Technology

What role should big data play in public health?

Can Web Search Predict Cancer? Promise And Worry Of Big Data And Health

5:48pm June 10, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Microsoft researchers say in a new study that Bing searches held clues to pancreatic cancer diagnoses. But what role should new data streams like Web searches and social media play in public health?

Lending Club founder and then-CEO Renaud Laplanche is interviewed on TV after his company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2014 in New York. Laplanche resigned in May 2016.

With Lending Club Disgraced, An Industry Looks For Lessons

12:52pm June 10, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Lending Club, a leader in the peer-to-peer marketplace, is mired in scandal. The finance technology industry, known as FinTech, is dissecting what it means for online lending.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Pioneer, Tom Perkins, Dead At 84

7:27pm June 09, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Long before the boom of the California's tech scene, Perkins in 1972 co-founded a prominent venture capital firm, and used a new approach to investment.

The EHang 184 autonomous aerial vehicle is unveiled at the EHang booth at CES International in January in Las Vegas. The drone is large enough to fit a human passenger.

Science

Drone Taxis? Nevada To Allow Testing Of Passenger Drone

6:01pm June 08, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A Chinese company called EHang and the state of Nevada are partnering to test the EHang 184, which can carry a single passenger.

Apps That Aim To Give Parents 'Superpowers'

2:04pm June 08, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

A new wave of educational technology focuses on building family connections. Here's a look at two new approaches.

National

One Year After OPM Data Breach, What Has The Government Learned?

11:03pm June 06, 2016

by Brian Naylor

A year ago, the government said the personal information of millions of employees and others was stolen by hackers. Federal officials say they've boosted cybersecurity, but there's more work to do.

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If Cybersecurity Is An Arms Race, Then How Is The U.S. Doing?

6:08pm June 06, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Ann Barron-DiCamillo of Strategic Cyber Ventures about what the U.S. government has learned in the year since a security clearance database was hacked.

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(From L) Canada's team: skip Kevin Koe, third Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing and lead Ben Hebert compete at the World Men's Curling Championships on April 10, 2016 in Basel, Switzerland.

Sweeping Changes In Store For Curling After 'Broomgate'

4:33pm June 05, 2016

There's a controversy in the world of curling. New broom technology is changing the way the game is played — making it too easy, players like Brad Gushue say. So, researchers tried to find a solution.

Milo Lorentzen is 5 years old, and is one of only three people in the world known to have a mutation in a gene called KDM1A.

Families Isolated By Rare Genetic Conditions Find New Ways To Reach Out

7:00am June 05, 2016

by Kat Snow

A website that helps connect families of kids who have extremely rare genetic diseases with scientists — and with other families — is turning up new diagnoses, support and avenues of treatment.

Morehouse College freshmen Philip Rucker, Damon Redding and Tyree Stevenson use a programming language called Python to plot a map of weather stations in the United States.

Coding While Black: Hacking The Future Of The Tech Industry

7:36am June 04, 2016

by Tasnim Shamma

Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, with many tech companies employing a tiny number of African-Americans in key jobs. In Atlanta, black techies are working to diversify the industry's future.