Digital Life

This image of the Earth rising over the moon was the first one recovered by the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project.

Arts

From Family Snapshots To NASA Photos, Archivists Aim To Solve Preservation Puzzles

4:15pm August 02, 2017

by Matt Guilhem

Levi Bettwieser develops found film rolls from his Idaho home, and Dennis Wingo helped rescue early pictures of the moon. But what will happen when historical photos go from analog to digital?

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This Police Department Is A Smash Hit On Social Media

2:33pm August 02, 2017

by Chhavi Sachdev

They're doing it with memes from Game of Thrones and The Simpsons. And by quickly responding to queries from the public.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2017 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater on May 17 in Mountain View, Calif. Google's new tool for tracking how online ads connect to in-person sales has been criticized by a privacy

National

Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over Google Tracking In-Person Purchases

7:12pm July 31, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Using search and app data, combined with third-party credit card records, Google can link online ad viewing to purchases at physical stores. User privacy may be at risk, an advocacy group says.

National

This Wisconsin 'Chip Party' Doesn't Come With Cheese Dip

6:35pm July 30, 2017

Some employees of 32M have volunteered to have microchips implanted in them. NPR's Noel King and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor of information studies Michael Zimmer, explore the risks.

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Careem, a ride-sharing app popular in Pakistan, tried a new twist: putting a matchmaker inside your car.

Pakistani Ride Sharing App Puts A Matchmaker In The Car

11:58am July 27, 2017

by Diaa Hadid

The Careem app ran a campaign: Book a car — and a matchmaker will join you. The company thought it was funny. But a lot of women hated it.

In a wired world, summer camp is one of the last phone-free zones. But campers, staff and especially parents don't always appreciate the message.

Are Helicopter Parents Ruining Summer Camp?

5:25pm July 24, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

In a wired world, summer camp is one of the last phone-free zones. But campers, staff and especially parents don't always appreciate the message.

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National

Justice Department Announces Seizure Of Dark Web Marketplace

4:56pm July 20, 2017

by Martin Kaste

The Department of Justice announced Thursday its seizure of an international marketplace on the dark web. AlphaBay provided an anonymous site for people selling illegal drugs, firearms and other items.

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Internet personality Jake Paul is not being a thoughtful neighbor, according to residents who say his rental house has been the scene of fires and loud antics.

YouTube Star Jake Paul's Neighbors Tell Him: We're Not Jake Paulers

5:17pm July 19, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Residents of the street where Paul rents a large house are meeting with police and city officials to review code requirements after a series of pranks and antics at his West Hollywood home.

Rosanna Pansino is a YouTube star and a celebrity chef. Her YouTube cooking show Nerdy Nummies has millions of subscribers, many of whom are children interested in baking.

The YouTube Star Who's Teaching Kids How To Bake

4:25pm July 19, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Celebrity chef Rosanna Pansino hosts the YouTube show Nerdy Nummies and has more than 8 million subscribers. Among her fans are thousands of children who want to learn how to bake.

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World News

Tour Rio De Janeiro's Oldest Slave Port With This New App

4:28pm July 18, 2017

by Catherine Osborn

Rio de Janeiro was home to the Americas' largest slave port, which received nearly a million slaves over several centuries. Now modern day Cariocas have developed an app that provides an immersive tour through that history.