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July 5, 2015, 1:50 AM

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The Intercept:

New documents show XKEYSCORE, NSA's Google-like tool, collects more data than previously reported including web searches and router configuration information — XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications — Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept

More: CoinTelegraph.Com News, Business Insider, Engadget, CNET, Wired and ITworld.com

Tweets: @the_intercept, @just_security, @ggreenwald, @emptywheel, @rj_gallagher and @attackerman

The Intercept:

How the NSA's XKEYSCORE system for collecting and searching Internet data works — A Look at the Inner Workings of NSA's XKEYSCORE — Second in a series. Part 1 here. — The sheer quantity of communications that XKEYSCORE processes, filters and queries is stunning.

More: Schneier on Security. Tweets: @micahflee, @maassp and @eff

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

After moderators protested dismissal of a key employee by taking down popular subreddits, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologizes for how the transition was handled — Reddit Moderators Shut Down Parts of Site Over Employee's Dismissal — Hundreds of sections of Reddit, the popular online message board …

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Nearly all major subreddits are set to public again after going private in protest — Nearly all major subreddits are back online following Reddit protests — Just a day after a massive revolt tore down parts of Reddit, the site now appears to be mostly back to normal.

More: NPR. See also Mediagazer

Nolan Lawson / Read the Tea Leaves:

Apple is falling behind other browser makers in implementing web standards in Safari — Safari is the new IE — Last weekend I attended EdgeConf, a conference populated by many of the leading lights in the web industry. It featured panel talks and breakout sessions with a focus …

More: Kenneth Auchenberg, iMore and Six Colors

Tweets: @ryosukeniwa, @jessewilson, @seldo, @kevinmarks, @zeldman, @cdixon and @carnage4life

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New iPhone 6S images show updated NFC, 16GB base storage, fewer chips + design tweaks — Our look at the upcoming “iPhone 6S” continues today with a discussion of new internal components that are expected to be inside Apple's latest smartphone. In addition to expected changes such as a Force Touch display …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Minecraft for Windows 10 beta launching July 29 for $10; Minecraft for PC owners get it for free — Minecraft for Windows 10 beta arrives on July 29th launch day — Microsoft is bringing a “whole new version” of Minecraft to Windows 10 later this month.

More: Mojang, CNET, Neowin, Polygon, PCWorld, Giant Bomb, Touch Arcade, Windows Central and Microsoft News

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple Pay expected to go live in the U.K. on July 14th, £20+ transactions starting this fall — Apple appears to be planning to enable its Apple Pay iPhone mobile payments service in the United Kingdom on July 14th, according to sources at multiple retailers.

More: Redmond Pie, The Verge, Engadget and iMore

Miguel Helft / Forbes:

How tech entrepreneurs are forging ahead in Cuba even without widespread Internet access — No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution — Robin Pedraja, a lanky 28-year-old former design student from Havana, walked into the Cuban government's office of periodicals …

Tweets: @digiphile. Thanks:@mhelft

Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:

The next Google Glass is ‘Enterprise Edition,’ expanded testing later this year — We told you yesterday about a new device that passed through the FCC—codenamed GG1—and many have speculated that it's the next generation of the Google Glass hardware. While it's often suggested that the device …

More: Droid Life, Forbes, Digital Trends, Fone Arena and The Verge. Thanks:@apollozac

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Two Pirate Bay co-founders say FBI is seeking site logs to see whether Prenda law firm tried to lure copyright violators — FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs to Expose Copyright Trolls — Over the past few years copyright troll law firm Prenda crossed the line on several occasions.

More: TechWorm and Ars Technica

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

What delayed IPOs and higher private valuations mean for tech startups and public investors — As More Tech Start-Ups Stay Private, So Does the Money — Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up idea, there was a good chance you spent …

More: AVC, Un Passaggio and Mattermark

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