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July 6, 2014, 1:45 PM

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Washington Post:
In a cache of 160K conversations intercepted by NSA, 90% of those surveilled were not the intended targets  —  In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are  —  Files provided by Snowden show the extent ordinary Web users are caught in the net
Quartz:
Following Netflix, YouTube shames ISPs delivering slow video with message underneath videos  —  YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video  —  When videos blur, buffer, or won't play altogether, YouTube is now pinning the blame on your internet service provider.
Vinod Khosla / Khosla Ventures:
Fireside chat with Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin  —  At the annual KV CEO Summit, we were fortunate to have both Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit down to discuss a wide range of topics including the acquisition that never was (although not for lack of trying!) …
Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Data Science group has run hundreds of tests with few boundaries until recently  —  Inside Facebook's Data-Science Team  —  Data Science Lab Conducted Tests on Users With Little Oversight  —  Thousands of Facebook Inc. users received an unsettling message two years ago …
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Daimler demonstrates prototype “Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025” with highway autopilot  —  Daimler Demonstrates a Self-Driving Truck  —  MAGDEBURG, Germany — For Daimler, the truck driver of the future looks something like this: He is seated in the cab of a semi, eyes on a tablet and hands resting in his lap.
New York Times:
With Revenue Roaring, Twitter's Advertising Team Is Untouched by Turmoil  —  Twitter's top executive ranks have been transformed in the past year, from its general counsel to, most recently, its chief financial officer.  —  Many of the executives have left or been pushed out as Twitter's chief executive …
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Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech:
A Closer Look at Android RunTime (ART) in Android L  —  With the latest I/O conference, Google has finally publicly made public its plans for its new runtime on Android.  The Android RunTime, ART, is the successor and replacement for Dalvik, the virtual machine on which Android Java code is executed on.
Dylan Love / Business Insider:
Cycorp opens up about Cyc, a 30yo project to codify general human knowledge for machines  —  The Most Ambitious Artificial Intelligence Project In The World Has Been Operating In Near-Secrecy For 30 Years  —  “We've been keeping a very low profile, mostly intentionally,” said Doug Lenat, President and CEO of Cycorp.

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