Elise Hu

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Tech Week: Look At The Cloud, Aereo In Court, Net Neutrality

Saturday, April 26, 2014

It was another busy week in the technology and society space, so we'll dive right into your weekly roundup:

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Cloud Week: As we do every once in a while, the tech reporting team reported on a single theme together, with stories sprinkled throughout the week. This week, Steve Henn ...

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Weekly Innovation: An Inflatable Car Seat That Comes In A Backpack

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Forget wearables, let's talk about inflatables.

Volvo's new child safety seat concept is a fully inflatable device designed to make what's normally a clunky and heavy seat both lighter and more portable.

So compact is this prototype that it goes from a stylish-looking backpack into a rear-facing car seat in ...

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The Price War Over The Cloud Has High Stakes For The Internet

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are competing to be the main landlords of the cloud. Their terms and prices could control who gets to build what on the Internet, and for how much.

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America's Less Religious: Study Puts Some Blame On The Internet

Monday, April 21, 2014

America is less religious than ever before. The number of Americans who reported no religious affiliation has been growing rapidly, doubling since 1990. That kind of rapid change matches another societal trend — growth in Internet use. The percentage of Americans who say they used the Internet went from ...

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Tech Week: Earnings, A Heartbleed Arrest And Digital Distraction

Saturday, April 19, 2014

There was really only one tech story last week — the potentially disastrous Heartbleed bug. This week, we return to more of a panoply of tech-related news, starting with NPR stories in the ICYMI section, the broader topics in the industry in The Big Conversation and fun links you ...

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Weekly Innovation: Better Luggage Checking ... And Tracking

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Our "Weekly Innovation" blog series explores an interesting idea, design or product that you may not have heard of yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use this quick form.

While the magic of flight is still worth marveling at (Note: This video contains adult language ...

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Restaurants: The Modern-Day Lab For Our Smartphone-Obsessed Ways

Monday, April 14, 2014

Servers and bartenders say those addictive glowing screens are changing restaurant experiences, and not for the better. "This is just sort of the new norm," psychology professor Thomas Plante says.

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Tech Week: Heartbleed, The Latest Bubble And Windows XP Retires

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Site administrators were sent scrambling this week when researchers disclosed the potentially catastrophic Heartbleed bug, a coding error that left much of the Internet vulnerable to data theft since March 2012. Here's our look back at Heartbleed coverage — and more.

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So Long, XP Support: Even though Microsoft ...

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One-Day Sale: Google Glass Will Be Available For A Cool $1,500

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Google Glass, the computer and camera you wear on your face, can be yours starting next Tuesday. Google has been rolling out Glass to a select group of "Explorers" since early 2013, but soon, anyone in the U.S. with $1,500 plus tax can get a headset at this link.

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For Albuquerque PD, A Searing Rebuke From Justice Department

Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Albuquerque Police Department has engaged in excessive force and unreasonable deadly force, according to a civil rights investigation by the Department of Justice.

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What To Do Now That The Heartbleed Bug Exposed The Internet

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

As companies scramble to patch a bug that exposed much of the Internet for two years, you can protect yourself by practicing some good Web hygiene.

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This Packing Tape Innovation Takes The Hassle Out Of Unboxing

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Our "Weekly Innovation" blog series explores an interesting idea, design or product that you may not have heard of yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use this quick form.

Trying to open tightly sealed boxes can be particularly annoying without the right tools around. How ...

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Windows XP Users, It's Time To Upgrade. Here's How

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Microsoft is ending support Tuesday for Windows XP, which means the company won't be fixing any fresh problems that crop up with the 12-year-old operating system. "PCs running Windows XP after April 8, 2014, should not be considered to be truly protected," says a company statement.

An estimated quarter of ...

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What Silicon Valley's Cast Thinks About Silicon Valley Culture

Sunday, April 06, 2014

Sunday night, HBO's new comedy, Silicon Valley premieres, and as a Slate review notes of the titular place, "Rarely has a show had to do so little to find so much to mock."

It's from Mike Judge, the man who so hilariously captured suburban ennui,

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Tech Week: Amazon Fire, The Mozilla Debate, Nest's Recall

Saturday, April 05, 2014

It's the weekend, which means it's time to look back on the tech week that was. It wasn't a slow week, so here we go:

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The Mozilla Mess: If you're interested in the way technology culture is influencing broader culture, the debate over how much it matters that the ...

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It's Complicated: When A CEO's Personal Position Becomes Public

Friday, April 04, 2014

The new CEO of Mozilla was forced to step down amid controversy over his anti-gay-marriage donation in 2008. How much should the public judge chief executives for their private views?

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A Week Into His New Job, Controversy Forces Mozilla CEO To Resign

Thursday, April 03, 2014

Brendan Eich is a co-founder of Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser. But his personal donation to an anti-gay-marriage campaign means he's no longer CEO.

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Cycling's Catching On In Texas, For A Very Texas Reason

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Texans overwhelmingly choose cars and trucks for their commutes, but in cities like Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, policy leaders have incentives to support cycling. They say it's good for business.

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KCRW Presents: Jessy Lanza

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Watch the Canadian artist perform a one-woman show on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Lanza's electronic music combines airy vocals and finely crafted beats with a thick dance-floor sound.

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Weekly Innovation: Turn A 3-D Printer Into A Tattoo Machine

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Behold, the first human to be tattooed by a 3-D printer. The machine tattooed a ring on his forearm.

It all started with an idea that came to Pierre Emm, a young student in France, while riding his bike on the way to design school. (Another reason to cycle for ...

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