Technology

Apple's First Amendment Argument

4:11pm February 27, 2016

by Laura Sydell

Is software code speech? Apple says that it is, in its motion to vacate a federal judge's order requiring the company to help the FBI break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

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'Body Hacking' Movement Rises Ahead Of Moral Answers

9:26am February 27, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

In what they say is a quest to create a better human, body hackers implant digital devices into their bodies. They recently held a conference devoted to this unique embedding of data.

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How 'Oscars' Screens The Salty Moments

7:54am February 27, 2016

Live events aren't for sissies. That's especially true for the sound guys at the Oscars. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks with Dolby's Steve Venezia about what can go wrong, but usually doesn't.

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Apple-FBI Fight Signals A Need For New Political Precedent

7:54am February 27, 2016

by Martin Kaste

There's a showdown coming between Apple and the FBI over privacy rights. But this case may be less about privacy than it is about the tech industry's willingness to defy the government.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Grows (Virtually) By Crowdsourcing Public Recordings

7:54am February 27, 2016

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is inviting the public to join their choir — virtually, that is. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks to ad man, Christian Pulfer, about the ambitious Messiah project.

Some doctors say clinicians can now get much more information from newer technology than they can get from a stethoscope. Clinging to the old tool isn't necessary, they say.

The Stethoscope: Timeless Tool Or Outdated Relic?

7:23pm February 26, 2016

by Taunya English

Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the extra cost, but the stethoscope has staunch defenders.

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San Bernardino Chief of Police Jarrod Burguan says the search of the iPhone used by one of the shooters is "an effort to leave no stone unturned" in the investigation of the Dec. 2 terrorist attack.

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San Bernardino Police Chief Sees Chance Nothing Of Value On Shooter's iPhone

4:59pm February 26, 2016

by NPR Staff

Chief Jarrod Burguan says the push for Apple's help unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters is "an effort to leave no stone unturned in the investigation."

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Lawyer Ted Olson, shown at the Los Angeles premiere of HBO's The Case Against 8 in 2014, is representing Apple in its legal face-off with federal investigators.

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Lawyer For Apple: 'What In The Law Requires Us To Redesign The iPhone?'

3:31pm February 26, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Former Solicitor General Ted Olson is one of the most prominent lawyers in America. He has taken up Apple's fight against the FBI over an encrypted iPhone.

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Government Encryption Request Would Make iPhone Vulnerable, Olson Says

10:07am February 26, 2016

Ted Olson represents Apple in its fight with the federal government over unlocking an iPhone that belonged to a shooter in the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, Calif.

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What It Means For Apple To get Around iPhone's Encryption

6:18am February 26, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Matthew Green, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University, to find out what breaking into an iphone's encryption really means.

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