Digital Life

How The Architect Of Netflix's Innovative Culture Lost Her Job To The System

7:18pm September 03, 2015

by Steve Henn

Netflix is famous for pioneering a company culture that demands standout results from every employee. One of the architects of this philosophy ended up losing her job to the system she created.

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Martin Ford is the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm and author of Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future.

Attention White-Collar Workers: The Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs

12:45pm August 31, 2015

The machines have long been used in manufacturing, but Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots, says they're now poised to replace humans as teachers, lawyers and even journalists.

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World News

China Arrests Nearly 200 Over 'Online Rumors'

4:31pm August 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The rumors ranged from a man leaping to his death in Beijing over stock losses to highly inflated death tolls in the Tianjin industrial blasts.

Eugene Kaspersky, founder and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab, at his office in Moscow last Dec. 9. Kaspersky and his firm have ties to the Russian government, but say that should not be cause for concern in the West, where the company's cybersec

National

Kaspersky Lab: Based In Russia, Doing Cybersecurity In The West

1:41pm August 28, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The software security company is big in the U.S. and around the globe, but tensions between Russia and the West have raised questions about the Moscow-based company.

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The founders of Clever met at Harvard. From left: Tyler Bosmeny, CEO; Dan Carroll, chief product officer; Rafael Garcia, chief technology officer.

One-Third Of Schools Are Using This App You've Never Heard Of

6:02pm August 27, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Clever, a three-year-old startup, is used by 20 million students and teachers to manage all their other apps.

Text messages helped remind diabetes patients to check their blood sugar and report in.

Texting Helps Low-Income Diabetes Patients Manage Insulin Dosing

10:10am August 27, 2015

by Rina Shaikh-Lesko

Many low-income patients can't make multiple visits to the doctor, which is a problem if you're a diabetic trying to get insulin dosing just right. A text-based system made remote reports possible.

Last month, Microsoft released its first major update to its operating system since 2012.

Microsoft's Windows 10 Is Now On 75 Million Devices, Company Says

4:22pm August 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Microsoft Vice President Yusuf Mehdi announced Tuesday that the new operating system is running in 192 countries and on a wide range of devices, including ones made as early as 2007.

Federal Trade Commission: To Combat Robocalls, 'Just Hang Up'

6:37pm August 24, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Patty Hsue, who leads the robocall-combating tech initiatives at the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, about its plans to combat phone fraud.

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The parent company of Ashley Madison has offered a reward of $500,000 Canadian (approximately $378,000 U.S.) for information leading to an arrest in a huge hacking case.

Ashley Madison Update: $500K Reward For Arrest, And Reports Of 2 Suicides

5:33pm August 24, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Despite the hacking attack that extracted personal information about millions of its users, Ashley Madison seems to have added nearly 2 million more users to its service.

After a tornado leveled Moore, Okla., last year, firefighter Shonn Neidel (left) developed an app that helps first responders locate storm shelters under the wreckage.

Environment

Storm Shelter App Helps Pinpoint People Amid Tornado's Rubble

10:08pm August 23, 2015

by Rachel Hubbard

After a tornado hits, emergency crews looking for survivors in storm shelters face a problem: Streets and landmarks are suddenly unrecognizable. One Moore, Okla., firefighter developed an app to help.

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