You may have spent the weekend offline scarred by news of PRISM, or simply had a busy weekend and skipped your daily dose of news in the tech scene, but TNW has got you covered. Here’s a roundup of what you may have missed over the last two days:
News from the weekend:
- Google Reportedly Close to Buying Waze for $1.3 Billion
- Qualcomm to Complete Sharp Investment by June 24
- Leaked Slide Refutes US Internet Companies’ Claims and Show Data
- AdDuplex Picks up $500,000 From Practica Capital to Build Windows Platform Ad Network
PRISM latest:
- NSA Whistleblower is Revealed
- PRISM Authorized by Congress, Not Undisclosed Collection or Data Mining Program
- Authorities Were on to NSA Leak Snowden Before PRISM Went Public
Good reads:
- Duolingo Founder and CAPTCHA Creator Luis von Ahn Talks Android, Crowdsourcing
- Freight OS: Bringing Sexy Back to The Freight Industry
- How Many New Domain Names Will The Explosion in gTLDs Really Produce?
- 300,000 Ancient Manuscripts Were Saved From Rebels in Timbuktu
- 7 Ways to Build and Retain a Strong Team as You Grow
- PRISM, Trust and What We Really Want to Believe
- How Technology is Transforming Live Concert Bootlegging
Interesting news from beyond The Next Web:
- Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations [Guardian]
- Edward Snowden’s Choice of Hong Kong as Haven is a High-Stakes Gamble [Guardian]
- Apple’s Folly: The Story of the Pippin Game Console [Gameological]
- Ask.fm, The Troubling Secret Playground of Tweens and Teens [CNET]
- The Changing and Terrifying Nature of the New Cyber-Warfare [Vanity Fair]
- Celebrities’ Product Plugs on Social Media Draw Scrutiny [NYT Bits]
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