Technology

Obamacare Deploys New Apps, Allies To Persuade The Uninsured

6:46pm October 30, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

Open enrollment for Obamacare opens Sunday. Millions of people still lack health insurance, including some who signed up last year but later dropped their health coverage, calling it "unaffordable."

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(Left to right) NYU medical students Brian Chao, Michael Lui, Hye Min Choi, and Varun Vijay take the team approach to learning about the anatomy of cells, and how disease can disrupt them. Analyzing big data sets is now a routine part of their studies, to

Medical Students Crunch Big Data To Spot Health Trends

6:13pm October 30, 2015

by Julie Rovner

It's not enough anymore to learn how to size up the symptoms of a particular patient, say specialists in bioinformatics. Modern doctors need to learn to see patterns in huge data sets, too.

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Public Libraries Exchange Friendly Fire On Twitter Over World Series

4:28pm October 30, 2015

Trash talk has never been so literate. For the World Series, the Kansas City and Queens Public Libraries are in the middle of a Twitter showdown.

Is a hoverboard-like scooter your transportation mode of choice?

#NoCarForMe: Tell Us About Unconventional Means Of Transport Around You

7:09pm October 29, 2015

by Alina Selyukh

Urban commutes can get crazy. How do you get around? Is it a bike with a motor and a baby carriage? A hoverboard or souped-up skateboard? Send us photos of DYI, rigged, wacky means of transportation.

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You can find your audio commands by visiting your Google voice and audio activity history page.

OK Google: Where Do You Store Recordings Of My Commands?

6:55pm October 29, 2015

by NPR Staff

Here's something to keep in mind when using the "OK Google" voice command feature on Android phones: Google keeps an audio archive of your requests.

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National

CIA Director John Brennan Breaks Silence On Hack Of Personal Email Account

6:29pm October 29, 2015

by David Welna

The CIA Director broke his silence this week about being the victim of some highly personal espionage. His personal AOL email account was hacked and much of its contents was posted by WikiLeaks.

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Mary Lee Kingsley is waiting for a bus in Montgomery County, Md. The bus stop has a big LED screen with a map displaying the current location of buses and when they will arrive.

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Apps, Maps And Head Counts Transforming Public Transit

5:41pm October 29, 2015

by Franklyn Cater

Transit decisions are made by political bodies, and the results are often that the communities with the most political and economic power drive the bus, so to speak. Big data may change that.

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A view of the entrance of the French restaurant Loiseau des Ducs on Feb. 24, 2014, in Dijon, France.

World News

Bad Review Of Unopened French Restaurant Costs Reviewer

4:21pm October 29, 2015

by Joe Ruiz

A bad restaurant write-up couldn't have been real as the restaurant had yet to open, a French court ruled.

This map, created by Christo Wilson of Northeastern University, shows Uber surge price areas in Boston.

Uber Surge Price? Research Says Walk A Few Blocks, Wait A Few Minutes

3:48am October 29, 2015

by Alina Selyukh

Northeastern University researchers wanted to figure out how Uber comes up with surge prices by studying Manhattan and San Francisco. They say the surges work, but maybe not the way they are intended.

IBM Senior Vice President Bob Picciano and The Weather Co.'s chairman & CEO, David Kenny, speak at the IBM Insight Conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

National

Do I Need More Snow Shovels? IBM, The Weather Co. Aim To Help Businesses Decide

6:30pm October 28, 2015

by Alina Selyukh

IBM is buying The Weather Co.'s digital assets, including Weather.com and Weather Underground. The deal is a bet on big data and cloud computing in forecasting and analyzing weather.