Mar 26 Watch Facebook invests in a virtual reality future with $2 billion Oculus Rift acquisition By PBS News Hour Facebook has bought the maker of a virtual reality headset and interface for $2 billion. Economics correspondent Paul Solman profiles the company, Oculus VR, and Hari Sreenivasan talks to Vindu Goel of The New York Times for more on the… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch As the U.S. government relinquishes control, who should oversee the Web? By PBS News Hour The Commerce Department recently announced it would give up oversight of ICANN, the California nonprofit that manages the unique domains of the world's websites and email servers. There's been international pressure to make the change, especially in light of revelations… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Using social media to scour the ‘haystack’: More than 3 million join search for Flight 370 from home By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 21 Obama meets with Facebook, Google, Netflix and Dropbox on privacy By Josh Lederman, Associated Press A week before a self-imposed deadline for a review of National Security Agency programs, President Barack Obama sought Friday to assure leading Internet and tech executives that his administration is committed to protecting people's privacy. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 7:35 New generation of tech innovations aims to help elders stay healthy and connected By PBS News Hour There’s a multi-billion-dollar market that has been largely overlooked by Silicon Valley. But a new wave of tech startups have begun developing products for seniors and their caregivers, from redesigning canes and pill boxes, to a web-based app that helps… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Revolutionaries around the world add new social media networks to tech toolkit By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 25 years on, still adapting to life tangled up in the Web By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch PBS web series ‘Everything But the News’ parodies online culture — and us By PBS News Hour A new web series by PBS Digital Studios called "Everything But the News" pokes fun at what we do at the NewsHour every night. In the first episode, Steve Goldbloom plays a fictional tech reporter who travels to Southern California… Continue watching
Mar 10 Doctors monitor patients remotely via smartphones and fitness trackers By Daniela Hernandez, Kaiser Health News With high-risk patients hooked up to “personal data trackers” — a portable electrocardiogram built into a smartphone case, for instance — he and his researchers can track the ups and downs of patients’ conditions as they go about their lives. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch ‘Hidden Genius’ helps disadvantaged teens learn code of the tech industry By PBS News Hour In Oakland, not far from Silicon Valley, a small group of teenagers are glued to their computer screens, learning a new language. The Hidden Genius Project is a small non-profit that’s working to teach computer coding to young African-American men… Continue watching