Technology
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
The lawsuit says not paying severance and bills is part of a pattern for Musk.
11 months ago
Princeton High School students build STEM project to preserve Indigenous Guatemalan language
A group of high school research students aim to build sustainable plush animal robots to help preserve a vulnerable Mayan language spoken in Guatemala.
11 months ago
Listen 4:43The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.
11 months ago
Listen 2:28N.J. libraries are branching out and offering more than books and videos
Many libraries in N.J. have high-tech devices, child learning toys and machinery for patrons to borrow.
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Listen 1:17Delaware’s largest county adopts ‘Video 911’ to give dispatchers ‘eyes and ears on the scene’
Callers will have the sole discretion to allow dispatchers to access their phone, and the video transmission will stop as soon as the video chat ends.
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Listen 2:58Philadelphia Navy Yard begins autonomous, electric shuttle service
The Navy Yard’s AV shuttle can fit nine seated passengers and a wheelchair.
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Listen :47Decade’s old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site
Sandra Young's identity was discovered through advanced DNA technology, which has helped solve stubborn cold cases in recent years.
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Private company Intuitive Machines is set to land on the moon. Here’s what to know
The Houston-based company hopes to make the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It would also be America's first soft landing in decades.
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AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the U.S.
Outages began at about 3:30 a.m. ET and peaked at around 73,000 reported incidents. By 5 p.m. ET, the reports were down to fewer than 1,500.
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NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
Applications are live for a four-person cohort to live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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First there were AI chatbots. Now AI assistants can order Ubers and book vacations
A slate of tech startups are developing products that use AI to complete real-world tasks.
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Pennsylvania courts say no ransom was paid in cyberattack, and attackers never sent a demand
The attack didn't compromise any data or stop the courts from operating on a normal schedule, officials said.
11 months ago
What is Temu, and should you let your parents order from it?
Temu’s Super Bowl ads promise to let people “shop like a billionaire” — and they’ve helped the Chinese-owned online discount marketplace expand in the U.S. at a rapid pace.
11 months ago
Penn to become first Ivy League to offer AI degree, looks to ‘train the leaders’ in emerging field
Penn believes the undergraduate degree program will allow for “students to unlock AI's potential.”
12 months ago
Listen 1:04Dating apps have a ‘gold mine’ of data on attraction, but does it lead to better matches?
Three in 10 U.S. adults have used a dating app, so what have researchers learned about human interaction, relationships and attraction from all of that data?
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