Obama Plans for NSA Overhaul 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 stories. Overstock followed through with its plan to accept Bitcoin as a payment option. A Gmail update just made it a lot easier for strangers to email you: Any Google+ user can now send you an email, even if he doesn't have your email address. A new report from The Wall Street Journal suggests Barack Obama is close to overhauling the NSA

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

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