Technology

Nintendo CEO Iwata: 'In My Heart I Am A Gamer'

11:42am July 14, 2015

by Laura Sydell

Satoru Iwata, who helped Nintendo innovate and launch its revolutionary Wii game console, has died. His business card summed him up this way: "I run a game company, in my heart I am a gamer."

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Legal Name Change? Facebook Still Won't Let You Be Maj. Major Major Major

11:25am July 14, 2015

The social media titan has been cracking down on names it perceives to be fake, even if they no longer are — as Jemmaroid Von Laalaa recently discovered.

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An App To Stop Cyberbullying

8:30pm July 13, 2015

The suicide of a 15-year-old who had been bullied online and off inspired Todd Schobel to create STOPit. Schools across the country have adopted the app to anonymously report and stop cyberbullying.

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The Chef Watson app says caviar and mango would go well with egg and chive in a brunch dish.

Arts

Caviar + Mango: Chef Watson Wants You To Cook Outside The Comfort Zone

7:16pm July 13, 2015

by Ina Yang

IBM and Bon Appétit have launched a Web app that generates surprising and delicious recipes for whatever is in your kitchen. The hope is that Watson's insight will lead home cooks to push boundaries.

The 2013 Land Rover Range Rover is among the SUV models included in a new recall over the vehicles' keyless entry software. The automaker says an update will fix a problem in which doors can unexpectedly open.

National

Land Rover Recalls 65,000 Vehicles Over Unlatching Doors

3:15pm July 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"If a vehicle door unlatches, the distraction may increase the risk of a crash and/or a vehicle occupant may fall out," a federal safety agency says.

Tyler Hines (from left), Jaden Bautista, Eric Apfelbaum, and Justin Bautista play Minecraft together for the Super League Gaming event at Regal Cinemas on Monday in New York City. The players were able to build their own creations in Minecraft and battle

National

Now In Theaters, Video Game Tournaments On The Really Big Screen

5:52am July 12, 2015

by Kira Witkin

Gaming is moving beyond the living room and into movie theaters, with promoters hoping to expand big-screen play nationwide. For participants, it's a chance to socialize while doing what they love.

Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter.

National

The #BlackLivesMatter Movement: Marches And Tweets For Healing

1:09am July 11, 2015

by NPR Staff

Black Lives Matter has become a leading force in protests against alleged police abuse of African-Americans. Michel Martin learns more about the movement from one of its founders Patrisse Cullors.

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Health & Safety

Study Finds Online Symptom Checkers Are Only Accurate Half The Time

8:22pm July 10, 2015

by Martha Bebinger

A Harvard Medical School study found that online symptom checkers, such as WebMD and the Mayo Clinic, are only accurate about half the time.

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"In my eight months as reddit's CEO, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly on reddit," Ellen Pao says, in a statement posted to the site. "The good has been off-the-wall inspiring, and the ugly made me doubt humanity."

National

Ellen Pao Out As Reddit CEO

7:14pm July 10, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Pao has been at the center of a controversy following the still-unexplained dismissal of a popular figure in the site's r/IAmA section. She is being replaced by Steve Huffman, the site's original CEO.

Let's see: fever, headache and dizziness.

Health & Safety

Online Symptom Checkers Can't Replace The Real-Life Doc Just Yet

5:09pm July 10, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

More than a third of U.S. adults turn to the Internet for help diagnosing their illnesses themselves. But how trustworthy are the results?