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January 26, 2015, 6:05 AM

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Guardian:

WikiLeaks demands answers after being notified that Google handed over three staffers' emails to the US government in 2012 — WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government — Search giant gave FBI emails and digital data belonging to three staffers

More: Gizmodo, Gigaom, WikiLeaks, UPI and Sydney Morning Herald

Tweets: @emilybell, @dangillmor and @ioerror

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Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority:

Cyanogen's CEO says they'll be independent from Google in 3-5 years, offering its own app store in 18 months and alternatives to Google apps — CEO: “Today, Cyanogen has some dependence on Google. Tomorrow, it will not.” — Kirt McMaster, the outspoken CEO of Cyanogen Inc. …

More: The Information, Ubergizmo, Tech2, Gizmodo UK, Liliputing, AndroidGuys, AndroidHeadlines.com and Business Insider. Tweets: @edbott

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

A16Z Leads $58M Round In UK's TransferWise To Ramp Up Its P2P Transfer Business — TransferWise, the fast-growing UK-based P2P money transfer startup that has reportedly been in talks with Facebook for remittance services, has raised a large tranche of funding led by one of the social network's earliest backers.

More: New York Times, Guardian, Business Insider, bizjournals, Wall Street Journal, ArcticStartup and Tech City News. Tweets: @pmarca

Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Tweetbot for Mac pulled from App Store after authentication issues, possibly tied to Twitter token limits — Twitter's war on developers continues: Tweetbot for Mac falls victim to token limit, gets pulled from App Store — In November, 9to5Mac brought you an exclusive interview …

More: The Next Web, AppleTell, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, iMore and App Advice

Tweets: @danbenjamin, @marcoarment, @marcoarment, @yaypie, @marcoarment and @ismh

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

In response to rise of programmatic advertising, AOL drastically restructures ad sales staff — As Ad Business Shifts to Machines, AOL Restructures Its Sales Staff in a Major Reorg — According to numerous sources, AOL is now initiating long-planned changes to drastically reorganize …

Tweets: @waltmossberg, @howardlindzon, @jayrosen_nyu and @mdudas

Jon Southurst / CoinDesk:

Coinbase to launch first regulated US bitcoin exchange on Monday, approved by half of all state regulators — Coinbase Secures Approval to Launch Regulated US Bitcoin Exchange — Bitcoin wallet and brokerage Coinbase is set to launch a US exchange on Monday - one that is already approved by 50% of all state regulators.

More: Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, PC World, The Next Web, Gizmodo UK, CoinTelegraph.Com News, TechCrunch, Re/code, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, NEWSBTC and TheDomains.com

Ashlee Vance / Businessweek:

Profile of OneWeb founder Greg Wyler and his plan to launch 648 low-orbit internet satellites by 2018 amid burgeoning competition — The New Space Race: One Man's Mission to Build a Galactic Internet — Greg Wyler is friendly and gregarious and talks about his business plans with a fervor that borders on the religious.

More: Wired

Aloysius Low / CNET:

Xiaomi Mi Note review: refined hardware, distinct design, limited LTE support outside of Asia — Xiaomi's latest flagship dazzles with quality design — The Good The Xiaomi Mi Note's refined steel and glass design is as good as any. Impressively, Xiaomi crams a 13-megapixel camera …

More: Forbes

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

PlayStation Now performs remarkably well on a fast connection, proving game streaming can work — With PlayStation Now, Sony proves that game streaming works — When Sony launched its PlayStation Now service as a beta last year, the ridiculous per-game rental pricing structure stopped us …

More: GameSpot

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

Cablevision to launch Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service Freewheel; $9.95/month if bundled with home internet, $29.95 for other customers — This is big: Cablevision launches Wi-Fi-only mobile phone service — Janko Roettgers — Cablevision is getting ready to pick a fight with your mobile phone company.

More: SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Times and Reuters

Quinn Norton / Medium:

Barrett Brown sentence shows increasing dangers of security journalism, and why reporters should step back until laws are fixed — We Should All Step Back from Security Journalism — I'll Go First — I started studying the computer underground back when I worked in tech, as an early web developer, in the mid 1990s.

Tweets: @0xdeadbabe, @lalaurenista, @lorenzofb, @quinnnorton, @anildash, @dangillmor, @rsingel and @farmgeek. See also Mediagazer

The Verge:

11 of 14 projects in Sundance Film Festival's experimental showcase use virtual reality — How virtual reality ate the Sundance Film Festival — The future of independent film may not be film at all — The most buzzworthy feature of 2015's Sundance Film Festival isn't a film at all …

More: New York Times, TechCrunch, Engadget, · Beats of Bits, Variety, Reuters, The A.V. Club, Variety, Engadget, VR Focus, Engadget and Wall Street Journal. See also Mediagazer

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