
Technology
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over firings, seek more than $128 million in severance
The lawsuit says not paying severance and bills is part of a pattern for Musk.
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Princeton High School students build STEM project to preserve Indigenous Guatemalan language
A group of high school research students aim to build sustainable plush animal robots to help preserve a vulnerable Mayan language spoken in Guatemala.
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Listen 4:43The project is part of an initiative from NASA and the National Science Foundation to collect data and give students a chance to learn about scientific ballooning.
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Listen 2:28N.J. libraries are branching out and offering more than books and videos
Many libraries in N.J. have high-tech devices, child learning toys and machinery for patrons to borrow.
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Listen 1:17Delaware’s largest county adopts ‘Video 911’ to give dispatchers ‘eyes and ears on the scene’
Callers will have the sole discretion to allow dispatchers to access their phone, and the video transmission will stop as soon as the video chat ends.
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Listen 2:58Philadelphia Navy Yard begins autonomous, electric shuttle service
The Navy Yard’s AV shuttle can fit nine seated passengers and a wheelchair.
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Listen :47AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the U.S.
Outages began at about 3:30 a.m. ET and peaked at around 73,000 reported incidents. By 5 p.m. ET, the reports were down to fewer than 1,500.
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Pennsylvania courts say no ransom was paid in cyberattack, and attackers never sent a demand
The attack didn't compromise any data or stop the courts from operating on a normal schedule, officials said.
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Penn to become first Ivy League to offer AI degree, looks to ‘train the leaders’ in emerging field
Penn believes the undergraduate degree program will allow for “students to unlock AI's potential.”
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Listen 1:04Dating apps have a ‘gold mine’ of data on attraction, but does it lead to better matches?
Three in 10 U.S. adults have used a dating app, so what have researchers learned about human interaction, relationships and attraction from all of that data?
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Listen 10:55Scientist ‘Grand Hank’ inspires Philly students to delve deeper into the world of STEM careers
On Tuesday at Allen M. Stearne School in Philly, eighth grade students were in awe as "Grand Hank" demonstrated different cool and innovative explanations of science.
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Listen 1:30Our Virtual Reality Future, Super-Earth Space Discovery, Ballet Brothers
Will we all be walking around with our phones strapped to our faces? We'll talk about Vision Pro. Plus, NASA discovers a new planet - a super-Earth - that could support life.
Air Date: February 6, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 49:58Philly sheriff’s campaign takes down bogus ‘news’ stories posted to site that were generated by AI
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal's campaign is acknowledging that a series of positive “news” stories posted to her campaign website were generated by ChatGPT.
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Pennsylvania statewide court agency’s website hit by disabling cyberattack, officials say
The courts agency, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, did not immediately identify the attackers or a motive.
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How U.S. health care providers deal with hundreds of data breaches every year
Cyberattacks on health care providers in the U.S. have gone up steadily over the last decade, exposing the personal health data of millions of patients.
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