Technology

Facebook Admits Data-Mining Firm Got Access To Millions Of Users' Personal Information

4:40pm March 19, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

Facebook is under intense pressure after it admitted that Cambridge Analytica, a political data-mining firm, got access to massive amount of user data. A look at why Facebook allows third parties access to its data and what the business objective is.

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Attacked By Alt-Right Trolls, A Jewish Journalist Links Trump To The Rise Of Hate

1:47pm March 19, 2018

by Terry Gross

Trump "has made nationalist policy into the policy of the executive branch," says New York Times editor Jonathan Weisman. His new book, (((Semitism))), is about being Jewish in the Trump era.

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A young man records a voice note. A new dating app called Waving lets you swipe right on someone based only off short voice profiles.

Science

Can You Choose A Romantic Partner Just By Their Voice? A Dating App Thinks So

9:26pm March 18, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Waving is a Tinder-like app that lets users judge potential partners by their voice. An evolutionary psychologist provides some tips on sounding attractive.

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Politics & Government

Facebook: Firm Working With Trump Campaign Stole 50 Million Users' Data

7:29pm March 18, 2018

Cambridge Analytica has been suspended by Facebook for harvesting information from millions of users. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez.

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Science

Spot Fake News By Making It

8:03am March 18, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Sander van der Linden of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab about his online game which tries to teach players about fake news by making them produce it.

Report: Cambridge Analytica 'Harvested Private Information'

8:03am March 18, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Matthew Rosenberg of The New York Times about Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly harvested information from millions of Facebook users without their permission.

Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard for his students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana.

Follow Up: Did The Computerless Computer Teacher Ever Get A Computer?

8:15am March 17, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The story of the middle school teacher without a computer prompted an outpouring of support. But did he get any laptops?

Russian Trolling Continued After Election

8:13am March 17, 2018

U.S. citizens continue to be targeted by Russian operatives online. Ajah Hales was contacted by a Facebook page that promised to promote black-owned businesses like hers. She talks with Scott Simon.

Passengers use facial recognition scanners before boarding a British Airways flight in Orlando, Fla.

Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports

5:00am March 16, 2018

by Brian Naylor

Airlines say taking a picture of your face speeds boarding, and Homeland Security says it stops fraud. But critics worry about privacy and bias.

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National

Critics Concerned About Privacy Issues As Biometric Scanning Increases

5:17pm March 15, 2018

by Brian Naylor

The government is steadily increasing the use of facial or biometric scanning at the nation's airports. Airlines say it can speed the boarding process, but critics say the scans aren't always accurate and there are privacy concerns.

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