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Technology

In this file photo, a Philadelphia Police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera used as part of a pilot project in December 2014, in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police launch body-camera pilot program

Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania gives the new policy a B-minus.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Cybersecurity and disinformation

Guest: Clint Watts Former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert ...

Air Date: June 22, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, a college student plays a computer game at an Internet cafe in Seoul, South Korea. On Monday, June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. (Ahn Young-Joon/AP Photo)
Health

What makes something truly addictive?

A new "gaming disorder" classification from the WHO revives a debate about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs.

8 years ago

These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm. The left-hand image shows a view of the east-northeast rim of Gale Crater on June 7, 2018 (Sol 2074); the right-hand image shows a view of the same feature on June 10, 2018 (Sol 2077).
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
NPR
Science

Enormous dust storm on Mars threatens the Opportunity rover

A massive dust storm on Mars is threatening NASA's Opportunity rover, which has been conducting research on the Red Planet for well over a decade.

8 years ago

internet
Community

The end of net neutrality: Will users notice their missing internet freedom?

The rules protecting internet freedom disappeared June 11.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pictured at F8, Facebook's developer conference last month. On Thursday, the company announced a new test feature had changed users' privacy settings without their consent. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook to users: You may want to update your privacy settings again.

The software blunder comes at a time when Facebook is facing a deep mistrust from users over its practices of sharing user data with third parties without their consent.

8 years ago

Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health

Five South Jersey hospitals will pool info to better keep patients, docs in treatment loop

Under the new program, when a patient is admitted, a tailored care plan will pop up next to his name in the system — describing previous treatment and any preferences.

8 years ago

Paul Smith says he wanted
NPR
Politics & Policy

Inspired by Russia, he bought influence on Facebook

On Tuesday, California holds its congressional primaries and in one largely rural district, there is a new kind of money entering politics: payments to Facebook.

8 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo speaks with members of the media during a news conference at the NBA basketball team's practice facility in Camden, N.J., Friday, May 11, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Community

76ers investigate critical tweets linked to team president Bryan Colangelo

The Philadelphia 76ers are investigating whether team president Bryan Colangelo used Twitter accounts to anonymously trash some of his own players and fellow executives.

8 years ago

A pilot wears a wireless headband that tracks his brain activity, while flying a plane. Photo courtesy of ISAE-SUPAERO.
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Scientists measure what goes through a pilot’s brain in real time while flying

The scientists say It could be useful for deciding who should or should not be flying. 

8 years ago

Listen 2:07
Screenshot of
Arts & Entertainment

Ben Franklin’s 8-Bit World

The Franklin Institute has designed a video game with Ben Franklin in a Mario Bros. 8-bit world.

8 years ago

Johanna Humphrey, (left), ended up with 24 boxes of crayons she didn't need. She gave them to teacher Laura Smith, (right), through the Buy Nothing Project. It encourages people to share without money changing hands.
(Jeff Brady/NPR)
NPR
Community

Facebook project wants you to ‘buy nothing’ and ask for what you need

While Facebook makes money by selling stuff through advertising, it's also spawned hundreds of groups where the goal is to give things away.

8 years ago

A couple in Portland, Ore., discovered that their Amazon Echo had recorded their conversation and sent it to one of their contacts. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Amazon Echo recorded and sent couple’s conversation — all without their knowledge

Have an Echo and want to know what it has been recording? Here's how to find out.

8 years ago

A display of rifles in a gun shop, with a flag that says
The Pulse
Science

That time a Second Amendment advocate agreed to sell a ‘smart gun’

Gun-shop owner Andy Raymond thought personalized firearms might get new people interested in guns. Instead, he attracted anger and was cast as an anti-gun gun dealer.

8 years ago

Listen 4:50
(Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Money

Comcast v. Disney: A fight for Twenty-First Century Fox

Comcast said Wednesday that it's in the "advanced stages" of making an offer.

8 years ago

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