Technology

Obama, Unions On Opposite Sides Of The (Fast) Track For Trade Deals

6:06pm March 12, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

Labor groups, which have been allies of President Obama, are now stepping up their efforts to thwart White House plans for passing foreign trade deals on a "fast track" through Congress.

National

FCC Publishes Full Text Of Net Neutrality Rules

2:24pm March 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Two weeks after it voted to approve rules on net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission releases what Chairman Tom Wheeler calls "a shining example of American democracy at work."

Twitter Updates Policy To Combat Revenge Porn

10:14am March 12, 2015

by Aarti Shahani

Twitter has a new privacy policy. The company says if someone posts a photo or video that is intimate in nature, they have to have permission from whoever is featured in it.

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Meerkat, a live-video streaming app, has been this week's tech media darling.

Politics & Government

The App Of The Moment: Meerkat Tests Our Desire To Share Live Video

5:08pm March 11, 2015

by Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

The new mobile app for live video streaming piggybacks off Twitter and is easy to use. Meerkat comes at a time when video is increasingly popular. But can the hype last?

Dura Europos, a Roman walled city in eastern Syria, dates back to 330 B.C. The main gate is shown here in a photo from 2010. It's one of the many important archaeological sites militants of the self-styled Islamic State have ransacked and damaged.

World News

Via Satellite, Tracking The Plunder Of Middle East Cultural History

9:50am March 11, 2015

by Deborah Amos

ISIS militants now control the long-running black market in stolen artifacts. Experts are tracking damage to heritage sites in Iraq and Syria by satellite and doing what little they can to stop it.

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Arts

New HBO Now Streaming Service Shows Consumer's Will Is King

7:40pm March 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

HBO on Monday announced a new service presenting its shows online without a cable subscription. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it also shows the power of consumers to bring change in a digital world.

The White Russian (from left), margarita, bloody mary and Moscow mule are some of the most searched cocktails of 2015.

Google Thinks We're Clueless About Cocktails, And It Wants To Help

2:52pm March 10, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

The world has been Googling up a storm on how to make cocktails like the Moscow mule, mojito and whiskey sour, according to the tech giant. So it created a new feature to bring you that info faster.

An employee at the American Disposables Inc. factory works on the assembly line in October 2009 in Ware, Mass. The state has seen rapidly expanding income disparity in the past 50 years as highly educated tech and financial workers have seen big gains and

The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids

1:57pm March 10, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

A new book and study both show that the ability to rise from poverty to the middle class truly is shrinking. A child without married, educated parents starts life at a huge and worsening disadvantage.

Since Google Fiber rolled out gigabit broadband in Kansas City four years ago, residents have enjoyed fast Internet connections, including what locals call "the world's fastest Starbucks."

In Kansas City, Superfast Internet And A Digital Divide

12:40pm March 10, 2015

by Frank Morris

Kansas City boasts one of the fastest, most competitive Internet service markets. But people are still trying to figure out what to do with all that speed — and some neighborhoods aren't being served.

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Front Porch Forum co-founders Michael and Valerie Wood-Lewis run the company from their home office in Burlington, Vt.

National

In Vermont, A Hyper-Local Online Forum Brings Neighbors Together

12:38pm March 10, 2015

by Angela Evancie

At a time when many are connected to hundreds, if not thousands, of people on social media, a company called the Front Porch Forum is building smaller networks.

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