
Technology
No 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.
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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.
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New Jersey sues California company over ‘ghost guns’
The company was sent a letter in December asking it to "stop advertising, offering for sale, and/or selling 'ghost guns' and 'ghost gun' parts to New Jersey residents."
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Just what is Apple going to unveil Monday?
On Monday, Apple is holding a special event tagged with the line "It's showtime!" That's led to wide speculation the company will finally reveal its streaming service.
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Facebook left millions of passwords readable by employees
Facebook left millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years, the company acknowledged Thursday after a security researcher exposed the lapse.
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How internet ‘echo chambers’ lead to faster radicalization
This week Marketplace Tech is looking at how an online troll becomes a terrorist and how people are recruited and radicalized online through social media.
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FBI tracked Michael Cohen’s phones with controversial device
Michael Cohen, meet the Triggerfish.
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Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination
Facebook will overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement.
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In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.
Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:44How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push
Zuckerberg's plan, outlined Wednesday, expands Facebook's commitment to private messaging, in sharp contrast with his traditional focus on public sharing.
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Can Zuckerberg really make a privacy-friendly Facebook?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's shifting his company's focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy.
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How City Council broke Philly’s app for selling blighted land
At the current pace, it will take the City of Philadelphia 50 years to sell off its publicly owned vacant land.
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Shore town installs flood warning signs affixed with live streaming camera
Motorists driving through one Cape May County municipality during flooding events can now make better decisions, officials say.
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N.J. teens tweet Trump, find Senate ally, score civil rights win
All the bill needed to become law was President Donald Trump's signature. It would create a national archive of documents from civil rights cold cases.
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Offshore wind company considers using Shore power plants for energy distribution
A Danish offshore wind company is considering adaptively reusing two New Jersey power plants set to be decommissioned.
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