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December 31, 2013, 1:20 PM

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of Alleged DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program — Apple has contacted TechCrunch with a statement about the DROPOUTJEEP NSA program that detailed a system by which the organization claimed it could snoop on iPhone users.

Jay Hathaway / Daily Dot:

The NSA has nearly complete backdoor access to Apple's iPhone — The U.S. National Security Agency has the ability to snoop on nearly every communication sent from an Apple iPhone, according to leaked documents shared by security researcher Jacob Appelbaum and German news magazine Der Spiegel.

Michael Dearing / Harrison Metal:

The NSA and the Corrosion of Silicon Valley — I believe the people who work at the NSA are patriots. They devote their considerable intellects to preserve, protect, and defend the people of the United States. I wish their patriotism + brainpower would do the same for the US Constitution.

More: The Daily Beast and SiliconBeat. Tweets: @ryanspoon, @ceciliakang, @semil and @erickschonfeld

iFixit:

Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown — After making its debut during the WWDC 2013 Keynote, the reimagined, reformulated Mac Pro finally arrived at iFixit's doorstep. Join us as we turn the (very) Late 2013 Mac Pro inside-out. Step 1 — Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown The new Mac Pro has been released …

More: 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, CNET, iMore, MacRumors, VentureBeat, Engadget, Gizmodo, Geek.com, App Advice, Laughing Squid, Gotta Be Mobile, Ubergizmo, iClarified, SlashGear, MacNN and Boing Boing. Tweets: @ifixit

Mat Honan / Wired:

I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass — An anecdote: I wanted to wear Google Glass during the birth of our second child. My wife was extremely unreceptive to this idea when I suggested it. Angry, even. But as we got a bit closer to the date, she began to warm to it and eventually landed somewhere …

More: SiliconBeat, Digits, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, Guardian, CNET and Yahoo! News

Tweets: @counternotions, @stevesi, @karaswisher, @benthepcguy and @benbajarin

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Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

If You've Got Google Music All Access, You Can Get Glass Now — Google Music All Access users are reporting that they've received an email inviting them to join the ranks of Glass Explorers. (Here's the sign up page you can try if you didn't get the email.)

More: Android Central, 9to5Google, Telegraph, BGR, PC Magazine, CNET, The Verge, Engadget and TechnoBuffalo

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Pirate Bay Uploads Surge 50% in a Year, Despite Anti-Piracy Efforts — 2013 has been an eventful year for The Pirate Bay, to say the least. — The site celebrated its tenth anniversary, but with pressure from copyright holders mounting, it had to switch domain names no less than six times.

More: Gizmodo, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, theWHIR.com and Boing Boing

Chris Vallance / BBC:

Cash machines raided with infected USB sticks — The thieves focused on high value notes to minimise the time they were exposed — Researchers have revealed how cyber-thieves sliced into cash machines in order to infect them with malware earlier this year.

More: VentureBeat, ZDNet, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Mashable and Daily Dot. Tweets: @fraserspeirs

Chris Dixon:

Why I'm interested in Bitcoin — Some people assume that all Bitcoin advocates are motivated by a libertarian political agenda. That is certainly not my agenda. I'm a lifelong Democrat who supported Obama in the last two elections. I think the Federal Reserve plays an important function …

Tweets: @davewiner

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Sony may release a Windows Phone in 2014, according to The Information — Sony is considering launching a Windows Phone sometime next year, according to a new report from The Information. If true, such a move would break Sony's current loyalty to Android and give Nokia some fresh competition in the Windows Phone segment.

More: The Information, CNET, Business Insider, SlashGear, Pocket-lint and Gizmodo

Leo Mirani / Quartz:

Social media is not a zero-sum game and Facebook isn't going anywhere so get used to it — This has been a particularly rich year for internet hoaxes, but no less rich for the hoax's less malicious but equally damaging cousin: the inaccurate report that goes viral on social media before the accurate version has a chance to catch up.

More: The Conversation, Forbes, Washington Post, Pew Internet, UCL Social Networking …, BBC, Gigaom, Business Insider and We Are Social. See also Mediagazer

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

73% Of U.S. Adults Use Social Networks, Pinterest Passes Twitter In Popularity, Facebook Stays On Top

More: Pew Internet, CNET, Reuters, BuzzFeed, SlashGear, Gigaom, AllTwitter, Marketing Pilgrim, The Next Web, The Technology Chronicles, Nextgov, Ubergizmo, NBCNews, The Switch, Marketing Land, Forbes, Business Insider, VentureBeat and Inc.com

Mike Rose / Gamasutra:

Days of the holiday mobile game gold rush are fading, says new report — Although this holiday period saw the biggest spike in mobile app and game downloads to date, the rate at which mobile is growing has slowed significantly, according to a new report from Flurry.

More: Flurry, BGR, Business Insider, The Next Web, Inside Mobile Apps, TechCrunch, Mashable, Mobile Marketing Watch, PC Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Businessweek and VatorNews

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Sprint Wants To Revive Nextel As A Business Brand, Merge Boost + Virgin Mobile Into ‘Sprint Freedom’ — It was only six months ago that Sprint decommissioned and shut down the Nextel iDEN push-to-talk network, and while the carrier has no plans to bring that legacy service back, the brand is another story.

More: iMore, AndroidHeadlines.com and Bloomberg

Eric P. Newcomer / The Information:

YC's Paul Graham: The Complete Interview — Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham isn't your typical startup guru. For eight years he's been at the helm of what's now the industry's most prominent accelerator and a lightning rod for frustrations with entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.

More: Business Insider, Nibletz and Inc.com

Tweets: @evelynrusli and @ericnewcomer

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On The Information and How We Operate

Paul Graham:

What I Didn't Say — A quote from an “interview” with me …

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