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    The 'All Tech Considered' Blog Logs Off

    Jun 05, 2018
    After nine years and 2,630 posts, the All Tech Considered blog is being retired. Don't worry, though. You'll still find the All Tech segment and other tech-related stories on NPR's Technology page.
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    Lola Omolola's success comes from a few strategies: curating interesting stories and encouraging women to respond to each other.
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    One Woman's Facebook Success Story: A Support Group For 1.7 Million

    Jun 04, 2018
    Inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, Lola Omolola started a Facebook group that soared in size and quickly became a support network for women around the globe.
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    Smith's Facebook foray illustrates how a novice can become a player, using an advertising tool that's new to the game of politics.
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    Inspired By Russia, He Bought Influence On Facebook

    May 31, 2018
    In California, a political novice is helping shape a hotly contested Democratic congressional primary by buying influence on Facebook. He says he wanted to "take a page from the Russian playbook."
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    In California, an initiative expected on November's ballot would be one of the broadest online privacy regulations in the U.S.
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    Do Not Sell My Personal Information: California Eyes Data Privacy Measure

    May 28, 2018
    A sweeping new data privacy law has gone into effect in Europe, and California may soon follow with its own protections. Backers say the state's move could prompt such standards across the U.S.
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    Someone — either this wolf or you — is about to meet an unfortunate end in the survival simulator <em>The Long Dark.</em>
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    Reading The Game: The Long Dark

    May 27, 2018
    Our occasional series on storytelling in video games returns with a look at the survival simulator The Long Dark, which uses sound and silence to build a world not long into some terrible disaster.
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    Biometric data is considered a special category requiring explicit consent under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation law, which goes into effect Friday.
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    3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

    May 24, 2018
    The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect Friday, but it also has implications in the U.S. Firms like Spotify and eBay now say you can ask them to delete data about you they've stored.
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    A 3D scan of a Tikal temple in Guatemala. It is among approximately 200 monuments around the world that have been scanned by CyArk.
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    3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

    May 21, 2018
    Historic sites around the world face mounting threats: war, climate change, natural disaster. There's a rush to use 3D scans for preservation. But experts have questions about how the scans are used.
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    The U.S. Army's Autonomous Remote Engagement System is mounted on the Picatinny Lightweight Remote Weapon System and coupled with an M240B machine gun. It's part of a program that reduces the time to identify targets using automatic target detection and
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    Autonomous Weapons Would Take Warfare To A New Domain, Without Humans

    Apr 23, 2018
    Former special operations agent Paul Scharre helped create U.S. military guidelines on autonomous weapons. His new book Army of None, looks at the advances in technology, and the questions they raise.
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    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings delivers a keynote address at the 2016 CES trade show in Las Vegas. Big entertainment rival Disney could challenge the service that made binge-watching popular.
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    Is Netflix On Its Way To World Domination Of Streaming?

    Apr 18, 2018
    Netflix flew past Wall Street expectations and added 7.4 million subscribers globally in the first quarter. But a big entertainment rival could challenge the service that made binge-watching popular.
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    People pass by the Google logo at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 8. Europe's new data privacy rules go into effect May 25.
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    Europe's New Online Privacy Rules Could Protect U.S. Users Too

    Apr 16, 2018
    When Europe begins enforcing sweeping new privacy rules next month, it will have a major impact on U.S. tech companies, both large and small. And it could affect American Internet users as well.
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    Things like smartphone addiction, false stories and election interference leave some tech executives regretful about what they've created.
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    As Views Of Tech Turn Negative, Remorse Comes To Silicon Valley

    Apr 09, 2018
    News about smartphone addiction, false stories and election interference have some tech executives regretful about what they've created. Some in the industry are turning to fixing the problems.
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    Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.
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    The Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares

    Apr 04, 2018
    Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.
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    Mary Guedon of the group Raging Grannies holds a sign as she protests in 2010 outside of the Facebook headquarters in California. Privacy advocates say it's too difficult to fully protect your privacy on Facebook.
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    Is It Even Possible To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook?

