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.

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 …

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 …

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.

NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower  —  Today's revelations that the National Security Agency collected bulk data on the email traffic of millions of Americans provides startling evidence for the first time to support a whistleblower's longstanding claims that AT&T was forwarding global internet traffic …

Silicon Valley prepares to push House toward immigration reform  —  The tech industry scored two major victories on immigration this week, but its toughest legislative battle on the issue lies ahead in the House.  —  The passage of the Senate's immigration bill is the closest the tech industry …

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.

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.