Technology

Books

You Can Now Read Books On Instagram

8:02am October 06, 2019

Forget Kindles and e-readers. Now you can get great books on Instagram courtesy of the New York Public Library. Manager of Reader Services Lynn Lobash explains this latest outreach to young readers.

Microsoft said it has seen "significant cyber activity" by a hacker group with suspected ties to Iran.

Microsoft Says Iranians Tried To Hack U.S. Presidential Campaign

6:15pm October 04, 2019

by Shannon Bond

Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. campaign, in the latest sign that foreign governments may try to influence the 2020 election.

Taken in aggregate, the billions of online searches we make every day say a lot about our most private thoughts and biases.

Science

I, Robot: Our Changing Relationship With Technology

5:00pm October 03, 2019

Do you ever catch yourself yelling at your Alexa? Or typing questions into Google that you would never ask aloud? This week, we explore our changing relationship with technology.

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Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian ci

After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

2:42pm October 03, 2019

by Joanne Lu

Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.

Politics & Government

Seventeen Weeks: Protests And Chaos in Hong Kong

4:29pm October 01, 2019

Anti-government protests have continued after a mainland extradition bill was withdrawn.

National

LAPD Examines How Recruitment Ad Showed Up On Breitbart's Site

7:55am October 01, 2019

by Shannon Bond

When recruitment ads for the Los Angeles Police Department appeared on conservative media Breitbart's website, a lot of eyebrows were raised. It was Google analytics that steered the ads there.

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National

Inside The Movement To Improve Access To High-Speed Internet In Rural Areas

5:02pm September 30, 2019

by Paul Flahive

Broadband Internet is a fact of life for most Americans. But 21 million people do not have access to high-speed connections at all. In rural areas, there's a move to improve the situation.

National

Facebook's Dating App Rolls Out To U.S. Is There Appeal?

4:47pm September 29, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post's Lisa Bonos about Facebook's new dating app.

Politics & Government

What The Cybersecurity Company CrowdStrike Has To Do With The Trump-Ukraine Matter

4:44pm September 27, 2019

President Trump brought up the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike on a call with the Ukrainian president in July. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ryan Broderick of Buzzfeed News about what that means.

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Neal stands in a room with military cyber operators from Joint Task Force ARES to launch an operation that would become one of the largest and longest offensive cyber operations in U.S. military history.

How The U.S. Hacked ISIS

3:50pm September 26, 2019

by Dina Temple-Raston

In 2016, the U.S. launched a classified military cyberattack against ISIS to bring down its media operation. NPR interviewed nearly a dozen people who lived it.