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April 13, 2014, 1:50 PM

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Obama Lets N.S.A. Exploit Some Internet Flaws, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — Stepping into a heated debate within the nation's intelligence agencies, President Obama has decided that when the National Security Agency discovers major flaws in Internet security, it should — in most circumstances …

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Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

Private crypto keys are accessible to Heartbleed hackers, new data shows — Contrary to previous suspicions, it is possible for hackers exploiting the catastrophic vulnerability dubbed Heartbleed to extract private encryption keys from vulnerable websites, Web services firm Cloudflare reported Saturday.

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Julian Sanchez / Guardian:

Even if the NSA first learned about Heartbleed this April, it could use the bug to decrypt data retained prior to that

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Kyle Russell / Business Insider:

A BI reporter whose Google Glass was stolen off his face in SF on Friday reflects on the city's tech protests — I Was Assaulted For Wearing Google Glass In The Wrong Part Of San Francisco — On Friday night, I was assaulted while walking down the sidewalk in the Mission District of San Francisco.

More: Ars Technica, Re/code and Beyond Search

Tweets: @stevekovach, @ben_hr, @alexhern, @reformedbroker and @hblodget

Washington Post:

Google, once disdainful of lobbying, now a master of Washington influence — In May 2012, the law school at George Mason University hosted a forum billed as a “vibrant discussion” about Internet search competition. Many of the major players in the field were there — regulators …

Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

FRED WILSON Q&A: The Legendary Investor Talks Retirement, Tumblr's Exit, And Getting Over A Tough Year — It took Fred Wilson 10 years to become what he calls a “half-way decent” venture capitalist. It took him 20 to become a startup legend. — Lately, rumors have swirled that the Zynga …

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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Jeff Bezos is making payments a top area of focus and investment at Amazon — Jeff Bezos to Amazon Payments Team: Move Faster — The payments industry has been waiting for years for Amazon, with its 215 million credit cards on file, to flex its muscles. Apparently, CEO Jeff Bezos has been, too.

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Nick Bilton / New York Times:

Graphene: the strong, thin, flexible conductor that could change the electronics industry — Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow — I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. — No, fans of “The Graduate,” the word isn't “plastics.” — It's “graphene.”

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:

“Brightest Flashlight” Android app disclosed location of 50 million people, but FTC imposes no fine — Even judging by the low standards of creepy data-mining apps, “Brightest Flashlight” did something pretty egregious. The free app, which was installed by at least 50 million Android users …

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Fulya Ozerkan / Agence France-Presse:

Turkey PM threatens to ‘go after’ Twitter for tax evasion — Ankara (AFP) - Turkey's prime minister said Saturday he will “go after” Twitter, accusing the site of tax-evasion, after it was used to spread damaging leaks implicating his inner circle in corruption claims.

More: VentureBeat, presstv.ir, Reuters, MWC News, TurkishPress.com, International Business Times and DW.DE

Federico Viticci / MacStories:

Reeder 2 for Mac Public Beta Now Available — Nine months after being pulled from the Mac App Store following the Google Reader shutdown, Reeder for Mac, Silvio Rizzi's popular desktop RSS client, is back with a public beta that offers a glimpse at the app's new service integrations …

More: 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, FairerPlatform, Macgasm, MacNN, The Mac Observer, Lifehacker, App Advice, iMore and Cult of Mac

Zenon Evans / Hit & Run:

Let Me Google That For You Act aims to close federal agency selling copies of freely downloadable documents — Sen. Coburn: Replace National Technology Information Service with Google and Save Millions — The National Technology Information Service (NTIS) will sell you a paper copy …

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