Aarti Shahani

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European Ruling On Removing Google Links May Leave A Mess

Friday, May 16, 2014

Europeans now have the right to have search results about them deleted from online databases. But legal experts say each of the EU's 28 countries could interpret the decision differently.

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Are Filmmakers Using Drones Illegally? Looks Like It

Friday, May 16, 2014

The film industry is using drones for movies and commercials, even though federal regulators are still working on rules that would permit the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to make money.

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As Kickstarter Evolves, Investors Watch For Next $1 Billion Idea

Monday, April 28, 2014

Venture capitalists don't tend to pledge $20 at a time to a scrappy little startup. They look for big investments with big returns. But some are turning to Kickstarter for that next big idea.

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Tech Giants Pony Up Cash To Help Prevent Another Heartbleed

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Google, Intel and others say they will now financially support the open-source software that encrypts much of the traffic on the Internet. The effort follows the discovery of a key security flaw.

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Who Should Pay To Keep The Internet's Locks Secure?

Monday, April 21, 2014

Fortune 1000 companies rely on the open source software OpenSSL for their core business. Two-thirds of websites use it. But no one pays for it, and it's never had a complete security audit.

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Does Google Glass Distract Drivers? The Debate Is On

Monday, March 24, 2014

Google Glass is a lightweight frame that sits on the nose with a tiny computer built into the lens. Before it even hits stores, lawmakers in several states want to ban it on the roads.

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A Very Special Proposal Anniversary For The World Wide Web

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of a big tech moment: A physics researcher first proposed the idea of the World Wide Web. Aarti Shahani of KQED speaks with Tim Berners-Lee about his big idea.

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A Smartphone That Tries To Slip You Off The Grid

Friday, February 28, 2014

The Android-based Blackphone, set to hit the market this summer, will help answer the question of whether consumers are willing to pay for privacy.

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With Tech Outsourcing, The Internet Can Be 'A Scary Place'

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

When you hear the word outsourcing, you might think of threats to jobs. To cyber experts, there's another threat: to our data. Hiring third parties with lax security can leave data vulnerable.

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Should Uber Be Responsible For Driver Recklessness?

Sunday, February 02, 2014

A man named Syed Muzaffar drove for Uber, the San Francisco-based company that makes money selling car rides. He lives in a suburb of San Francisco and on New Year's Eve, he says, he was in the city for the sole purpose of picking up partygoers who needed a ride.

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Hacktivism and the Paypal 14

Thursday, October 31, 2013

In December 2010 Paypal, credit companies, and a number of major banks were attacked by online activists upset over the companies' decisions to block donations to Wikileaks. Today, a group of defendents dubbed the “Paypal 14” will appear in Federal Court. Reporter Aarti Shahani looks at the case and what free speech means in the era of “hacktivism.”

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When A Kickstarter Campaign Fails, Does Anyone Get The Money Back?

Monday, September 03, 2012

On Kickstarter, the largest crowd-funding site, a handful of entrepreneurs have raised millions of dollars more than they expected. But if they fail to deliver their promised product,...

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In Mortgage Crisis, Some Banks Agree To Cut Losses

Monday, January 02, 2012

There's an unfamiliar trend emerging in America's troubled housing market: Big banks are volunteering to lose money — hundreds of millions of dollars for themselves and investors — in order to save homes at risk of foreclosure. And they're doing it in record numbers.

In 30 percent of private loan ...

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