Taylor Swift Returns To Spotify, Amends Her Relationship To Streaming
The pop superstar announced her 'return' to streaming, but it's more complicated than that.
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Uber Drivers Criticize Company For Shady Firing Practices
Imagine that instead of your boss telling you — eye-to-eye — you get the news as an alert on your phone. That's how it works at Uber, and the Uber app's move to fire is sometimes made in error.
Spies In The Field: As Farming Goes High-Tech, Espionage Threat Grows
Recent cases involving Chinese nationals conspiring to steal trade secrets — from gene-spliced rice to corn seed — have highlighted the risk of intellectual property theft from U.S. companies.
How Schools, Parents And Organizations Are Trying To Close The Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between white students and students of color is narrowing. What will it take to close it for good?
Uber Drivers Don't Feel Like Their Own Bosses
Uber says drivers can each be their "own boss." But in an NPR survey, hundreds of drivers said they don't feel that way. They feel controlled by a boss that is both always there, and yet faceless.
Eager To Burst His Own Bubble, A Techie Made Apps To Randomize His Life
Suddenly aware of repetitive feedback loops in his life, Max Hawkins created apps that decided where he should go, what strangers' parties he should attend, even how he should spend Christmas.
Free Speech Legal Center Threatens To Sue Trump For Blocking Twitter Users
A First Amendment law center at Columbia University is threatening to sue President Trump if he doesn't stop blocking people whose comments he doesn't like on Twitter. The group says Trump cannot lawfully block people from viewing what they contend are presidential statements.
Apple Takes On Distracted Driving With New Feature
The new feature blocks notifications while users are driving, but a loophole could allow text messages to still pop up.
Can The Democracy Survive The Internet?: Lessons From 2016
"Can democracy survive the Internet?" Why one scholar was prompted to explore that question following the 2016 U.S. election.
Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation
Silicon Valley is known as the nation's tech hub, but decades ago New Jersey had that distinction. The state was once home to Thomas Edison's lab and Bell Labs, the home of Nobel laureates.