Technology

Music & Culture

Looking For A Connection In An Infinite Jukebox

3:48pm June 05, 2015

by Hazel Cills

With more than 20 million streaming songs at our fingertips, is the idea of owning music becoming a thing of the past? Or are we redefining the connection between songs and listeners?

Does the world of streaming music change us, as listeners?

Music & Culture

How Streaming Is Changing Music

3:47pm June 05, 2015

by Jacob Ganz

Over the next week, in a series called Streaming At The Tipping Point, we'll look at how streaming music services are reshaping the way we find, hear and experience music.

Music & Culture

Streaming Utopia: Imagining Digital Music's Perfect World

3:45pm June 05, 2015

by Marc Hogan

We asked everyone we could think of, from fans to musicians to label owners what the ideal streaming service should look like. Turns out the new world, even in our fantasies, is a work in progress.

Over time, Aether's Cone speaker uses an algorithm to learn the taste of its owner, and offers time- and location-specific recommendations.

Music & Culture

Would You Like To Hear A Song, Dave?

3:44pm June 05, 2015

by Jillian Mapes

The rise of the music recommendation algorithm suggests that the future of music curation may be in tracking individuals' behavior, not just mapping their taste.

EPA Finds No Widespread Drinking Water Pollution From Fracking

8:01am June 05, 2015

by Jeff Brady

The report says there are few incidents of tainted water given the number of wells. Energy companies agree. Environmentalists accuse the industry of undue influence over the study.

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World News

Russian Trolls Spread False Information On The Internet

8:50pm June 04, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with freelance reporter Adrian Chen, who wrote about his experience reporting on Russian trolls, individuals who are paid to create chaos on the Internet and in communities.

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Chinese Hackers Breach Government Personnel Office Computers

8:50pm June 04, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The federal government says hackers breached the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management in December. The personal data of 4 million federal employees may have been compromised.

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National

Massive Data Breach Puts 4 Million Federal Employees' Records At Risk

7:44pm June 04, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The Office of Personnel Management says it's notifying current and former employees whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised.

Books
Arts

Infiltrating 'The Dark Net,' Where Criminals, Trolls And Extremists Reign

9:25am June 04, 2015

Jamie Bartlett exposes an encrypted underworld to the Internet in his book The Dark Net: "Anybody with something to hide, whether it's for good reasons or for ill, finds a very natural home there."

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Scientists have developed an app that tracks how much time students spend sleeping, working out, studying or partying.

The Quantified Student: An App That Predicts GPA

9:49am June 03, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Researchers found that a phone's activity tracker can automatically predict students' school performance.