
Technology
As FCC prepares net-neutrality vote, study finds millions of fake comments
The agency is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to reverse regulations put in place during the Obama administration that were aimed at guaranteeing that.
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Former Rutgers student, Pa. man plead guilty to creating web-crashing ‘botnet’
A Louisiana man also admitted his part in producing hundreds of thousands of computers and internet-connected devices infected with malware that the trio controlled.
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Princeton scientists win $3 million for early pictures of the universe
The research uses billion-year-old radiation to confirm the universe's age and how quickly it expanded after the Big Bang.
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Listen 1:58Philadelphia Orchestra says app is ready to earn its keep
After developing an in-concert cell phone app, the orchestra hopes to generate revenue through licensing.
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N.J. nuclear plant operator seeking state subsidy
New Jersey lawmakers are examining whether to act in the final weeks of the legislative session to give some financial assistance to nucl ...
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Can we make purchasing classroom tech more like buying a car?
Schools nationwide are spending over $13 billion in K-12 alone and have little idea if any of it works. We can’t afford to spend this kind of money blindly.
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Man who deactivated Trump’s Twitter account: ‘I didn’t break any rules’
Remember the story about the Twitter employee who (briefly) managed to delete President Trump's account?
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Supreme Court takes up case about privacy in digital age
The Supreme Court is taking up a case about privacy rights that could limit the government's ability to track Americans' movements in the digital age.
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Delaware firm that made spacesuits for Apollo moon crew celebrates 70 years
Delaware company that made the apparel Apollo astronauts wore to the moon celebrates seven decades of operation and innovation.
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Does cellphone-sweeping ‘StingRay’ technology go too far?
Civil liberties and privacy groups are increasingly raising objections to the suitcase-sized devices known as StingRays.
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NASA taps young people to help develop virtual reality technology
NASA has big hopes for virtual reality technology.
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Lessons in love for Generation Snapchat
Along with explicit sexual education classes, some schools are beginning to offer more G-rated lessons on love. Experts say the so-called "iGen" is woefully unprepared.
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FCC’s Pai: ‘Heavy-handed’ net neutrality rules are stifling the internet
In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says his plan to remove net neutrality rules is a way of bringing the Internet back to how it was in the 90s.
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Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers
Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack.
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