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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.

8 years ago


FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced Tuesday a plan to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

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.

8 years ago

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Courts & Law

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack.

8 years ago

 In this Dec. 3, 2009, photo, a sign outside the Comcast Center, left, is shown in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
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Analysis: Why the FCC’s proposed internet rules may spell trouble ahead

8 years ago

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New, easier-to-use SEPTA App offers real-time ETAs

8 years ago

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Money

Taxes in Pa. on cell phone service among highest in U.S.

The average rates of taxes and fees on wireless telephone services are more than two times higher than average sales tax rates that apply to most other taxable goods.

8 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court takes a technological step forward

Surely but slowly, the Supreme Court is entering the 21st century.

8 years ago

First-person shooters like 'Battlefield 3' have become very realistic.
The Pulse
Science

How online gaming communities kept two veterans from suicide

The military has a long history of using games in training, but troops also enjoy playing video games during their downtime, and some military gaming communities even help

8 years ago

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Donna Roggio sits in the office at her home in Buckingham. Township officials have ordered her to stop renting her house through Airbnb. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Airbnb rental leads to squabble, new regulations in Bucks County

Zoning laws that restrict hotels or boarding houses often don’t apply to short-term rental arrangements. But pending changes in Buckingham Township echo a national trend.

9 years ago

Listen 5:54
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown in the Kremlin in Moscow (AP)
Politics & Policy

Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats

It wasn't just Hillary Clinton's emails they went after, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press.

9 years ago

The Pulse
Arts & Entertainment

The reel story of what happened to tape

While sound professionals and amateurs have moved to digital recording, reel-to-reel still holds a special place among some producers and audio nerds.

9 years ago

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From left, Google's Law Enforcement and Information Security Director Richard Salgado, Twitter's Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, appear together during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, on more signs from tech companies of Russian election activity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Facing up to ‘national security challenge of the 21st century’

Leading up to the 2016 election, “agents of a hostile foreign power” involved in “sophisticated misinformation campaigns” targeted Americans through social media.

9 years ago

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This image provided by Facebook, shows how ads on Facebook will be more transparent. Days ahead of testimony at three congressional hearings, the company is taking new steps to verify advertisers and make all ads on the site more transparent. Executives for the social media company said on Oct. 27,  they will verify political ad buyers, requiring them to reveal correct names and locations, and create new graphics on the site where users can click on the ads and find out more about the organizations or people behind them. (Facebook via AP)
Money

Facebook vows more transparency over political ads

Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook is moving to increase transparency.

9 years ago

First
Science

First Person: Delaware’s tech scene

The growing presence of a tech scene here in Delaware.

9 years ago

People sit at a table and in the audience during a hearing at the New Jersey Legislature
Politics & Policy

N.J. to replace thousands of aging voting machines

Many of the 11,000 voting machines in New Jersey are so old, officials said, they will soon have to be replaced.

9 years ago

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