Technology

Sequencing the genes of a cancer cell turns up lots of genetic mutations — but some of them are harmless. The goal is to figure out which mutations are the troublemakers.

Personalizing Cancer Treatment With Genetic Tests Can Be Tricky

6:52pm April 15, 2015

by Richard Harris

Genetic profiling of cancer cells can help guide treatment, but such profiles can be ambiguous. Results would be more accurate if all labs tested normal cells from each patient, too.

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National

Online Crafts Marketplace Etsy Prepares For Public Offering

6:52pm April 15, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Etsy — the company best known for selling handmade goods — is going public. The financial media is having a lot of fun with this IPO, even mocking it as "artisanal." But it's actually serious business. The company has grown steadily and is considered one of the more promising recent IPOs.

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World News

European Union Accuses Google Of Abusing Its Market Dominance

12:34pm April 15, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The European Union has been looking into whether Google favors its own products in online searches. EU officials have filed a complaint against Google. The tech giant has not yet formally responded.

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European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager announces formal charges against Google, accusing the company of abusing its dominant position as Europe's top search engine.

EU Charges Google With Antitrust Violations, Will Also Look At Android

10:08am April 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Saying that Google abused its grip on the online search market by "systematically favoring" its own shopping services at the expense of others, a European panel releases a list of antitrust charges.

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Dr. Robert Wachter writes that computers have crowded out eye contact between the doctor and patient, in his latest book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age.

Health & Safety

Digital Tools For Health Come With 'Hope, Hype And Harm'

5:16pm April 14, 2015

by Michelle Andrews

Medicine's move into the computer age has great potential for improving care. But patients and doctors still face serious challenges in adapting to the rush of new technology.

Russia Bans Some Internet Memes That Mock Public Figures

12:26pm April 14, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Kevin Rothrock, who wrote the article, "The Kremlin has declared war on memes" for Global Voices and Quartz.

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'Overly Attached Girlfriend' Meme Star Turns Online Fame Into Comedy Career

7:53pm April 13, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Laina Morris is the real person behind the Internet meme known as the "Overly Attached Girlfriend."

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The Noun Project uses crowdsourcing to gather an army of people to define words using icons. This is just a small selection of the huge icon dictionary.

Arts

How Iconic: A Word Is Worth Thousands Of Pictures

10:37am April 13, 2015

by Caele Pemberton

Inspired by the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary, the Noun Project uses crowdsourcing to gather an army of people to define words. But instead of using other words to do it, they use icons.

One of the two female ospreys that scuffled over the male on the Boulder County, Colo., nest web cam.

Better Than 'Survivor': Wild Drama Hooks Viewers On Nest Web Cams

10:37am April 13, 2015

by Grace Hood

Forget Big Brother and Real Housewives. Local governments and nonprofits are starting to capitalize on our unquenchable thirst for reality programming — in the form of bird nest cams.

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Etsy's IPO paperwork is full of numbers and facts — plus a few pages like this.

Mass-Market Stocks In Handcrafted Goods: Etsy Preps To Go Public

11:21pm April 12, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The e-commerce site, which focuses on quirky, handmade goods, has filed for an IPO. The paperwork reveals a plan to focus more on manufacturing and marketing — but not much suggestion of big profits.