    Mar 24, 2018
    You might be asking this question after revelations that personal data were used by a firm tied to the Trump campaign. A privacy advocate says "you'd be spending your day full time" dealing with it.
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    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., in 2013. NPR asked Americans what steps they take to protect their Facebook data.
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    NPR Survey: Still On Facebook, But Worried

    Mar 21, 2018
    NPR asked Americans what steps they take to protect their Facebook data. Most say they still use the site, but they're concerned about who can see their information — and how it can be used.
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    People rally in 2014 at the Washington state Supreme Court, which heard a case filed by three victims of sex trafficking against Backpage.com, saying the website helped promote the exploitation of children.
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    Section 230: A Key Legal Shield For Facebook, Google Is About To Change

    Mar 21, 2018
    The 1996 law is praised by the tech industry as the core pillar of Internet freedom. But its path also runs through some of the darkest corners of the Web, such as online sex trafficking of children.
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    This artist's-concept illustration depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft which will carry a deep-space laser communications system.
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    Live High Definition Video From Mars? NASA Is Getting Ready

    Mar 14, 2018
    NASA is building a new space-based laser communication that will allow live, high-definition video from Mars and beyond — something that's not possible with standard radio equipment.
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    An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true.
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    Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

    Mar 12, 2018
    An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Twitter is asking outside experts to help it deal with the problem.
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    In the 2016 film <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, </em>Peter Cushing's digital likeness was used to reprise his role as Grand Moff Tarkin. Cushing died in 1994.
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    In The Future Movie Stars May Be Performing Even After They're Dead

    Mar 05, 2018
    Technology is making many jobs obsolete. But even acting? The technology in the Academy Award-winning Blade Runner 2049 gives a glimpse of a future where digital actors will compete against live ones.
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    <em>Mr. Robot</em> actor Rami Malek (from left), writer/producer Sam Esmail and actor Christian Slater, at the Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2016.  "Their spirit's in exposing these frauds and abuses by people in power," Esmail says
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    An Anarchist Explains How Hackers Could Cause Global Chaos

    Feb 26, 2018
    On the TV show Mr. Robot, the lead character is a hacker who breaks into computer systems to promote a cause. Real-life hacktivist Barrett Brown believes the U.S. government is fundamentally corrupt.
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    In<em> </em><em>Making Tracks,</em> Frick<em> </em>uses human data from sensors to create portraits.
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    An Artist Sees Data So Powerful It Can Help Us Pick Better Friends

    Feb 25, 2018
    It can feel intrusive to have so much data collected about us, but Laurie Frick is optimistic about how big data will evolve. She says it could help us evaluate how we respond to other people.
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    Brent Hoff (left) and Alexander Reben, creators of "Robots in Residence," hold BlabDroids at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Hoff and Reben teamed up to see whether they could design a robot that would make people want to open up.
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    Sometimes We Feel More Comfortable Talking To A Robot

    Feb 24, 2018
    Artist Alexander Reben wants to know whether a robot could fulfill our deep need for companionship. He created a robot named BlabDroid that asks people to share their raw emotions and deep secrets.
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    Samy Kamkar became a notorious hacker when he was 19. He created the fastest-spreading computer worm of its time. Unfortunately, it also crashed MySpace, and Kamkar was banned from the Internet.
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    This 'Gray Hat' Hacker Breaks Into Your Car — To Prove A Point

    Feb 23, 2018
    Everything from cars to thermostats is being connected to the Internet, raising security concerns. Samy Kamkar, who once hacked MySpace, hopes exposing vulnerabilities will make these things safer.
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    Vint Cerf, now a Google vice president, is often called the "father of the Internet." He admits that when he and his team created the Internet, he never imagined how it would turn out.
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    The Father Of The Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through A 'Black Mirror'

    Feb 20, 2018
    The titans of Silicon Valley have a grand vision of the future. But they have a tendency to miss the downside of their inventions — think cybercrime and online harassment.
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    Author Neal Stephenson's 1992 science-fiction classic <em>Snow Crash</em> portrays a virtual reality world called the Metaverse.
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    Artists And Criminals: On The Cutting Edge Of Tech

    Feb 20, 2018
    Sci-fi authors like William Gibson foresaw what the Internet would bring. Inspired by their visions, NPR's Laura Sydell set out to see what artists and criminals think about and do with technology.
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    Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
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    'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerable

    Feb 19, 2018
    Author Virginia Eubanks argues that automated systems that governments across the U.S. use to deliver benefit and welfare programs are often rigged against the very people who need it most.
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