EBay Spins Off PayPal Into Fast-Changing World Of Mobile Payments
A big breakup is happening in the business world. Online retailing giant eBay is splitting up with its payments operation, PayPal, sometime in 2015. The move comes at a prime opportunity for PayPal, as...
View ArticleThe Cycling Desk: Work Out And Charge Your Phone During A Trip
Amsterdam is famous for its laissez-faire attitude about extracurricular activities, its beautiful canals and of course, its bicycles. Now, even if you only have a layover at Amsterdam's Schiphol...
View ArticleTech Week: Who's Offline, How Hong Kong Connects, How Google Works
Another week whizzed by with no shortage of tech news and headlines. Here's a look back and what we were up to here at NPR and some notable coverage from our friends in the media and...
View ArticleHow Millennials Are Reshaping Charity And Online Giving
This story is part of the New Boom series on millennials in America.Millennials are spending — and giving away their cash — a lot differently than previous generations, and that's changing the game for...
View ArticleSnapchat And Dropbox Breaches Are Really Third-Party-App Breaches
What can get lost in a flurry of news about Dropbox and Snapchat getting hacked is that the companies themselves deny they were hacked at all.They're not lying. Technically speaking, Dropbox's servers...
View ArticleTech Week: Egg Freezing, Gamergate And Online Giving
How will technology and gaming need to change to be welcoming for women? We've been exploring the issue for years.
View ArticlePew: Gaming Is Least Welcoming Online Space For Women
As the ongoing, harassment-fueled controversy known as Gamergate rages into its second month with no sign of dying down, the Pew Research Center is out with new numbers on online harassment.
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Shows Off His Mandarin Chinese Skills
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View ArticleTech Week: Voice Mail Hang-Ups, Apple Pay And Zuckerberg's Chinese
It's the weekend, which means it's time to look back on the week in technology that was.
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Apple's Tim Cook In Rare Company As Publicly Gay Chief Executive
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Apple CEO Tim Cook is the most powerful gay executive in the world now that he's publicly acknowledging his...
View ArticleFrom Silicon Valley To White House, New U.S. Tech Chief Makes Change
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View ArticleDomino's Becomes A Tech Company That Happens To Make Pizza
If we asked you to name a few technology companies, Google or Microsoft might come to mind. But one tech company that isn't so obvious is Michigan-based but globally present Domino's Pizza.In recent...
View ArticleTech Week: The New U.S. CTO, Silk Road 2.0, Amazon Echoes Siri
Happy weekend, folks. Here's our weekly roundup of the headlines in tech, from NPR and beyond.ICYMIMs. Smith Goes To Washington: In our profile of the new U.S.
View ArticleThe White House Is Backing Strong Open Internet Rules
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View ArticleHealthCare.gov's Tech Improvements Mean You Can Now Window Shop
HealthCare.gov barely worked when it launched last fall, with only six people able to enroll in a plan on opening day.
View ArticleThe Data You're OK Sharing And What You Don't Want Others To See
How do Americans feel about privacy? It depends on what you consider "sensitive" information. A Pew Research Center survey finds that a vast majority of respondents are concerned about government...
View ArticleTech Week That Was: Obama Rocks The Net Neutrality Debate
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View ArticleSilicon Valley's Power Over The Free Press: Why It Matters
A big shift happened in news and information over the past few years: The people who write news and information no longer control the distribution of it.
View ArticleCrowds Confront Police, Businesses Burn In Ferguson Chaos
In the moments before midnight in Ferguson, so many businesses were ablaze at once, and so many demonstrations had broken out in St. Louis County neighborhoods, that a local officer put it this way:...
View ArticleThe Psychological Effects Of Seeing Police Everywhere In Ferguson
After a night of unrest and violence, police are posted at every intersection in Ferguson, Mo. National Guard troops man camouflaged Humvees in strip mall parking lots. The governor ordered more. Is it...
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