Technology

Cornell Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa Discusses Artificial Intelligence Used In Hiring

5:24pm April 08, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with sociologist and legal scholar Ifeoma Ajunwa about artificial intelligence meant to take bias out of the hiring process.

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World News

Can Artificial Intelligence Make The Hiring Process More Fair?

5:24pm April 08, 2019

by Maddy Savage

One of Sweden's biggest recruiters plans to use Artificial Intelligence-powered robots to conduct job interviews as a way to curb bias in the hiring process.

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President Trump vowed in January to "detect and destroy any missile launched against the United States anywhere, anytime, anyplace." Doing so would likely mean basing defenses in space.

National

Trump's Plan To Zap Incoming Missiles With Lasers Is Back To The Future

6:57am April 08, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

The president's 2020 budget plan calls for studying space-based energy weapons as a way to stop warheads. Critics say it didn't work with the "Star Wars" program in the 1980s and it won't work now.

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A body camera from Taser is seen during a press conference on Sept. 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Police Are Investing In New Technology. 'Thin Blue Lie' Asks, 'Does It Work?'

10:24pm April 07, 2019

Technology has often been proposed as the solution to controversial policing practices. But reporter Matt Stroud says new innovations embraced by law enforcement can present their own problems.

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At George Mason University in Virginia, a fleet of several dozen autonomous robots deliver food to students on campus.

Education

The Robots Are Here: At George Mason University, They Deliver Food To Students

3:16pm April 07, 2019

Several dozen autonomous robots roam the Virginia campus providing options such pizza and coffee. "We were amazed by the volume of orders," Starship Technologies executive Ryan Tuohy says.

National

College Campus Tries Out Robot Delivery

8:05am April 07, 2019

by Patrick Madden

At George Mason University in Northern Virginia, a fleet of autonomous robots roam the sidewalks delivering pizza, doughnuts and coffee to students.

An Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Two students in Oregon allegedly defrauded the company out of nearly $900,000, according to a criminal complaint.

Two Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme

9:30pm April 05, 2019

Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the company's annual developers conference in San Jose, Calif., May 1, 2018. Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content.

World News

With Facebook Ban On White Extremism, International Norms Apply To U.S.

6:31pm April 05, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content this week. The move comes as Australia, Germany and other countries pass tough laws to curb hate speech.

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The U.S., China And The Semiconductor Industry

5:35am April 05, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra about his stance on the U.S. government supporting the domestic semiconductor industry and China's semiconductor ambitions.

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An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 sits grounded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March. Ethiopian officials on Thursday released the initial report into last month's crash of a Max 8.

World News

Preliminary Crash Report Says Ethiopian Airlines Crew Complied With Procedures

1:22pm April 04, 2019

by Francesca Paris

The report finds that the Ethiopian Airlines crew executed all procedures from Boeing but could not control the jet. Officials cannot yet say whether there were structural issues with the aircraft.