Snowden's Insurance Policy and Other News You Need to Know

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

Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting storiesEdward Snowden covered his back: He gave several people encrypted copies of the files he took from the NSA’s computer systems before leaving the United StatesApple reportedly improved the facial recognition in its cameras for iOS 7. And Xbox’s music service is about to expand to the web.

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

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