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Radio Times
Science

New Horizons: NASA’s mission to Pluto

Guests: Alan Stern, David Grinspoon NASA’s New Horizons spaceship launched in 2006 to visit tiny Pluto at edge ...

Air Date: May 2, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
Call center employees work for the Facebook Community Operations Team in Essen, Germany, on Nov. 23. The workers review Facebook content and delete it if fails to meet the company's standards. (Martin Meissner/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook updates community standards, expands appeals process

Facebook announced changes to its content review policy Tuesday.

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)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Alexa, tell me a national security secret: Amazon’s reach goes beyond the Post Office

While Amazon still makes most of its money selling stuff online, a growing part of the company's business is storing stuff in the cloud.

8 years ago

5,500 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they've engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they've bullied themselves this way more than once.
(Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

When teens cyberbully themselves

They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.

8 years ago

A view of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters on March 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

IRS computer glitch caused by ‘master file’ issue

The IRS says its system was up and running again by 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

8 years ago

People pass by the Google logo at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 8. Europe's new data privacy rules go into effect May 25. (Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Europe’s new online privacy rules could protect U.S. users too

What counts as "personal" won't just be attributes like race, height, weight and religion, but also an individual's IP address or browsing history.

8 years ago

Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington as he testified before a Senate panel last week. (Kevin Wolf/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Facebook faces class action lawsuit challenging its use of facial recognition data

The plaintiffs are suing under a state law that says a private entity can't collect and store biometric facial information without written consent.

8 years ago

A view of the PJM control room. The grid operator, based outside Philadelphia is the nation's largest. (Courtesy of PJM)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

After alert on Russian hacking, a renewed focus on protecting U.S. power grid

8 years ago

University of Delaware researchers are using this miniature city to test autonomous vehicles. (University of Delaware photo)
First
Community

Delaware preps for driverless cars

While the technology of self-driving cars get most of the attention, lots of tech is being added to Delaware's road infrastructure to prepare for cars of tomorrow.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
After Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke to Congress about a massive data breach, the company announced it would no longer fund an effort to oppose The Consumer Right to Privacy Act.
(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Facebook will stop opposing a user privacy initiative in California

Facebook announced that it will no longer channel funds into an effort that opposed giving social media users more control over their personal data.

8 years ago

Sculpture work by artist Sophie Kahn in Phantom Limb at the Esther Klein Gallery. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

Philly exhibit explores idea of technology as 21st-century phantom limb

The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.

8 years ago

Listen 1:47
Brian Smith plays a racing game blindfolded. He made a user interface for blind players to drive in video games, just like sighted players. He tested it with blind volunteers, as well as blindfolded sighted volunteers.
The Pulse
Science

Playing video games when you can’t see the screen

A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.

8 years ago

Listen 6:32
Matt Roda takes a test on the Reflexion Edge. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

How a high school concussion inspired a tech startup

Matt Roda of Lancaster County was a junior in high school when a single hockey game changed his entire life.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Zuckerberg faces congress

Guests: Issie Lapowsky, Joseph Turow Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced two congressional inquiries this week, in ...

Air Date: April 12, 2018

Listen 49:45
LED lighting in the background vs high-pressure sodium lighting in the foreground on Spruce Street.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

LED streetlights are coming to Philadelphia. Will they mess with our sleep?

as the city moves forward with the lighting makeover, experts are urging officials to consider public health and environmental questions.

8 years ago

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