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German designer Dieter Rams speaks about the exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art surveying his career. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Birth of cool: 40-year retrospective of Dieter Rams’ product design at Philly art museum

If you’ve ever tried to imagine what a space-age bachelor pad might look like, this exhibition of his stereo equipment and modular furniture may come close.

8 years ago

Ford is buying electric scooter company Spin in what experts say is the biggest investment of an automaker into
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Why Ford is getting into the scooter business

8 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.  (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
Community

Facebook says it’s better at detecting rule violations

Facebook is making progress on rooting out hate, fake accounts and other objectionable content.

8 years ago

 Employees walk through a lobby at Amazon's Seattle headquarters. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
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Wharton prof: No amount of money would’ve swung Amazon

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8 years ago

 A file shot of Philadelphia's submission to Amazon HQ2's RFP. (Design Advocacy Group)
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State, city offered Amazon a $5.7 billion incentive package to build Philly HQ2

Until now, Mayor Jim Kenney and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf have refused to discuss details of the incentives offered in their HQ2 proposal.

8 years ago

People in shaddow walk past a geometric building (Amazon's Seattle HQ)
PlanPhilly
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Philly’s Amazon HQ2 loss could be a long-term win for city, experts say

Mayor Jim Kenney responded to the news with a thank you to Amazon.

8 years ago

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Community

Pizza Gutt uses Instagram as shortcut to pizza fame

What started out as a way to destress from a job he hated has become Daniel Gutter's sole way of earning a living. His secret recipe? Instagram.

8 years ago

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Chamarra McCrorie gives Indego's new e-bikes a test ride on Thomas Paine Plaza. (Jim Saksa/WHYY)
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Philly adds electric bikes to Indego fleet

Like Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival, Indego has gone electric, adding 10 pedal-assist bicycles to its bike share fleet.

8 years ago

A man cleans the carpet in his car with vacuum cleaner. (Bigstock Image)
The Pulse
Science

Why put carpets in cars, when they’re so hard to clean?

Leaves, paper, crumbs and other bits of trash cling to auto carpets — don’t even mention the liquid stains and smells.

8 years ago

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Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space; Jeff Sessions’ firing

Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...

Air Date: November 8, 2018 10:00 am

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A man works at his desk in front of monitors last month during a demonstration in the war room, where Facebook monitors election-related content on the platform, in Menlo Park, Calif. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
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Politics & Policy

Facebook blocks more than 100 accounts, citing possible foreign influence

Facebook's head of cyber security policy, said 85 of the accounts were on the company's Instagram service, with the remainder on Facebook itself.

8 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.  (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
Community

Social media’s misinformation battle: No winners, so far

Caught embarrassingly off-guard, technology giants have thrown millions of dollars, tens of thousands of people into fighting fake news, propaganda and hate.

8 years ago

Kiana Wallace is a part of a new movement on social media called ‘skin positivity.' (Rachel Ishikawa/For The Pulse)
The Pulse
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‘Skin positivity’ confronts acne stigma

A new movement on social media is trying to change the way we think about acne.

8 years ago

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In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo a Pittsburgh Police officer walks past the Tree of Life Synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh in remembrance of those killed and injured when a shooter opened fire during services Saturday at the synagogue. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Law enforcement faces dilemma in assessing online threats

"We can go out on Twitter and there are loads of people saying insane stuff, but how do you know which is the one person?"

8 years ago

Stars of David memorialize Jewish congregants killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
(Kyodo News via Getty Images)
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Community

Nearly 30 percent of anti-Semitic online attacks are bots

Researchers at the ADL analyzed 7.5 million Twitter messages between Aug. 31 and Sept. 17.

8 years ago

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