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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.

9 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

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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.

9 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while speaking as he testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Politics & Policy

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before House committee

Zuckerberg's second day of testimony begins at 10 a.m.

9 years ago

This week, Facebook began notifying people whether they had ever logged in to the
NPR
Community

How to check if your Facebook data was used by Cambridge Analytica

9 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is escorted by police on his way to a meeting Monday with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

The rise — and stall — of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to testify Tuesday and Wednesday before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

9 years ago

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.

9 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.

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA tweaks Key card costs

9 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.

9 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.

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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

9 years ago

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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.

9 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.

9 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.

9 years ago

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