Chelsea Wolfe:

• Microsoft axes its controversial employee-ranking system.
• The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone, via HN.
• Monthly NSA stuff by Bruce Schneier:
  • NSA Eavesdropping on Google and Yahoo Networks:
    "The Washington Post reported that the NSA is eavesdropping on the Google and Yahoo private networks [...]
    In light of this, PRISM is really just insurance: a way for the NSA to get legal cover for information it already has. My guess is that the NSA collects the vast majority of its data surreptitiously, using programs such as these. Then, when it has to share the information with the FBI or other organizations, it gets it again through a more public program like PRISM."
  • Why the Government Should Help Leakers, interesting proposal.
• 15 sorting algorithms in 6 minutes.
• Google+ YouTube Integration: Kind of Like Twilight, Except In This Version When +Cullen Drinks BellaTubes Blood They Both Become Mortal, But +Cullen Is Still An Abusive Creep, Also It Is Still Bad, Vi Hart on Google changing stuff for its customers (advertisers) and pretending it's good for its livestock (us). Via waxy links.