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 | Alexia Tsotsis Welcome to the Summer of 2013. Welcome to the summer when you're not quite sure which of your Internet activities are being tracked. When you want to start... read more | |  | Alexia Tsotsis If there's one striking thing about those PRISM slides, other than their hideous aesthetics, it's that Apple's allocated yellow oval, instead of a date, has the... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington Elon Musk took to Twitter early this morning (via Verge) to promote an event coming this Thursday that promises to show off new tech that allows quick swapping... read more | | | |  | John Biggs Jack Conte, musician and founder of Patreon, has been on a tear lately with a set of unique music remixes performed by him and a group of pneumatic robots that... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas Adafruit Industries has put together a weekend project for people worried the NSA is monitoring how many reruns of Seinfeld they watch on their tablet. The... read more | |  | Ryan Lawler FiftyThree, the startup behind the wildly popular drawing app Paper, has closed a Series A round of financing from Andreessen Horowitz, we've learned. The... read more | |  | John Biggs Welcome to the era of the round, shiny in-home automation system. While Nest led the charge early on, a new device, called Goji, is taking up the mantle. The... read more | |  | Jordan Crook There's plenty of information swirling about the HTC One Mini thus far, especially considering it's not an officially announced handset by any means. Still,... read more | |  | Catherine Shu Yahoo is offering to purchase social email startup Xobni for $30 million to $40 million, according to AllThingsD's sources. If the deal goes through, Xobni... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden Advertising giant WPP is taking another step into the world of startup investments, this time specifically in mobile and social media. WPP Ventures, a new... read more | | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
