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A SEPTA bus driver navigates through SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot
Urban Planning

Philly and SEPTA issue tech challenge to help people with disabilities navigate transit

SEPTA and the city of Philadelphia are calling for ideas on new ways to use technology to make it easier for people with disabilities to use mass transit.

4 years ago

(Elizabeth Robertson)
Health
Spotlight PA

After contact tracing data breach, Pa. sidesteps scrutiny on proposed $34M contract

The Pa. Department of Health is working to hire a new company under an even pricier contract to take over its contact tracing program after it fired the previous company.

4 years ago

Elon Musk has named his expanding rocket factory and launch complex in South Texas
NPR
Science

SpaceX’s new rocket factory is making its Texas neighbors mad

Environmentalists from Brownsville to Washington D.C. are protesting Elon Musk's ambitious vision to build, test and launch next-generation rockets in this fragile ecosystem.

4 years ago

In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind.
NPR
Science

UFO report: No sign of aliens, but 143 mystery objects defy explanation

This could have been the day that finally answered the burning question: Are there aliens out there? Sadly, we'll still have to wait.

4 years ago

Two players are seen from behind their chairs at an esports arena
Community

N.J. money aims to make Atlantic City the national esports hub

It's the latest manifestation of New Jersey’s interest in being not only a player but a leader in the fast-growing esports industry.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rules in favor of Pa. cheerleader over cursing Snapchat post

The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not making the varsity cheerleading team.

4 years ago

Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, STS-3 commander, wearing communication kit assembly mini headset, gathers three freefloating plastic trash bags filled with empty containers, paper towels, straws, etc. Lousma will stow them in a designated stowage volume. (NASA)
The Pulse
Science

Exploring the space-time-stench continuum, where no nose has gone before

Why NASA is creating — and then sniffing out — some of the foulest smells known in the universe.

4 years ago

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WISA Woodsat, seen in an artist's rendering, is billed as the world's first wooden satellite. It's set to be launched from New Zealand before the end of the year.
Arctic Astronautics/ESA
NPR
Science

Where no plywood has gone before: A space agency will launch a tiny, wooden satellite

Since it became widely available about a century ago, plywood has been prized for its strength, rigidity and durability — three things that are good in a spacecraft.

4 years ago

A health worker holds up a cotton swab
Health
Spotlight PA

Fired Pa. contractor seeks to secure contact tracing data after learning personal info still online

After Spotlight PA found that Insight Global, the company handling Pa. contact tracing., had not secured its data issues, the company called on ex and current staff for help.

4 years ago

Logan Library now has more public computers (Neal Santos for PlanPhilly)
Community

New survey designed to see just how connected Philadelphia actually is

The city aims to find out whether residents took advantage of pandemic-related programs to get internet service and understand the affordability of service for households.

4 years ago

A hand holds up a phone with Bitcoin logos on it, against the backdrop of a screen with numbers on it
NPR
Money

How Bitcoin has fueled ransomware attacks

If you're planning a multi-million dollar ransomware attack, there's really only one way to collect — with cryptocurrency.

4 years ago

Participants sit a Blue Origin space simulator during a conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019. On Saturday, Blue Origin announced that an unidentified bidder will pay $28 million for a suborbital flight on the company's New Shepard vehicle. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Science

An 11-minute flight to space was just auctioned for $28 million

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is going into space on July 20 on a reusable rocket made by his space exploration company, Blue Origin.

4 years ago

Apple announced this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference a new feature in its forthcoming operating system, iOS 15, that will digitize state-issued licensees and ID cards. (Apple)
NPR
Community

Apple iPhones can soon hold your ID. Privacy experts are on edge

Buying a coffee and grabbing a train is already possible with an iPhone, but Apple wants to replace the physical wallet completely.

4 years ago

Image showing the Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena
NPR
Community

U.S. suffers over 7 ransomware attacks an hour. It’s now a national security risk

The surge in attacks has been years in the making. Last year, there were 65,000 ransomware attacks, according to the cybersecurity company Recorded Future.

4 years ago

An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice
NPR
Politics & Policy

How a new team of feds hacked the hackers and got Colonial Pipeline’s ransom back

The lynchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account.

4 years ago

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