Technology

An employee walks along a path at the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Synergy Park campus in Hyderabad, India, in 2016. Some in-house PG&E employees will be replaced by workers from TCS.

National

Using H-1B Visas To Help Outsource IT Work Draws Criticism, Scrutiny

7:05pm February 13, 2017

by Sam Harnett

A number of companies and universities are cutting IT jobs and shipping them off to India. The practice has drawn scrutiny amid the debate over how H1-B visas for high-skilled workers are used.

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A nonprofit group is testing this drone to see how fast it could get medications from a town to a remote village in Peru that's six hours away by boat.

Health & Safety

A $40,000 Drone Failed To Lift Off. But There Was A Silver Lining

6:04pm February 13, 2017

by Angus Chen

A drone test in a remote Amazonian village in Peru failed. And that, says one of the testers, was the best possible outcome.

'Aisles Have Eyes' Warns That Brick-And-Mortar Stores Are Watching You

1:36pm February 13, 2017

Consumers have grown accustomed to the idea of online retailers collecting information about them, but author Joseph Turow says that now physical stores are doing it too.

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In The Flame and the Flood, you'll die. A lot. (See that wolf?) But each time, you'll learn something new.

Arts

Reading The Game: The Flame In The Flood

10:00am February 12, 2017

by Jason Sheehan

In The Flame in the Flood, you play as a young girl surviving in a post-apocalyptic landscape, floating down a river on an improvised raft, with nothing but your wits and your faithful dog beside you.

Ajit Pai Starts To Roll Back Latest Internet Regulations From Obama's Team

6:09pm February 11, 2017

The new head of the Federal Communications Commission has taken steps to unravel many of his predecessor's policies. These changes might directly affect consumers and their access to the Internet.

World News

'Migrant Hire' Connects Refugees To German Tech Industry

6:35pm February 10, 2017

by Esme Nicholson

With an aging population and skilled labor shortage, German industry leaders view the almost million migrants who have arrived since 2015 as an opportunity. But integrating them quickly into the labor market is a challenge. Syrian refugee Hussein Shaker may have the answer. He's founded Migrant Hire, a website that helps refugees with software development skills obtain jobs in the capital's lively tech scene.

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'Wired' Declares Coding As Next Blue-Collar Job Boom

6:35pm February 10, 2017

This week, an article in Wired declared, "The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding." NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with reporter Clive Thompson about the article.

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Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, shown here during a meeting with Ukraine's prime minister on Jan. 30, predicts other countries will follow Denmark's example in appointing a tech ambassador.

World News

Denmark's Foreign Service Will Soon Send An Ambassador To The Tech World

1:42pm February 10, 2017

by Sidsel Overgaard

Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen says the new diplomatic post is a nod to the digital world's impact on people's day-to-day lives, which he says is greater than most nations' impact.

Jen Brea on the TED Stage at TEDSummit2016 in Canada

Can The Internet Help You Get The Right Diagnosis?

8:49am February 10, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Doctors told Jen Brea that her symptoms were psychosomatic, so she filmed herself and turned to the Internet for guidance. She describes how her online community helped her find the right diagnosis.

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Pilot models of self-driving cars for Uber are displayed in Pittsburgh. Autonomous vehicles are expected to cut traffic jams, but not before enough human drivers are off the road.

Economy

Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Our Commutes, But That'll Take A While

7:23am February 10, 2017

by Yuki Noguchi

One of the promises of autonomous vehicles is that they'll reduce traffic jams. Self-driving cars will bring many changes, but traffic flows won't improve until enough human drivers are off the roads.

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