Technology

Traffic stands still in Nairobi. People in Kenya's capital don't like getting into cabs driven by strangers. They prefer to call drivers they know or who their friends recommend.

World News

A Taxi App Aims To Build Trust Where Crime Is High

7:59am June 03, 2015

by Gregory Warner

In Nairobi, people don't like getting into cabs driven by strangers. They prefer to call drivers they know or who their friends recommend. A new app assigns drivers a trust score based on social ties.

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Experts Debate: Will Computers Edge People Out Of Entire Careers?

7:59am June 03, 2015

by David Kestenbaum

Machines have been taking jobs forever. Computers and software are doing things people were paid to do. They are booking airplane flights. Filing our taxes. And they are getting better all the time.

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Kentucky Sen. and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul has said the USA Freedom Act doesn't go far enough in reforming U.S. surveillance programs.

Senate Approves USA Freedom Act, Obama Signs It, After Amendments Fail

9:48pm June 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The vote comes two days after controversial provisions of the Patriot Act expired because the Senate was unable to overcome maneuvers by Sen. Rand Paul, who voted against the bill Tuesday.

Was Recent IRS Data Breach Preventable?

4:33pm June 02, 2015

by Brian Naylor

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was called before a Senate panel to answer questions about a data breach revealed last month involving the accounts of 104,000 taxpayers.

National

Tech Startup Harnesses Virtual Reality For Use In Architecture

10:46pm June 01, 2015

A startup company called The Third Fate envisions virtual reality as a way for architects and builders to offer tours of their designs before they're even constructed.

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The Daimler Freightliner Inspiration, a self-driving long-haul truck, is seen during an event at the Hoover Dam, May 5, 2015, near Boulder City, Nev.

National

Coming Soon To A Highway Near You: A Semitruck With A Brain

7:47pm June 01, 2015

by NPR Staff

Self-driving cars are hot news, with Google and others showing off their latest innovations. Now expand that concept from four to 18 wheels, and you get the Freightliner Inspiration.

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President Barack Obama might have just gotten his own Twitter account, but he's been tweeting for years, such as during this

President Gets His Own Twitter Account: 'It's Barack. Really'

7:33pm June 01, 2015

by Brian Naylor

Obama's bio on @POTUS says he is "Dad, husband and 44th President of the United States."

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Rachel Ahn, who goes by "Aebong-ee," is among the top 100 most-watched mukbang stars in South Korea.

Koreans Have An Insatiable Appetite For Watching Strangers Binge Eat

7:26pm June 01, 2015

by Elise Hu

What's behind the curious food fad of mukbang, or live-streamed broadcasts of people eating endless amounts of food? The genre is so popular in South Korea that its stars pull in $10,000 a month.

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The Nirgul Tablet. Each digital replication becomes more complete and higher-resolution as the project collects more photos and videos of the artifacts.

Cyber Archaeologists Rebuild Destroyed Artifacts

5:58pm June 01, 2015

by NPR Staff

Hundreds of ancient artifacts have been damaged or destroyed during violence in the Middle East. Researchers are using the power of crowdsourcing and 3-D imaging to re-create the ancient artifacts.

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Apple's Watch: A Timepiece Designed To Give You Back Your Time

4:01pm June 01, 2015

by Alexis Madrigal

Apple's newest product is a screen on your wrist, with its own operating system and software. Tech correspondent Alexis Madrigal calls the Apple Watch "a powerful extension of what your phone can do."

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