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Hacked information that was leaked via Twitter included private data from German Chancellor Angela Merkel — seen here speaking in Germany's Bundestag last month. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Hackers attack hundreds of high-profile German politicians, post private data online

Hackers have published cellphone numbers, credit card data and private communications belonging to members of nearly every German political party, in a sweeping breach last mo

8 years ago

(Election Systems & Software)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. sees progress in test of paper-trail voting machines that allow audit of results

A review of midterm election offers assurance that electronic vote counts are reliable, but lawmakers show limited interest in deploying the technology statewide.

8 years ago

This composite image made available by NASA shows the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule indicated by the crosshairs at center, with stars surrounding it on Aug. 16, 2018, made by the New Horizons spacecraft. The brightness of the stars was subtracted from the final image using a separate photo from September 2017, before the object itself could be detected. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via AP)
Science

NASA spacecraft opens new year 4 billion miles from Earth

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has survived the most distant exploration of another world, a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles away that looks to be shaped like a peanut.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

Textiquette and sharenting

Guests: Naomi Baron, Stacey Steinberg Hey! So… When someone texts you a lot of question marks, how does it make ...

Air Date: January 1, 2019 10:00 am

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Digital technology lifestyle of school girl child or student using wireless internet for distance learning application and reading e-book app on mobile ipad smart device multimedia computer tablet
Radio Times
Education

Embracing children’s online lives

Guests: Jordan Shapiro In his new book, ...

Air Date: December 31, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, photo, Psychologist Hilarie Cash walks on a forest path at a rehab center for adolescents in a rural area outside Redmond, Wash. The complex is part of reSTART Life, a residential program for adolescents and adults who have serious issues with excessive tech use, including video games. Disconnecting from tech and getting outside is part of the rehabilitation process. The organization, which began about a decade ago, also is adding outpatient services due to high demand. Cash is chief clinical officer and a co-founder at reSTART. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Lifestyle

‘Tech addicts’ seek solace in 12 steps and rehab

We like to say we're addicted to our phones or an app or some show on a streaming video service. But for some people, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care.

8 years ago

The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (Richard Drew/AP)
Science

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

The list is long: High-tech tools for immigration crackdowns. Fears of smartphone addiction. YouTube algorithms that steer youths into extremism. Gene-edited babies.

8 years ago

A jet lands at London Gatwick Airport on Friday. The airport had been closed for over a day after a drone repeatedly flew nearby. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

How to stop a drone? There’s no good answer

Shoot it down. Jam it. Use a missile or maybe a net. There's no shortage of ideas about how to stop a drone, but as the past few days show, the reality is far more difficult.

8 years ago

The Google AI lab in Princeton. (Princeton University, Office of Communications, Denise Applewhite)
Science

Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton, N.J.

The company will focus on recruiting students, graduates, and others in the area to work on artificial intelligence, which powers features such as 'smart reply' in Gmail.

8 years ago

Christine Jacono has her virtual reality headset adjusted by software engineer Erwin Bautista during a December chemotherapy treatment at Christiana Care's cancer center. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Delaware patients use virtual reality to get through chemotherapy

Some 200 Christiana Care cancer patients have used virtual reality during chemotherapy. Immersion in a rainforest or other natural scenes helps them relax and pass the time.

8 years ago

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Ontario and C streets is rated a “3” on Philadelphia’s Litter Index. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly’s dirtiest blocks get surveillance cameras as city steps up fight against illegal dumping

Surveillance cameras are coming to Philadelphia neighborhoods as part of a plan to make illegal dumpers pay for their trashy behavior.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney signs a bill Tuesday authorizing the Philadelphia Energy Authority — an independent municipal authority set up specifically to reduce the city's energy's consumption — to enter into a contract to purchase 22 percent of its power from solar provider Community Energy. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly signs agreement to buy solar energy

The city of Philadelphia plans to fulfill 22 percent of its energy demand with solar power.

8 years ago

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Money
NJ Spotlight

N.J. ponders ban on ‘cashless stores’, Amazon objects

Lawmakers concerned that if stores only accept credit and debit cards they would discriminate against poor and elderly customers.

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

The art of patience

Guests: Sarah Schnitker, Jason Farman Our patience can be tested in the holiday season– we’re dashing to work ...

Air Date: December 17, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 47:26
Facebook employees talk to visitors at a one-day Facebook pop-up kiosk in Bryant Park in New York City on Thursday. The company was fielding questions about its data-sharing practices and teaching users how to understand its new privacy controls. The next day, Facebook announced that a
NPR
Politics & Policy

Facebook says some users’ private photos were accidentally shared with developers

Up to 6.8 million users may have been affected, Facebook says.

8 years ago

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