Oct 28 Watch 6:10 Will Yahoo, Twitter find success in rebooting business? By PBS News Hour Yahoo is working on streamlining its strategy, while over at Twitter there's a new permanent CEO. What’s making these tech giants adjust how they do business? Hari Sreenivasan talks with Jon Kelly of Vanity Fair. Continue watching
Oct 08 Instead of a ‘dislike’ button, Facebook tests new set of reaction emojis By Joshua Barajas Facebook announced Thursday that it will test six new reaction emojis that express a range of emotions beyond the social network's iconic "like" button. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 4:14 How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier By PBS News Hour Since 2012, an innovative project in Louisville, Kentucky, has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers to help residents better manage their asthma, monitor air pollution and shape future public health… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 5:17 Smartphone user? The 2016 candidates are watching you By PBS News Hour If you own a smartphone, you are already on the frontline of the 2016 presidential race. On the left and the right, campaigns are amassing information about you and figuring out how to influence you with individualized marketing. And that's… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 4:54 Teaching girls to write the rules at video game coding camp By PBS News Hour Video games are still largely aimed at a male audiences, which is no surprise since women make up a small portion of game designers and programmers. But that doesn't mean that girls aren't interested in playing and creating. Girls-only computer… Continue watching
Sep 15 Like this post: Facebook’s working on a ‘dislike’ button By Joshua Barajas Recognizing that the “like” button isn’t appropriate for all occasions from deaths to various tragic stories, Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company is building a “dislike” button for the site. Continue reading
Aug 30 Looking for a way to store data for millennia? Try DNA. By Carey Reed, Andrew Mach The breakthrough could lead to the creation of digital archives, storing everything from ancient texts to Wikipedia pages in DNA form that could survive for hundreds of thousands of years without the loss of any data. Continue reading
Aug 28 Pentagon funding new high-tech venture By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Ash Carter will announce Friday that the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch and could be built into clothing or the skins of ships and aircraft. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 9:46 When a shooter’s violent video goes viral By PBS News Hour A shocking, televised murder in Virginia has provoked a wide array of questions about the shooter and how horrific images go viral online. Gwen Ifill speaks with Deborah Potter of NewsLab, Lance Ulanoff, chief correspondent and editor-at-large at Mashable, and… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 5:58 Smart cane may help visually impaired navigate more terrain By PBS News Hour A high-tech upgrade to the traditional white cane may help blind and visually impaired people be more confident about navigating the world independently. The NewsHour's April Brown reports from France. Continue watching