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Technology

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018
Politics & Policy

Factcheck: Facebook doesn’t sell data but profits off it

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday.

8 years ago

Kiera Smalls
Speak Easy
Community

Serving all of Philly’s startup community means including more voices at the table

New executive director for Philly Startup Leaders, the networking organization and community resource for Philadelphia’s tech-startup community, dives into work.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA tweaks Key card costs

8 years ago

Facebook says it took down more than 200 pages and accounts that were linked to a Russian
NPR
Community

Kremlin calls Facebook’s takedown of Russian pages and ads censorship

The Kremlin is crying foul on Facebook.

8 years ago

In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before a House oversight panel on April 11 as Congress and U.S. regulators consider how to deal with the social media giant amid a privacy scandal. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
Community

Up to 87M affected in Facebook scandal, more than thought

Those developments came as congressional officials said CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Mapping affordable housing, crime or development in your Philadelphia neighborhood? Two new tools have you covered.

8 years ago

(ShutterStock)
Lifestyle

How you’re tracked online — and what you can do about it

Though Facebook gets the attention it's far from alone in collecting massive amounts of data on you.

8 years ago

In this 2018 photo provided by Gonzalo Mórtola, the Russian research vessel Yantar is shown docked in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, worrying the U.S. and its allies the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. (Gonzalo Mórtola via AP)
Politics & Policy

Could enemies sabotage undersea cables linking the world?

Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.

8 years ago

A group of taxicab companies hoped the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit would rule that Uber was violating anti-trust laws by flooding the market with drivers. Instead, the panel sided with Uber. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly taxicab drivers down, but not out, after losing federal appeal against Uber

Despite taking a bruising legal hit in federal court this week, some Philadelphia cabbies say they’re not worried ride-hailing companies like Uber will drive them out of town.

8 years ago

Companies such as Playboy and Space X have deleted their official Facebook pages amid the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media giant is losing more than just profiles: Its market value has decreased by $80 billion. (Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Facebook down $80 billion in market value; Playboy, SpaceX, Tesla hit delete

The #DeleteFacebook movement is putting its money where its mouth is.

9 years ago

This June 21, 2017, file photo shows Adobe software displayed at a store in Hialeah, Fla. A new service aims to help marketers follow you around by linking discrete activities online, such as visiting Subway’s website on a computer and checking the NFL’s app on a phone. Adobe announced the new initiative Wednesday, March 28, 2018. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo, File)
Community

New service aims to follow users across multiple devices

Some 60 companies including such leading brands as Subway, Sprint and the NFL are joining forces to help each other follow you around online.

9 years ago



Tucked deep within a 2,300-page congressional spending bill is a provision that will likely make a Supreme Court case on tech privacy moot. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

A needle in a legal haystack could sink a major Supreme Court privacy case

Can a U.S. technology company can refuse to honor a court-ordered U.S. search warrant seeking information that is stored at a facility outside the United States.

9 years ago

Facebook announced a redesign of its privacy tools as it comes under criticism for the handling of users' data. (Facebook/AP)
NPR
Community

Facebook changes privacy controls as criticism escalates

The changes make it easier for users to see what information they've shared, delete certain personal information and control ads that they see.

9 years ago

(Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

DOJ watchdog: FBI could have tried harder to hack iPhone

The report says communication failures among FBI officials delayed the search for a solution.

9 years ago

Christo Rey student Monica Kpedenou demonstrates her program for monitor Jared Boyd during a timed test.
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

From light bulbs to drones, a new curriculum takes flight in North Philly school

A Catholic school in North Philadelphia, is piloting a curriculum that will turn students into literal pilots. Drone pilots, that is.

9 years ago

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