Digital Life

A screen shot from Seven Quests shows a battle with the hero, Rostam, and his troops. The game is based on a 1,000-year-old Iranian poem.

World News

Video Game Based On Ancient Story Aims For Audiences In Iran, Beyond

9:17pm February 09, 2015

by Deborah Amos

Two entrepreneurs with Iranian roots hope to make an international splash with a new online multiplayer game that is an update of a 1,000-year-old Iranian poem.

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World News

Social Media Pages Give Vivid Glimpses Into Ukraine Conflict

8:36pm February 09, 2015

Ukrainians are documenting the conflict with Russia online. NPR's Scott Simon talks with the Wall Street Journal's Paul Sonne about how once-lighthearted websites have become grim logs of destruction.

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Pick Up Your Smartphone Less Often. You Might Think Better.

7:51pm February 09, 2015

by Serri Graslie

Our friends at the WNYC podcast New Tech City recently challenged you to put down the smartphone to see what sort of brilliance beckoned. We check in on the results.

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U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., says our cars are becoming increasingly vulnerable to hacking.

National

Q&A: Sen. Ed Markey On Protecting Data Our Cars Are Sharing

6:27pm February 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

We've entered the age of Internet-connected cars, and the Massachusetts lawmaker says they're vulnerable to all kinds of data breaches.

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A man walks past a Samsung smart TV advertisement at a showroom in Seoul in 2011.

Samsung's Privacy Policy Warns Customers Their Smart TVs Are Listening

5:23pm February 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Samsung warned its customers that their TVs are sending reports to third parties and that could include sensitive information spoken by the owners. The policy has drawn comparisons to Orwell's 1984.

Interior view during the Netflix portion of the 2013 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, California.

With New Rules In Place, Netflix Expands To Cuba

3:30pm February 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Starting today, Cubans with an Internet connection and access to international payment methods will have access to a wide array of movies and shows. There are huge hurdles, though.

One Week, Two Hacks And A Whole Bunch Of Cyber Worries

9:53am February 09, 2015

In a single week, the hack of a health insurance giant exposed as many as 80 million Social Security numbers and TurboTax halted e-filing due to fraud. NPR's Arun Rath talks with reporter Brian Krebs.

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Arts

Not My Job: Fashion Guru Simon Doonan Gets Quizzed On Microsoft Windows

11:38am February 07, 2015

Doonan got his start designing the famous display windows at the Barneys clothing boutique in New York. So we'll ask him three questions about another sort of windows — Microsoft Windows.

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FAA Ban Hasn't Stopped Pilots From Snapping Selfies

7:57pm February 05, 2015

The National Transportation Safety Board found selfies to blame for a tragic private plane crash in Colorado last year. Audie Cornish talks to journalist David Yanofsky about tech in the cockpit.

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled his plan in a Wired op-ed on Wednesday. The FCC is scheduled to vote on the proposal Feb. 26.

National

FCC Chairman Wheeler Backs Regulating Internet As Public Utility

5:05pm February 05, 2015

by Elise Hu

The Federal Communications Commission has received 4 million comments on "net neutrality." On Wednesday, the FCC chief laid out what he calls "the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed."