000 ‘active surveillance targets,’ explicit mention of real-time monitoring  —  The Washington Post has revealed four new slides from its trove of top secret PRISM information, appearing to confirm earlier reporting about the US government surveillance program.

Google's Quantum Computer Proven To Be Real Thing (Almost)  —  Google bought one.  So did Lockheed Martin, one of the world's largest defense contractors.  But we still can't agree on what it is they bought.  —  D-Wave, the company that built the thing, calls it the world's first quantum computer …

Beware: a massive (fruity) spam attack is hitting Instagram  —  Updated at 1.59 pm, June 29, 2013: If you are an Instagram user, there's a good chance that you've seen quite a few photos of fruit appearing in your stream recently, along with messages extolling a miracle fruit diet.

Why Is Apple Still Wrangling Over E-Books?  —  A question hangs over Apple Inc.'s e-books trial: Why is Apple fighting the U.S. Department of Justice when the book publishers the agency also sued chose to settle?  —  The answer lies in part in what's at stake.

Demo of the first public website using Safari's new native push notifications feature [Video]  —  During the WWDC keynote, Apple introduced a new Safari 7 feature that allows developers to take advantage of native push notifications on their websites.  Unlike HTML5 push notifications …

Apple Finds It Difficult to Divorce Samsung  —  Apple is finding that breaking up with Samsung is hard to do.  For evidence, look no further than Apple's effort to find a company other than ferocious rival Samsung Electronics Co. to make the sophisticated chip brains used in Apple's iPads and iPhones.

A Venture SLA  —  There is an opportunity for a new VC Firm to brand itself.  Recent brands in Venture Capital arose from transparency and founder-friendliness.  YCombinator gives new, young, technical talent an entry into Silicon Valley.  500 Startups does it globally.  Fred Wilson blogs the business.

Google's TV white space database approved for operation  —  Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) TV white space (TVWS) database system won approval for operation from the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.  —  TVWS supporters such as Google contend the unlicensed spectrum is suitable …