The Insider News

Techcrunch[^]:

A report in The New York Times, based on documents from 2011 obtained by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, reveals that the US security agency’s reliance on facial recognition technology has grown significantly under the Obama administration – coinciding with a rise in popularity of taking and tagging self portraits on online social networks.

Andrey Karpov[^]:

I have never carried out any special investigation of the material gathered by now. One pattern, however, is showing up so clearly that I decided to investigate it a bit deeper. You see, in my articles I have to write the phrase "note the last line" pretty often. It occurred to me that there had to be some reason behind it.

IT World[^]:

Google has started accepting requests from Europeans wanting to remove search links to information on them that they find objectionable, following a controversial ruling earlier this month by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The Next Web[^]:

Individuals who are introverted are able to take in much more information regarding what is happening around them. They also expend a considerable amount of mental energy analyzing that information. People who score highly on the introversion scale are acutely aware of any changes to their surroundings. This is why social events are so taxing.

Infoworld[^]:

Security isn't all gloom and doom. Amid the progress today, these four developments in particular have made us safer.

Internet Society[^]:

This morning, I saw this petition for “IT professionals worldwide: Turn off the Legacy IP Protocol (IPv4) for the day of 06th June 2014.”

Motherboard[^]:

Assuming human deep space travel turns out to be not just incredibly dangerous, but perhaps “crazy idiotic" and "laughable," as Harvard biologist Gary Ruvkun put it, the tenacious dream of an interstellar civilization forces some out-of-the box thinking. What if, instead of rocketing humans to other planets, we made an exact copy on site?

Sydney Morning Herald[^]:

Renowned tech analyst Mary Meeker has delivered her influential annual Internet Trends report, emphasising the rise of mobile interfaces in transforming the way we communicate and interact.

Ars Technica[^]:

$5.4M plan to help open source funds OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and Network Time Protocol.

Forbes[^]:

Microsoft is the latest technology giant preparing to jump into the wearables market, with plans to offer a sensor-rich smartwatch that measures heart rate and synchs with iPhones, Android phones and Windows Phones, Forbes has learned.

Computerworld[^]:

In a move that appears designed to provoke widespread questions, the anonymous managers of the TrueCrypt open-source encryption project abruptly pulled the plug on the effort without explanation.

Infoworld[^]:

Improved defaults make the version control system much easier to use for existing users and newbies alike.

Caliburn[^]:

A small, yet powerful framework, designed for building applications across all XAML platforms. Its strong support for MV* patterns will enable you to build your solution quickly, without the need to sacrifice code quality or testability.