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New documents show XKEYSCORE, NSA's Google-like tool, collects more data than previously reported including web searches and router configuration information — XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications — Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept
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How the NSA's XKEYSCORE system for collecting and searching Internet data works — A Look at the Inner Workings of NSA's XKEYSCORE — Second in a series. Part 1 here. — The sheer quantity of communications that XKEYSCORE processes, filters and queries is stunning.| Nolan Lawson / Read the Tea Leaves: |
Apple is falling behind other browser makers in implementing web standards in Safari — Safari is the new IE — Last weekend I attended EdgeConf, a conference populated by many of the leading lights in the web industry. It featured panel talks and breakout sessions with a focus …
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After moderators protested dismissal of a key employee by taking down popular subreddits, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologizes for how the transition was handled — Reddit Moderators Shut Down Parts of Site Over Employee's Dismissal — Hundreds of sections of Reddit, the popular online message board …
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Nearly all major subreddits are set to public again after going private in protest — Nearly all major subreddits are back online following Reddit protests — Just a day after a massive revolt tore down parts of Reddit, the site now appears to be mostly back to normal.| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
22 Towns in Massachusetts Are Building Their Own Gigabit Fiber Network — Large swaths of rural Western Massachusetts are about to get gigabit fiber internet after residents in 22 separate towns decided to join a government cooperative designed to bring high speed broadband to places …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Pay expected to go live in the U.K. on July 14th, £20+ transactions starting this fall — Apple appears to be planning to enable its Apple Pay iPhone mobile payments service in the United Kingdom on July 14th, according to sources at multiple retailers.
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| Dave Wiskus / Better Elevation: |
Apple Music Connect has a clunky uploading interface, lacks standard social networking features for artists — Disconnect — [Update: I got an email from Trent Reznor this afternoon. Apple is aware of the growing pains and is working to address them.] — When Apple announced Connect at WWDC last month, I was excited.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Minecraft for Windows 10 beta launching July 29 for $10; Minecraft for PC owners get it for free — Minecraft for Windows 10 beta arrives on July 29th launch day — Microsoft is bringing a “whole new version” of Minecraft to Windows 10 later this month.
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| Greg Nichols / The California Sunday Magazine: |
Netflix and Amazon seek to hook viewers early with high-quality content for kids — Why Netflix and Amazon want your kids … Luke Matheny keeps getting pulled away. We are on a rented soundstage on the outskirts of Los Angeles's Koreatown, sitting in director's chairs in front of a television monitor.| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
How tech entrepreneurs are forging ahead in Cuba even without widespread Internet access — No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution — Robin Pedraja, a lanky 28-year-old former design student from Havana, walked into the Cuban government's office of periodicals … | Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
The next Google Glass is ‘Enterprise Edition,’ expanded testing later this year — We told you yesterday about a new device that passed through the FCC—codenamed GG1—and many have speculated that it's the next generation of the Google Glass hardware. While it's often suggested that the device … Sponsor Posts
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