Digital Life

'Aisles Have Eyes' Warns That Brick-And-Mortar Stores Are Watching You

1:36pm February 13, 2017

Consumers have grown accustomed to the idea of online retailers collecting information about them, but author Joseph Turow says that now physical stores are doing it too.

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Monk Spreads Buddhist Philosophy With 140-Character Tweets

6:00pm February 12, 2017

Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim became Twitter-famous with his tweets about faith and mindfulness. His book, a compilation of tweets, went viral in South Korea, and the American edition is out now.

In The Flame and the Flood, you'll die. A lot. (See that wolf?) But each time, you'll learn something new.

Arts

Reading The Game: The Flame In The Flood

10:00am February 12, 2017

by Jason Sheehan

In The Flame in the Flood, you play as a young girl surviving in a post-apocalyptic landscape, floating down a river on an improvised raft, with nothing but your wits and your faithful dog beside you.

Ajit Pai Starts To Roll Back Latest Internet Regulations From Obama's Team

6:09pm February 11, 2017

The new head of the Federal Communications Commission has taken steps to unravel many of his predecessor's policies. These changes might directly affect consumers and their access to the Internet.

Pilot models of self-driving cars for Uber are displayed in Pittsburgh. Autonomous vehicles are expected to cut traffic jams, but not before enough human drivers are off the road.

Economy

Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Our Commutes, But That'll Take A While

7:23am February 10, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

One of the promises of autonomous vehicles is that they'll reduce traffic jams. Self-driving cars will bring many changes, but traffic flows won't improve until enough human drivers are off the roads.

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In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly again took the blame for the rocky rollout of the travel ban and for failing to notify congressional leaders of the policy's implementation.

Homeland Security Secretary: Travel Vetting Could Include Passwords, Tweets

9:07am February 09, 2017

by Brian Naylor

John Kelly tells NPR that screening needs to improve. He also says President Trump's travel ban is not based on religion, and one of the great strengths of the U.S. is diversity of religious views.

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World News

Ketchup In The Fridge Or The Pantry? It's A Cold War

4:57pm February 08, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

By refrigerating some of its ketchup, the British grocer ASDA just wanted to "give everyone what they want." Instead, it stoked the flames of a long-simmering argument: where to keep the ketchup.

Update On The Journalist Kicked Off Facebook

11:33am February 08, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

A Zimbabwean investigative reporter was kicked off Facebook while investigating a case of child abuse. Now she's reinstated and still pained by the experience, but happy to be connected again.

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Wi-Fi names could give a political statement to a far broader audience than sweater pins, bumper stickers or even tweets.

Politics & Government

Using A Wi-Fi Network's Name To Broadcast A Political Message

2:42pm February 07, 2017

by Lucia Maffei

Barack Obama supporters and opponents had been doing it for a while. Now Wi-Fi owners are expressing their views about the new president through their network names, such as "Trump Won! HipHipHooray."

Twitter Introduces 'Safe Search' And Other Tools Targeting Abuse

1:23pm February 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"Safe search" results will not display any tweets "that contain potentially sensitive content" as well as those from blocked or muted accounts.