Technology

Across The Atlantic, Glimpse An Alternate Internet Universe

8:41am August 01, 2014

by Zoe Chace

Americans have very little choice over their cable Internet provider. This is largely because of a decision made 12 years ago, when the U.S. went one direction and the rest of the world went another.

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Customers can get a tactile experience trying on glasses at Warby Parker's shop in New York City.

It's Boom Times For Pop-Up Shops As Mobile Shopping Clicks

1:33pm July 29, 2014

by Elise Hu

One-click online shopping is changing how we shop. Stores with leases as short as a day are proliferating — meaning a storefront can be a designer clothing store one day and a test kitchen the next.

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Palestinian Imad Abudayyah and his son, Ghassan, speak to relatives in the Gaza Strip via Skype from Ramallah in the West Bank. Israeli restrictions make it extremely difficult to travel between the two territories. West Bank Palestinians have largely bee

World News

As Gaza Fighting Rages, West Bank Palestinians Can Only Watch

2:31pm July 23, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The West Bank and Gaza are less than 40 miles apart, and many Palestinians have ties to both places. Yet the current fighting has made it even harder than usual to stay in touch, let alone visit.

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Members of global advocacy group Avaaz stand next to a digital counter showing the number of petition signatures calling for net neutrality outside the Federal Communication Commission in Washington in January. Avaaz joined other groups to deliver more th

National

Net Neutrality, Shall I Compare Thee To A Highway? A Showerhead?

6:35pm July 21, 2014

by NPR Staff

Net neutrality can be an issue that's difficult to understand and difficult to explain, so the metaphor that's used to describe it is kind of important. See what neutrality is being compared to.

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Visa Checkout will store customers' credit card numbers and billing addresses once without their having to re-enter the information each time they shop online.

Economy

Visa Makes Big Move To Boost Consumer Spending Online

1:00pm July 18, 2014

by Aarti Shahani

Ever try shopping on your smartphone and decide you don't want to put in your credit card number? Visa says it's a big problem and came up with a tool that combines improved security and convenience.

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National

NSA Implementing Fix To Prevent Snowden-Like Security Breach

8:01am July 11, 2014

by David Welna

A year after Edward Snowden's digital heist, the NSA's chief technology officer says steps have been taken to stop future incidents. But he says there's no way for the NSA to be entirely secure.

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Journalist Brian Krebs spends time in the dark areas of the Internet, where hackers steal data off credit cards and sell the information in online underground stores. Krebs has learned computer code and how to get onto black market websites and cybercrime

The Hazards Of Probing The Internet's Dark Side

5:00pm July 08, 2014

Brian Krebs, who broke the Target security breach story last year, says cybercriminals are "some very bad people." He tells Terry Gross about how they have found creative ways to taunt him.

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By hijacking a user's computer, "bad" bots make it look as if she visits a website often, thus making the site more valuable to advertisers.

In A Battle For Web Traffic, Bad Bots Are Going After Grandma

11:05am July 07, 2014

by Laura Sydell

"Bad" Web bots are going after everyone they can, but why? Because by hijacking Grandma's computer, they make it look as if she visits a site often, thus making the site more valuable to advertisers.

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Aaron Swartz was heavily involved in the popular 2012 campaign to prevent the passage of the federal Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA.

Arts

The Life And Death Of 'The Internet's Own Boy'

8:48am July 07, 2014

by NPR Staff

Programmer and activist Aaron Swartz was a "complex person," says filmmaker Brian Knappenberger. He tells Swartz's story, including his legal battle and suicide, in a new documentary.

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From Thermostats To Prison Security, More Things Going Online

7:14pm July 05, 2014

Carlos Watson, co-founder of the online magazine Ozy.com, talks with NPR's Kelly McEvers about how companies are using connected, smart devices to plug into the "Internet of Things."

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