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A Fishing Line Encircles Manhattan, Protecting Sanctity Of Sabbath
Manhattan's eruv may be the most expensive in the world. It is a thin fishing line above the skyline that encircles the island, allowing observant Jews to leave their homes on the Sabbath.
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Is It Even Possible To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook?
You might be asking this question after revelations that personal data were used by a firm tied to the Trump campaign. A privacy advocate says "you'd be spending your day full time" dealing with it.
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Facebook And Other Firms Have A Ton Of Data On You. Here's How To Limit That
Following revelations from Mark Zuckerberg's testimony Tuesday and Wednesday, reporter Julia Angwin shares the ways Facebook and other companies collect data — and how to prevent them from doing so.
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Europe's New Online Privacy Rules Could Protect U.S. Users Too
When Europe begins enforcing sweeping new privacy rules next month, it will have a major impact on U.S. tech companies, both large and small. And it could affect American Internet users as well.
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Twitter Now Labels 'Potentially Harmful' Coronavirus Tweets
Tweets that contain information deemed misleading, disputed or unverified will now carry labels warning about problematic content as Twitter attempts to combat fake news on the platform.
Facebook Pledges $100 Million To Aid News Outlets Hit Hard By Pandemic
Facebook says it will give $25 million to help smaller U.S. newsrooms cover the coronavirus. It's pledging $75 million to buy ads in publications in the U.S. and pandemic hot spots in Europe.
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Zoom CEO Tells NPR He Never Thought 'Seriously' About Online Harassment Until Now
Eric Yuan says he is willing to make his video-conferencing software harder to use, if that means it will be safer. Zoom is grappling with a wave of online harassment on its platform.
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Tech Workers Take Action: A Look At Recent Labor Movements
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya about the recent vote to unionize by Kickstarter employees.
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Searching Online May Make You Think You're Smarter Than You Are
Googling that fact can make insufferable know-it-alls even more sure of their superior abilities, a study finds. The mere act of searching seems to boost faith in one's knowledge.
Is Klingon A Living Language? That's For (Human) Courts To Decide
Does Star Trek — and Klingon — belong to the fans or to the studios? The answer has big implications for more people than just Trekkies.
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