Digital Life

A photo taken in 2013 shows women in traditional dress holding framed portraits of the late Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap as they line up to pay final respects to him at his residence in Hanoi.

World News

A Joke On Facebook Puts American Expatriate At Odds With Vietnam

3:47pm February 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Dan Hauer, who teaches English and is fluent in Vietnamese, had a wide following on social media for his language tips and cultural observations. Then he made a joke about a revered national hero.

A diagram from an Amazon patent application shows a human worker (labeled with "14") wearing an ultrasonic bracelet tracking his or her hand movements and providing feedback. The patent was granted on Tuesday.

National

Wrist Watching: Amazon Patents System To Track, Guide Employees' Hands

2:17pm February 01, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The online retailer has acquired patents for wristbands using radio frequencies or ultrasonic pulses to identify exactly where a warehouse worker's hands are, and indicate if they need to move.

Take this quiz to find out what style of screentime parent you are.

What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz And Find Out

4:54pm January 29, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

Are you strict, pushover or right down the middle? These nine questions could help you find the right balance when it comes to your kids and digital devices.

Grumpy Cat appears unimpressed posing for a photo during an interview at The Associated Press bureau in Los Angeles in December 2015.

Grumpy Cat Awarded $710,000 In Copyright Infringement Suit

1:06pm January 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A jury said that Grenade Beverages illegally used the social media star's likeness on a line of coffee grounds and T-shirts promoting its "Grumppuccino" brand iced coffee.

After facing an intense backlash over including footage of a dead body in Japan's "suicide forest," Logan Paul has published a new video to YouTube, about suicide prevention.

National

Logan Paul Issues Suicide Awareness Video, In Return To YouTube

9:12am January 25, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Three weeks after a backlash over footage of a dead body in Japan's "suicide forest," Logan Paul publishes a new video. It focuses on a suicide survivor and promotes awareness.

50 Cent was among the first musicians to accept bitcoin for his work, starting with his 2014 album Animal Ambition.

50 Cent: 'I Forgot' Taking 700 Bitcoins For 2014 Album; Stake Is Now Worth Millions

3:50pm January 24, 2018

by Bill Chappell

50 Cent agreed to accept bitcoin from people buying his Animal Ambition album. The value of those sales has now skyrocketed: The rapper's holding is worth more than $7.5 million.

Laptops And Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay Or A Third Way?

12:02pm January 24, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

We asked teachers, professors, a psychiatrist and a technologist for their thoughts, and we heard a range of opinions on one of the most "weirdly divisive" issues in education.

Smartphones, and their apps, have become an extension of us, says commentator Marcelo Gleiser.

Science

Welcome To The Age Of Digital Transcendence

9:40am January 23, 2018

by Marcelo Gleiser

Smartphones have become an extension of the owner; it is the closest we've ever become to being omnipresent and omniscient and — in a metaphorical sense, at least — divine, says Marcelo Gleiser.

How Dangerous Is Misinformation On Facebook?

7:58am January 20, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. He believes the company threatens democracy because it has helped spread fake news.

Facebook says it will ask its users decide which news organizations they think are high quality and it will favor news from the most trusted sources.

Politics & Government

Facebook Moves To Decide What Is Real News

6:46pm January 19, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

It will combat fake news by pushing up news articles that come from "high quality" sources, and pushing down the others. It's asking users which news organizations they trust.