Dec 08 Watch 5:36 Tent cities rise amid affordable housing shortage in Silicon Valley By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 08 ‘Father of video games’ Ralph Baer dies at 92 By Justin Scuiletti While 2014 holiday sales boast the latest generation of home video game consoles -- such as the Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 -- Ralph Baer, an inventor and engineer, was instrumental in giving life to the original idea… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 5:43 Replacing surf shops with startups, tech boom makes waves in bohemian Venice Beach By PBS News Hour Some high tech entrepreneurs have started trading in the high costs of the San Francisco Bay Area for the sunnier skies of Venice Beach in Los Angeles. But with the benefits of the boom, like high-paying jobs, also come problems,… Continue watching
Dec 01 Google’s Chromebook wins over classrooms; ousts Apple’s iPad By Anna Christiansen Google has ousted Apple as the leading supplier of educational devices to schools, pushing Apple's popular iPad tablet into second place. Continue reading
Nov 25 Quiz: Do you know how the Internet works? By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Results of a new Pew Research Center survey depict a generation reliant on the convenience that technology brings, but with little understanding of the risks of conducting nearly every transaction using zeroes and ones. Continue reading
Nov 25 Sony to pay customers for misleading Playstation ad By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press Sony is settling government charges that it misled consumers about its PlayStation Vita hand-held gaming console. Continue reading
Nov 21 Internet TV startup Aereo files for Chapter 11 banktuptcy By Joshua Barajas Following an unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with TV networks, startup Internet company Aereo said Friday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Your outdated Internet browser is a gateway for cyber attacks By PBS News Hour From Home Depot to the State Department, reports of large-scale cyber attacks have come with increasing frequency. As holiday season approaches, retailers are on the lookout for security breaches. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Brian Krebs, author of “Spam Nation,” about… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Here’s why it’s harder than you realize to go ‘off the grid’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 18 New York City to replace phone booths with Wi-Fi kiosks By Anna Sillers Beginning next year, New York City residents may no longer have to search for a hotspot. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week plans to replace the city’s phone booths with new Wi-Fi hot spot kiosks complete with keypads to… Continue reading