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Apple Makes A Play For 'Smart Homes' By Connecting Appliances

Monday, June 02, 2014

The tech giant announced it's working on putting technical intelligence inside our homes, getting us closer to the fabled Jetsons house where all our appliances are automated.

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Tech Week: C-E-Bros, Diversity Numbers And The Beats Deal

Saturday, May 31, 2014

The evidence of a lack of gender parity in technology keeps stacking up; this week we saw the fraternity-day emails of Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel and the diversity and gender breakdowns that Google's been reluctant to share. Let's get right into your week in review:

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Bros in The Valley: ...

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Google's White Male-Heavy Staff Underlines Tech's Diversity Problem

Thursday, May 29, 2014

When it finally published a demographic breakdown of its workforce this week, tech giant Google admitted, "We've always been reluctant to publish numbers about the diversity of our workforce at Google. We now realize we were wrong, and that it's time to be candid about the issues."

This is ...

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SnapChat CEO's Emails Didn't Disappear, Come Back To Shame Him

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

We are in the midst of a realignment in the global economy, a new machine age in which technology is disrupting nearly every industry in the world. And who are the hot young stars of this great realignment? People like 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, the Stanford-educated, former Kappa Sigma ...

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Check Out This Underwear With Pockets So You Can Stash Stuff

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

It's a really simple concept — underwear with a special pocket in the front. But Speakeasy Briefs have taken off in the past year, becoming way more popular than their designers ever expected.

"It was a pretty crazy year, and after year one, we're finding our legs," says co-creator Dan ...

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Wash And Deliver: Startups Aim To Solve First World Problems

Monday, May 26, 2014

Sick of doing the laundry? The latest hot Silicon Valley startup, Washio — the subject of a new profile in New York Magazine — lets you press a button on your phone and someone will come and pick up your laundry, or your dry cleaning.

If you actually prefer ...

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Tech Week: Baby Photos Online, Facebook V. Shazam, Ebay's Fail

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Each week, we take a look back at the headlines at the intersection of technology, business and culture. ICYMI features NPR reporting, the Big Conversation includes the larger conversations in the space and Curiosities are any links we thought you should see.

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Facebook Moms: The streams of baby photos ...

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What Those Baby Photos On Social Media Can Teach Us About Moms

Friday, May 23, 2014

Today's babies are part of the first generation with their entire lives documented on social media. Researchers are finding lessons in the streams of their photos.

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A Camera Designed To Take And Send GIFs (Bring Your Own Cat)

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The selfie may be nearly over, but animated GIFs most certainly aren't. Now, making and sending GIFs can be easy as cranking a knob with a new retro-styled camera called OTTO. The bright blue gadget just launched a campaign on Kickstarter.

DesignTaxi explains how it works:

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Big Deals: We Charted Billion-Dollar Tech Buyouts Since 2002

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Lately, there have been so many billion-dollar tech acquisitions in the headlines that it's hard to keep them straight. We await Apple's buyout of Dr. Dre's Beats for $3.2 billion. YouTube is reportedly close to a purchase of the video game streaming service Twitch, for $1 billion. And ...

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Tech Week: The Right To Be Forgotten And The Open Internet

Saturday, May 17, 2014

It's that time again! Just as we do every weekend, let's take a look back at the week's big technology headlines from NPR and beyond.

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Drone Week, Part Two: Our tech reporting team's exploration of commercial drones continued this week, with a story from Aarti Shahani on how ...

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'The Cunning Little Vixen' Pokes Her Head Into An Animated Forest

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Long before summer blockbuster films dazzled us with CGI-enhanced superheroes and villains, audiences got their dose of spectacle at the local opera house, where lavishly costumed singers have walked through monumental sets for centuries.

Now, operatic excess and computer-generated imagery are meeting on an Ohio stage as the Cleveland Orchestra ...

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Big Questions Now That Europeans Can Edit Google Search Results

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

In case you missed it, Europe's highest court has set a new precedent: Individuals in 28 European countries can now request the removal of search results they consider harmful. Is this ruling a big win for the individual? Or does this break the Internet?

Companies like Google already routinely ...

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Tech Week: Target CEO Out, Drones In Question, Apple's Big Deal

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Another week in tech is wrapping up with talk of another multi-billion dollar buy. Let's get to it with our roundup, starting with the ICYMI section, which features stories we've been telling on air and online, the Big Conversations in tech and closing with our Curiosities — other fun links ...

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A Film And Fashion Icon On Aging, And The Power Of Turtlenecks

Monday, May 05, 2014

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton's new memoir, Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, tackles classic menswear, her insecurities about aging, and the new places she's learned to look for beauty.

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Drone Journalism Can't Fully Take Flight Until Regulators Act

Monday, May 05, 2014

Unmanned aircraft offer spectacular bird's-eye views, and news organizations are eager to deploy them to get that perspective. But U.S. regulators currently prohibit drone use for commercial purposes.

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Tech Week: Egg Innovation, Twitter's Future, The FCC's Defense

Saturday, May 03, 2014

It's the weekend, which means it's time for your review of the technology and culture headlines from NPR and beyond.

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Eggcellent: Our most popular post this week was our Weekly Innovation choice — a kitchen tool that scrambles the egg inside its shell, making for a unique culinary ...

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Quiet Zone Shuns Cell Service, Wi-Fi

Friday, May 02, 2014

The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000-square-miles area in West Virginia where cell phones and WI-FI are banned. (This piece originally aired Oct. 8, 2013 on Morning Edition.)

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Innovation: A Gadget That Scrambles The Egg Inside The Shell

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

This new kitchen tool promises to scramble egg whites and the yolk to create delicious culinary creations, and save you from washing a whisk. A soft cradle keeps the egg from breaking.

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Check Out The Barefoot Wax Sculpture Of Mark Zuckerberg

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

I don't know how I missed this (yes, yes I do) but the life-size wax figure of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was unveiled last week.

As you can see here, the wax Zuckerberg is dressed in his signature hoodie, sitting barefoot with his legs crossed and his laptop ...

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