• Scientists get one step closer to decoding thoughts into speech

    Scientists get one step closer to decoding thoughts into speech

    Apr 25, 2019 10:07 PM EST

    ... who was not involved in the new study. He says the remaining challenges include determining whether using finer-grained analysis of brain activity will improve speech decoding; developing a device that can be implanted in the brain and can decode speech in real time; and extending the benefits to people ...

  • Seychelles president’s underwater speech: Protect our oceans

    Seychelles president’s underwater speech: Protect our oceans

    Apr 14, 2019 02:43 PM EST

    ... see the incredible wildlife that needs our protection, and the consequences of damaging this huge ecosystem that has existed for millennia,” Faure said in his speech. “Over the years, we have created these problems. We can solve them.” Currently, only about 5% of the world’s oceans are protected. Countries ...

  • Facebook extends ban on hate speech to 'white nationalists'

    Facebook extends ban on hate speech to 'white nationalists'

    Mar 27, 2019 05:25 PM EST

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. The company previously allowed such material even though it has long banned "white supremacists." The social network says it hadn't applied its ban to expressions of white ...

  • How Trump's executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges

    How Trump's executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges

    Mar 21, 2019 10:30 PM EST

    ... that the -- well, of course not. I mean, I teach at Harvard, and students are not categorizable like that. Certainly, in my seminars on free speech at Harvard, I would say there's no way to predict the political -- these are students. (CROSSTALK) Jerry Falwell Jr.: Students, a lot of ...

  • WATCH: Trump orders colleges to support free speech or lose funding

    WATCH: Trump orders colleges to support free speech or lose funding

    Mar 21, 2019 02:03 PM EST

    ... speech codes to define what you can say on campus." Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the past has been critical of government answers. In a speech in Philadelphia last September, DeVos said the remedy "is not accomplished with government muscle. A solution won't come from defunding an institution of ...

  • World Wide Web turns 30 and grapples with hate speech, privacy and access

    World Wide Web turns 30 and grapples with hate speech, privacy and access

    Mar 12, 2019 03:29 PM EST

    Berners-Lee cautioned it was important to strike a balance between oversight and freedom but difficult to agree what it should be. "Where is the balance between leaving the tech companies to do the right thing and regulating them? Where is the balance between freedom of speech and hate speech ...

  • Proposed Trump order on campus speech follows wave of complaints

    Proposed Trump order on campus speech follows wave of complaints

    Mar 05, 2019 03:56 PM EST

    Terry Hartle, senior vice president at the American Council on Education, called the proposed order a "solution in search of a problem," adding that free speech is already a core value in American higher education. "I understand it's sort of a red meat issue for conservative political organizations, but ...

  • Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders

    Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders

    Feb 07, 2019 01:50 PM EST

    With Virginia's top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.

  • Trump's speech ignored global warming and climate disasters, but Americans are more worried than ever

    Trump's speech ignored global warming and climate disasters, but Americans are more worried than ever

    Feb 06, 2019 05:53 PM EST

    The PBS NewsHour spoke with energy and climate advocates about how they want Trump and the union to approach these issues in 2019 and beyond.

  • AP fact check: President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech

    AP fact check: President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech

    Feb 06, 2019 02:20 PM EST

    In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump used information selectively in claiming a drop in drug prices not seen in half a century and promised the nation it would see bountiful benefits from a trade deal that hasn't been approved.