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Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg
NPR
Community

Facebook board readies for its biggest decision yet: Whether to reinstate Trump

The decision to ban Trump from both Facebook and Instagram, which the company owns, came after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

The Franklin Institute. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Franklin Institute to ‘reimagine’ itself for its bicentennial

The science museum on the Parkway has received a $1 million gift to develop new science exhibitions.

4 years ago

Ed Felten (left) and Malcolm Burnley
Courts & Law

How does A.I. technology exacerbate inequalities in policing?

WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Malcolm Burnley and Ed Felten, hosts of WHYY’s new podcast, “A.I. Nation.”

4 years ago

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An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives. Zoë van Dijk for NPR
NPR
Politics & Policy

A ‘worst nightmare’ cyberattack: The untold story of the SolarWinds hack

Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber espionage campaigns of all time.

4 years ago

In this photo illustration, a smart phone screen displays the logo of Facebook on a Facebook website background
NPR
Community

After data breach exposes 530 million, Facebook says it will not notify users

Facebook said "malicious actors" scraped the data through a vulnerability that it fixed in 2019. But the publicly available data still leaves millions of users vulnerable.

4 years ago

Jack Hurley celebrating his 20th birthday with his sisters Clare (left) and Nora (right) (Courtesy of Jack Hurley)
Health

How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects

About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.

4 years ago

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Amanda Rabinowitz (right), director of the Brain Injury Neuropsychology Laboratory at the MossRehab Research Institute, demonstrates the RehaBot. (courtesy of MossRehab Research Institute)
Science

How a chatbot can motivate people recovering from traumatic brain injuries

MossRehab Research Institute researchers reinterpret a common consumer technology to help with post-injury social isolation and depression.

4 years ago

Mario (Boukaih / UnSplash)
Arts & Entertainment

Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000.

4 years ago

The Comcast tower in Philadelphia reflects clouds and blue sky.
Politics & Policy

Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in attempt to close digital divide

Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in an attempt to close the digital divide. Just last summer, the company was criticized for not doing more to help students.

4 years ago

Telecommunication equipment for a 5G radio network with radio modules and smart antennas installed on a metal structure against an abstract background
The Pulse
Science

Sending Signals

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Air Date: March 19, 2021

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A series of brain scan images against a black background. Brain scans showing MRI mapping for 3 tasks across 2 different days. Warm colors show how the results hold up in groups. Cool colors show how results are less reliable person to person. Photo credit: Annchen Knodt/Duke University.
The Pulse
Science

Scientists have used fMRI to study brain activity for years. Now, some question the results’ reliability

Scientists have found that results can change, brain scans from the same person doing the same thing can be different a week or a month later.

4 years ago

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(AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek,File)
Politics & Policy

Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight

Scientists estimate between 365 million and one billion birds are killed by collisions with buildings or other outdoor structures in the U.S. every year.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo a woman works at a computer in New York. The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said Friday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Politics & Policy

Despite hacks, U.S. not seeking widened domestic surveillance

Instead, the administration will focus on tighter partnerships and improved information-sharing with private-sector companies.

4 years ago

This rock, called
NPR
Science

Mapping Máaz: NASA uses Navajo language to name features on Mars

NASA got permission from the Navajo Nation to use their language to name some points of interest on Mars.

4 years ago

This photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
Radio Times

The Mars mission and the future of commercial space travel

NASA's rover Perseverance is on Mars searching for evidence of ancient life. What would it mean if we found it? And, where is the growing commercial space industry headed?

Air Date: March 12, 2021 10:00 am

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