Edward Snowden: ‘Let Hong Kong people decide my fate’  —  Edward Snowden says he wants to ask the people of Hong Kong to decide his fate after choosing the city because of his faith in its rule of law.  The 29-year-old former CIA employee behind what might be the biggest intelligence leak …

Google Glass Teardown  —  What is this Glass thing anyways?  Google's latest and hottest gadget needs little introduction.  Since its public unveiling in April 2012, the tiny head-mounted Android computer has been collecting controversy and sociological analysis.

Aiming for the Real-Time Interest Graph, Facebook to Introduce Hashtags  —  Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery.  And Twitter should be very flattered right now.  —  As we reported in March, Facebook plans to introduce the hashtag symbol to its network …

Xbox chief: we have a product for people who can't get online, it's called Xbox 360  —  Did you think the Xbox 360 was being kept around just for the budget market?  It turns out Microsoft's got another sort of customer in mind for the revamped last-gen hardware: the crews of nuclear submarines.

Rubinstein on HP's purchase of Palm: ‘Talk about a waste’  —  with former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein … FierceWireless: What are you doing now?  How do you spend your time?  —  Rubinstein: I'm on two boards.  I'm on Amazon and Qualcomm.  And there's a logic behind those two boards.

Time Warner Cable Content Incentives Thwart New Web TV  —  Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said.

Apple's Rising Star: Craig Federighi  —  Software Chief Impresses in the Spotlight at Developers Conference; Now He Must Maintain Loyalty  —  A new frontman for Apple Inc. is emerging.  —  At the company's annual developers conference Monday, little-known executive Craig Federighi got …

Samsung's Galaxy S4 Zoom official: 16-megapixel cameraphone with 10x optical zoom  —  Samsung is taking the wraps off its new Galaxy S4 Zoom variant today, the latest in a series of spinoffs for its flagship handset.  The phone features a 10x optical zoom lens in front of its 16-megapixel CMOS sensor …

Fertile Ground  —  One of my favorite patterns in our industry is when the old and established are wiped out by disruption, irrelevance, or changing fashions.  Like a forest fire, clearing out the old is very destructive and shouldn't be taken lightly.  But what's left behind is a clean slate and immense opportunity.

Netflix to launch user profiles later this summer  —  LOS ANGELES — Sharing your Netflix account with a friend or lover who has dramatically different taste in movies than you do?  Soon, there will be no need to worry about getting your Netflix recommendations all mixed up with theirs.

Ashton Kutcher's ‘Jobs’ to open nationwide on August 16th following a four-month delay  —  Early impressions of the Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs were decidedly mixed, but you'll soon get an opportunity to judge the Steve Jobs biopic for yourself.  According to Deadline, Open Road Films has announced …

iOS 7 to include support for standardized, MFi hardware game controllers, new turn-based game modes, & more for gamers  —  In what seems to be an announcement lost within the buzz of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks (amongst other WWDC news), Apple will finally open up the iOS SDK …

The new, new Myspace leaves beta; launches a revised design, new features, & a mobile app  —  Myspace is unveiling its latest version today, with some new features and an iOS app that hopes to pull in users despite the multitude of other music-focused services already vying for attention.

TechStars NY Fires Their Managing Director Right Before Demo Day  —  It sounds like the accelerator bubble is constricting right on schedule.  According to an email obtained by Valleywag, Eugene Chung, who was hired to replace David Tisch as managing director of TechStars New York in January, has been fired.

ESPN Is Killing 3D Broadcasts By the End of the Year  —  ESPN will kill 3D TV by the end of the year.  We reached out to ESPN, and the company confirmed rumors, citing lackluster adoption of the technology.  This is huge news considering the huge investment that TV manufacturers and broadcasters have made to try to bolster the tech.

MacBook Air 13" Mid 2013 Teardown  —  Apple used its Worldwide Developers Conference to yet again debut a new MacBook Air model.  Join us as we see what 12 months of vintaging has done for the 13" variety of Cupertino's prized ultra-slim laptop.  Step 1 — MacBook Air 13" …

Live in Lulea: Facebook Goes Global and Gets Greener  —  Some of the racks of Open Compute servers inside the new Facebook data center in Lulea, Sweden.  The facility is Facebook's first data center outside the U.S. (Photo: Facebook).  —  Facebook has gone live in Lulea.