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Technology

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

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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

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(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

rooftop solar panels
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly introduces affordable route to rooftop solar

Solarize Philly, the city group-buying program rolled out in April, promises an additional 20 percent savings on monthly energy bills for those who participate.

8 years ago

The Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon Web Services has government contracts that show its influence is far beyond the Post Office. (Reed Saxon/AP)
Courts & Law

ACLU: Amazon shouldn’t sell face-recognition tech to police

"This raises very real questions about the ability to remain anonymous in public spaces."

8 years ago

DNA isolated from a small sample of saliva or blood, can now fairly inexpensively yield information about a person's relative risk of developing dozens of diseases or medical conditions. (GIPhotoStock/Cultura RF/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Routine DNA screening moves into primary care

If you have a genetic mutation that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition, would you want to know?

8 years ago

In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.
(Amazon Web Services Korea via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Community

Orlando Police testing Amazon’s real-time facial recognition

There are no laws explicitly barring law enforcement from using real-time facial recognition, and the constitutionality has not been tested by higher courts.

8 years ago

Dickinson High junior Jeremy Nolan works on his robot as partner Ian Shotwell observes. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

For these Delaware students, robotics is ‘getting them to see the future’

Walking through Dickinson High School, one can't help but notice the two fluorescent yellow mechanical creatures.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

New regulations, payment protections for gig workers in N.J.

With as many as 600,000 New Jersey residents now working as freelancers, Assemblyman says legislation is needed to ‘ensure they’re treated fairly.'

8 years ago

Personal injury law firms in the Philadelphia area are sending patients in ERs, chiropractors and pain clinics targeted ads that some privacy experts and prosecutors say are intrusive, and possible, illegal. (ShutterStock)
Courts & Law

Forget ambulance chasing, personal injury law firms are now waiting for you at the hospital 

Geo-fencing has been deployed by retailers for years. Bringing it into health care spaces, however, is raising alarm among privacy experts.

8 years ago

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