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Personal technology
Your pension fund could be invested in tech
by
Kristin Schwab
, Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Oct 19, 2017
The money pool comes from universities, government entities and ultimately, you.
The economics of future technology ... explained with comics
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Robert Garrova
Oct 17, 2017
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith investigate the not-too-distant future in “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.”
Will AI eventually let us enhance our own brains?
by
Molly Wood
Oct 11, 2017
The economics of superintelligence and the workplace.
88 percent of US students now have fast internet in their classrooms. Here’s why.
Sep 20, 2017
Four years ago, less than 10 percent of U.S. students had adequate internet bandwidth in their classrooms, based on Federal Communications Commission standards. Today, 88 percent do, according to a report out this week from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. How did the digital divide get narrowed so quickly? Click the audio player above to hear the full […]
Cloudflare's CEO wants to talk about who censors the internet
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Robert Garrova
and Emily Henderson
Aug 22, 2017
Matthew Prince terminated the account of extremist website The Daily Stormer, but he's still worried about censorship.
Fighting terrorism online
Aug 4, 2017
Social media companies are struggling — trying to walk a fine line between cracking down on propaganda from terrorist organizations like ISIS, which are sophisticated at using social media, without trampling free speech.
Internet restrictions make doing business harder in China
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 31, 2017
Many popular internet sites are blocked for users of the state network in China — Google, YouTube and more. Some users, many of them business users, employ a VPN, a virtual personal network, to get around that “Great Firewall.” In a crackdown on unregistered VPNs, China has persuaded Apple to pull all major VPN services […]
For public good, not for profit.
With a content library valued at $12 billion, Netflix’s long-term strategy may be paying off
by
Andy Uhler
Jul 17, 2017
Netflix has been ahead of its competitors in creating original content.
How the FBI is functioning on the ground, even as leadership shifts
Jul 14, 2017
“We have not missed a beat, we won’t miss a beat," says the Phoenix bureau's agent in charge.
Women who left tech jobs were sexually harassed and passed over for promotions, report says
Jul 13, 2017
"Women experience significantly more unfairness than men,” the lead researcher says.