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Technology

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.

5 years ago

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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.

5 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)
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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.

5 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)
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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.

5 years ago

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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.

5 years ago

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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.

5 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.
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Science

How UFO sightings went from conspiracy theory to a serious government inquiry

Are we alone? Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies?

5 years ago

Amazon's Echo Show devices are among those that will automatically be added to its shared Wi-Fi network scheme, called Amazon Sidewalk. (Amazon)
NPR
Community

Your Amazon Echo will share your wi-fi network with neighbors, unless you opt out

Amazon is building a Wi-Fi network – using your Wi-Fi.

5 years ago

A worker heads into JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo.  A ransomware attack on the world's largest meat company is disrupting production around the world just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Cybersecurity and the growing threat of ransomware attacks

What do the recent ransomware attacks on the world's largest meat production company and a U.S. oil pipeline reveal about our cybersecurity and the growing threat?

Air Date: June 3, 2021 10:00 am

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Flavia Schaub
The Pulse
Science

Think pet, not threat with Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent machines will play a much larger role in the future than they do now, and we’re trying to imagine that future as we’re ra ...

Air Date: June 2, 2021

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Arts & Entertainment

Philly gamers, rejoice: Parks & Rec to include esports in future programming

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Dept. partners with Nerd Street Gaming to include esports in programming, with the goal of increasing access to high-end tech.

5 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI

In a lot of ways, artificial intelligence acts as our personal butlers — it filters our email, manages the temperature in our homes, fi ...

Air Date: May 28, 2021

Listen 51:53
Philadelphia’s Health Center #1 at Broad and Lombard streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly data breach that impacted health employee emails also hit other departments

It appears the hack is connected to a series of attacks targeting health care and social service organizations and agencies during the pandemic.

5 years ago

A man holds a Black Lives Matter flag during a protest
NPR
Community

Black Lives Matter fights disinformation to keep the movement strong

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media a year after George Floyd's murder. But BLM says posts targeting it are full of disinformation.

5 years ago

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The Pulse
Science

When DNA Research Doesn’t Benefit All of Us

There’s long been an idea that sharing our DNA for research benefits the greater good — that it leads to new insights, new medication ...

Air Date: May 21, 2021

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