
Technology
Why your Philly Airbnb might be in danger of collapsing
The online rental site doesn’t check for code violations — and has no plans to start.
6 years ago
Be wary of robot emotions; ‘simulated love is never love’
When a robot "dies," does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is "yes," and that tells us something important, and potentially worrisome.
6 years ago
Pa. panel discusses broadband internet solutions, urges public-private collaboration
Private providers said expanding broadband to rural areas is too costly, but there’s potential in exploring technological alternatives in delivering internet access.
6 years ago
Online voter registration spikes in Pa., outpaces paper by 50 percent
Signups more than doubled last year, thanks to the internet.
6 years ago
Scamming SEPTA is getting harder: Agency hits 10-year low for claims payouts
A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.
6 years ago
Pa. is spending millions on election security, but the effort has its critics
"We are not fighting this battle alone.”
6 years ago
Designing healthy hospital sound
Doctors, musicians, and engineers are teaming up to find out how to rid hospitals of stressful beeps and alarms and replace them with more harmonious alternatives.
Air Date: April 17, 2019
Listen 49:51FCC to hold big 5G auction, spend $20B for rural internet
The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks.
6 years ago
In science — and in life — failure is both a stumbling block and a building block. We regard failure as the enemy of success — but ...
Air Date: April 12, 2019
Listen 49:23Capitol Hill hearing on online hate sees it firsthand
A congressional hearing on online hate turned into a vivid demonstration of the problem Tuesday when a YouTube livestream was bombarded with racist and anti-Semitic comments.
6 years ago
If it’s online, it’s not permanent. Internet archives can disappear
Facebook said it "mistakenly deleted" posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, but also changed how it archives corporate announcements and blog posts that makes them harder to find.
6 years ago
Gov. Wolf touts success of opioid info sharing system after first year
Pennsylvania officials say a system that tracks overdoses and information about drug investigations has been widely adopted during its first year of use.
6 years ago
Chances are you retrieved one of the 26 billion robocalls made last year. We discuss robocalls, what's being done to stop them, and how to protect yourself.
Air Date: April 4, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:31No AI in humor: R2-D2 walks into a bar, doesn’t get the joke
Researchers say computer learning looks for patterns, but comedy thrives on things hovering close to a pattern and veering off just a bit to be funny and edgy.
6 years ago
Beyond ‘Bandersnatch,’ the future of interactive TV is bright
The December 2018 premiere of Netflix’s “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” offered consumers a new way to influence the entertainment they’re watching.
6 years ago