Aug 04 Watch 2:55 Why Google is like truth serum for our most personal thoughts By PBS News Hour Seth Stephens-Davidowitz spent five years studying Google search data that revealed people's darkest and weirdest thoughts. It actually made him feel better. It also changed what he thought he knew about how the world works. Stephens-Davidowitz offers his humble opinion… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Cyberattack hits European companies, Ukraine power grid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 7:40 FCC chair Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap net neutrality By PBS News Hour Ajit Pai, President Trump’s new FCC chairman, has plans to do away with net neutrality rules that have been in place for the last three years. Pai argues the rules are too burdensome and that they stifle innovation and competition. Continue watching
Mar 23 Google Street View can now map invisible gas leaks in your city By Andrew Wagner Ecologists at Colorado State University outfitted Google’s fleet of Street View cars with special methane detectors to spot gas leaks. Continue reading
Mar 05 With agoraphobia as a lens, woman 'photographs' the world By Corinne Segal In a typical day as the "Agoraphobic Traveller," Jacqui Kenny may see Mongolian mountains, brightly-colored houses in Arizona and a plain in Kyrgyzstan -- all from the safety of her home. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 8:48 News Wrap: Silicon Valley comes to Trump Tower By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump met with leaders of tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook, saying he will personally be there for them. During the campaign, he chastised the industry for sending jobs overseas. Also, short-term… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 7:06 How online hoaxes and fake news played a role in the election By PBS News Hour Tech giants like Google and Facebook face mounting criticism over whether they used insufficient discretion in weeding out fake news. A Buzzfeed analysis found that false stories generated more engagement than content from real news sites in the three months… Continue watching
Nov 15 Facebook, Google take aim at fake news by blocking ad revenue By Ryan Connelly Holmes Facebook and Google banned fake news sites from collecting funds via their advertising networks on Monday. Continue reading
Aug 16 Google's search engine directs voters to the ballot box By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November's U.S. presidential election. Continue reading
May 28 How will driverless cars make life-or-death decisions? By Kamala Kelkar In a future when cars no longer need humans to drive, decisions about who might live or die in a crash are already being made — by the so-called “moral codes” preprogrammed into a car's neurology. Continue reading