Facebook to Launch a News Reader and Other News You Need to Know

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Stan Schroeder
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Facebook to Launch a News Reader and Other News You Need to Know
Mark Zuckerberg Credit: Justin Sullivan

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you updated on what's happening in the digital world.

The team behind Facebook’s News Feed is gearing up to launch a news reader that looks and feels a lot like Flipboard, according to Re/code.

China Mobile’s chairman says customers have already ordered millions of iPhones ahead of their Jan. 17 release.

The New York Times reports that the National Security Agency can access a computer using radio waves, even when it isn’t connected to the Internet. It also installed software on 100,000 computers around the world that allows the U.S. government to spy on the device and open a gateway for possible cyberattacks.

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