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June 10, 2013, 8:30 AM

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Guardian:
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations  —  The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows —The individual responsible …
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks  —  He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate.  —  Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.
Business Insider:
29-Year Old NSA Whistleblower Makes Mindblowing Claims About What Kind Of Power He Had  —  After a week of bombshell revelations regarding U.S. spy agency the NSA, the newspaper The Guardian has revealed its source.  The man claiming to have leaked all of the information is Edward Snowden …
Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac:
What iOS7 looks like (and other tidbits)  —  Mark's already run down much of what we think will happen at WWDC.  —  I've been given a quick peek at an early beta of iOS7 and can only describe what I've seen.  I'm told I can't post the screenshots because Apple embeds little watermarks that could land the source in some trouble.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple to Stream Live Video of WWDC 2013 Keynote to Apple TV  —  With just hours to go before today's keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off, the company has brought back its “Apple Events” channel on the Apple TV, indicating that it will be streaming live video of the event.
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
WWDC 2013 Expectations … 12 months later, here we are, on the cusp of WWDC 2013, and nobody outside Apple seems to have any idea what Apple is set to show tomorrow.  Cook's words to Mossberg were anything but empty.  The most secretive company in the industry got more secretive.
Globes Online:
Kenny Suleimanagich / Medium:
Kodak's Problem Child  —  How the blue-chip company was bankrupted by one of its own innovations  —  Rochester, New York — The cold hits me as soon as I leave the Amtrak station, stepping into a swirl of snow eddies that etch the low streets in black and white.  —  The terminal sits just outside the city center.
Thanks:@srikardr
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Nokia kicks off Lumia 925 rollout in Germany, adds Glance Screen app for convenience  —  The Nokia Lumia 925 is now available to buy in Germany according to the Finnish mobile maker, with new territories including the UK to follow in the near future.  —  Nokia's newest flagship …

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