Oct 15 Scientists diagnose first person with Google Glass addiction By Colleen Shalby Scientists have diagnosed the first known case of an Internet addiction disorder brought on by the use of Google Glass. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch In ‘Innovators,’ Isaacson tells story of digital revolutionaries By PBS News Hour After profiling visionary individuals like Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, biographer Walter Isaacson has turned his attention to a whole group of creative minds, weaving the tale of the many inventive thinkers who launched the digital revolution. Judy Woodruff sits… Continue watching
Oct 14 Walter Isaacson on confronting morality, innovation and privacy in the digital age By Jordan Vesey In his new book “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution,” Walter Isaacson outlines the most crucial inventions of the digital age. Continue reading
Oct 14 Facebook and Apple will pay for employees to freeze their eggs By Corinne Segal Facebook and Apple are now among the first Silicon Valley tech companies to cover the expense of egg freezing procedures for employees, NBC News reported. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch Walter Isaacson on confronting morality, innovation and privacy in the digital age By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Will flight tracking evolve in wake of Malaysia Air mystery? By PBS News Hour More than six months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on its trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Two months of searching for wreckage and clues yielded no definitive answers about what happened. On Monday the search resumed. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 08 AT&T to pay $105 million for ‘cramming’ customers with bogus charges By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press According to the FTC complaint, AT&T kept at least 35 percent of the unauthorized charges it imposed on customers, who will now be able to get their money back. The multi-agency settlement includes $80 million that will be paid to… Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Why hands-free tech doesn’t necessarily make driving safer By PBS News Hour In a device-heavy world, hands-free technology is supposed to make tasks like driving safer. But a new report found that talking, texting and adjusting music might be even more distracting if you’re not using your hands. Gwen Ifill learns more… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch How many Nobel Prize winners does it take to improve a light bulb? By PBS News Hour The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists who created the revolutionary LED light, which is 20 times more efficient than a standard incandescent bulb. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about the winners and… Continue watching
Oct 07 Estonia to become first country to offer e-residency By Justin Scuiletti Estonia will soon become the first country to offer e-residency; inviting people from around the world to apply to become an "e-Estonian" and gain the opportunity to access government services with a click of a mouse. Continue reading