Digital Life

Sports

For Love Or Money: Fans And Businesses Flock To Fantasy Sports

7:59pm July 22, 2015

by Frank Deford

The legal loophole that allows people to bet on fantasy sports teams but not real ones is attracting big money. Fantasy games may trump real ones soon, says commentator Frank Deford.

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New federal rules could expand the number of employees eligible for overtime. That may lead more companies to curtail the use of work email after hours.

Economy

Amid New Overtime Rules, More Employers Might Set Email Curfew

3:20pm July 21, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

As the Obama administration looks to expand the number of employees eligible for overtime pay, more companies may curtail the use of email after hours to cut labor costs.

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The rise of ad blockers threatens the business model that drives much of the Internet economy.

National

With Ad Blocking Use On The Rise, What Happens To Online Publishers?

1:56pm July 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

A new Apple update could challenge the current online business model. Some say less ad revenue means more sites will charge for access to content. There's also a move to block the ad blockers.

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The Commerce Department is looking to place tighter controls on exporting software that can attack a network. The cybersecurity industry opposes the proposed new rules.

Commerce Department: Tighter Controls Needed For Cyberweapons

1:43pm July 21, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

If software can be used to attack a computer network, then companies need permission before sending that software overseas, the government says. But the cybersecurity industry is up in arms.

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The website of the "married dating" service Ashley Madison was the target of hackers who are now demanding that the service be discontinued.

Affair-Enabling Website Ashley Madison Is Compromised By Hackers

11:43am July 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Threats to release some 37 million users' photographs and data come at a time when Ashley Madison's leaders have been discussing a potential $200 million stock offering.

More Than A Quarter-Million Ask Google To Be Forgotten

9:35am July 19, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Mona Chalabi of FiveThirtyEight.com about the "right to be forgotten" — requests to Google to remove evidence of one's digital footprint from the search engine.

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Arts

Emmy Nominations For 'Transparent,' Tatiana Maslany Showcase New Talent

2:27pm July 17, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday. The field of contenders shows a welcome turn toward recognizing new talent and new sources for TV.

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Dr. Lisa Dyson is the CEO of Kiverdi, a next-generation sustainable oil company that converts CO2 and waste carbon gases into oils using biotechnology.

#RaceOnTech: How An Early Love Of Math Led Her To The Role Of CEO

10:03am July 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

This week, NPR's All Tech Considered is connecting with diverse innovators in tech and science. Kiverdi CEO Lisa Dyson discusses an early role model, her work and the need to boost tech education.

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Mamie Parker, a fish and wildlife biologist with a doctorate in ecology, remembers a janitor at work once telling her: "No African-American woman has been in here except to clean this office."

From Fishing With Mom To Becoming A Top Fisheries Official

9:47am July 17, 2015

by Michel Martin

For NPR's series #RaceOnTech, we are meeting the diverse men and women who work in America's tech and science fields, like Mamie Parker, a fish and wildlife biologist who's a pioneer in her field.

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Pew: 'Smartphone-Dependents' Often Have No Backup Plan For Web Access

3:32pm July 16, 2015

by Emma Bowman

People who rely most on their smartphones to get online often deal more frequently with service interruptions because of financial hardship and data limits.