Technology

Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, speaks about the new Apple Watch Series 4 at the company's product-launch event in Cupertino, Calif., on Wednesday. The new Watch includes a sensor allowing users to take an electrocardiogram they can share

Health & Safety

New Apple Watch To Detect Abnormal Heartbeats

5:32pm September 12, 2018

by Avie Schneider

The focus heading into Apple's event was on its new iPhones, but it also unveiled a redesigned Apple Watch with a sensor allowing users to take an electrocardiogram they can share with their doctor.

Economy

Pickup Artist: How The Ford F-Series Took Over America

4:41pm September 12, 2018

There goes (varoom! varoom!) that leather-seated (thphhhhhh!) 4G-connected king cab F-150 (rahghhh!) around the bend (brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)…

Gary Wagner, a blind Buffalo resident and subscriber to an app that connects him to a shopping assistant, looks for hot sauce at a Wegmans store in Amherst, New York.

National

Blind Grocery Shoppers Access 'Second Set Of Eyes' Through App At Wegmans

2:17pm September 12, 2018

by Michael Mroziak

An app service known as Aira is connecting blind and visually impaired grocery shoppers with sighted guides that help them navigate the aisles at Wegmans through their smartphones.

An election official holds an electronic voting machine memory card following the Georgia primary runoff elections at a polling location in Atlanta on July 24, 2018. A group of Georgia voters is suing the state, saying that the electronic machines are not

Politics & Government

Federal Court Asked To Scrap Georgia's 27,000 Electronic Voting Machines

7:17am September 12, 2018

by Johnny Kauffman

Less than two months ahead of Election Day, a group of voters and election security advocates say the state's touchscreen voting machines are insecure and should be replaced with paper ballots.

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An Apple-1 circuit board is rigged up to a vintage keyboard and monitor. The board is one of only 200 manufactured in 1976.

6-Figure Price Tag Expected For Rare Apple-1 Computer At Auction

5:42am September 12, 2018

by Todd Bookman

The very first Apple computer — an Apple-1 — was really only a circuit board. But for computer geeks and tech-lovers, that board could become a collectors item when it goes up for auction.

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Automation Comes To McDonald's

5:42am September 12, 2018

by Ally Schweitzer

We hear a lot about robots eventually taking over jobs in manufacturing, but automation has already hit the service industry. The cashier who takes your order at McDonald's could soon be replaced.

A nearly 2,000-foot-long tube is towed offshore from San Francisco Bay on Saturday. It's a giant garbage collector and the brainchild of 24-year-old Boyan Slat, who aims to remove 90 percent of ocean plastic by 2040.

A Massive Floating Boom Is Supposed To Clean Up The Pacific. Can It Work?

5:54pm September 11, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The giant, U-shaped tube is designed to form a garbage-corralling barrier propelled by wind and waves. Its creator hopes to remove half the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey testify during a Senate intelligence committee hearing on Sept. 5.

Politics & Government

DOJ Probe Into Bias At Tech Companies Should Include Democrats, California AG Says

2:47pm September 11, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the Justice Department to invite Democrats to the Sept. 25 meeting focused on social media and tech companies or risk proving the event's political bent.

Health workers form a human chain reading "SOS" during a protest for the lack of medicines, medical supplies and poor conditions in hospitals, in Caracas on Aug. 2.

For Many In Venezuela, Social Media Is A Matter Of Life And Death

12:38pm September 11, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

When it comes to social media, many Venezuelans choose to self-censor. But for others, social media can be a lifeline. One pharmacist uses Twitter to help people find scarce medicines.

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How Facebook Has Shaped Democracy

5:59pm September 10, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to The New Yorker's Evan Osnos about his new profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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