Burnout turned Twitch streamers' dreams of playing games full time into nightmares
Playing video games for a living sounds like a dream job. But toxic fans and demanding schedules can turn that dream into a nightmare.
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How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan
William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.
Encore: Virtual reality brings Indian and Pakistani residents back home
With virtual reality headsets, elderly survivors of the partition between India and Pakistan are getting 360-degree views of their long-lost homes — on opposite sides of the international border.
When law enforcement wants your social media content, do data privacy laws hold up?
Nebraska law enforcement requested Facebook messages of two women being investigated for an alleged illegal abortion. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Upturn's Logan Koepke about data privacy.
75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually
A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.
Who was behind the explosions in Crimea? Ukraine and Russia aren't saying
Several days after Ukraine said nine planes were destroyed at a Russian air base in Crimea, nobody has publicly claimed responsibility for it — but speculation abounds.
Nebraska cops used Facebook messages to investigate an alleged illegal abortion
A case in Norfolk, Neb., highlights how evidence from online services is fair game in the post-Roe v. Wade era.
Why Biden's plan to boost semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. is so critical
The law will allocate more than $50 billion to bring semiconductor chip manufacturing to the U.S. and away from its current production hub in East Asia.
A new blueprint offers advice for businesses to protect against ransomware attacks
Small businesses paid millions to cybercriminals last year to unlock their files. That's why experts released a new blueprint with advice on how to defend against and recover from ransomware attacks.
Snapchat's new parental controls try to mimic real-life parenting, minus the hovering
Snapchat's Family Center lets parents see whom their teen is contacting, but not their messages. Parents can also confidentially report accounts that concern them, without their child's knowledge.