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News Articles: Technology

"The act of choosing a piece of culture to consume is a really powerful one," says writer Kyle Chayka. He's the author of <em data-stringify-type="italic">Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.</em>

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  • Technology

How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us

Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
A precinct captain displays the Iowa Democratic Party caucus reporting app on his phone on Feb. 4, 2020. The app's technical difficulties marred Democrats' 2020 Iowa caucuses.

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  • Elections

Iowa Republicans will use an app to transmit caucus results. Sound familiar?

The state Republican Party is extremely confident the system will work Monday, but election experts can't help but notice parallels to Iowa Democrats' disastrous technology in 2020.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Miles Parks
The experience is virtual, but the results are real. Here's our breakdown of the best VR workouts. Above, Meta's Supernatural fitness app.

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  • Gaming Culture

Hit your 2024 exercise goals with these VR fitness apps and games

An estimated one to two million people already work out while wearing a virtual reality headset. We break down the best fitness apps and games for VR.

January 17, 2024
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  • Will Mitchell

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Filterworld,' only you can save yourself from bad taste

Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Clare Lombardo
eBay, a global e-commerce company based in San Jose, Calif., accepted responsibility for its former employees' actions in a 2019 harassment campaign, federal authorities said Thursday.

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  • Law

eBay will pay a $3 million fine over former employees' harassment campaign

The penalty settles charges against eBay more than three years after then-employees sent spiders and cockroaches, among other things, to a couple over their newsletter's coverage of the company.

January 12, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Israeli soldiers work on artillery after coming out of Gaza and across the border into Israel on Dec. 28, 2023.

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  • World

The war in Gaza has taken an economic toll on tech, Israel's most productive sector

Reservists have been called into military service, leaving tech companies understaffed. The tech sector employs about 12% of Israel's workforce and accounts for half of the country's exports.

January 12, 2024
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  • Frank Langfitt
From left: Tiger Woods, Ayo Edebiri, Chris Christie.

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  • National

This week's news quiz separates the winners from the losers. Which will you be?

Barbie lost the Golden Globe, a plane lost a door, Tiger Woods and Nike lost each other, and Chris Christie decided not to lose. There were also some winners this week.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
A woman types on her laptop on a table at home.

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  • Politics

Internet subsidy used by 1 in 6 Georgia households set to end soon, unless Congress extends program

$30 in monthly savings could end after April.

January 11, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
GPB News NPR

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  • Series: Join The Game

NPR's 24 most anticipated video games of 2024

2024 may not have quite the stacked release calendar of 2023, but Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth is right around the corner. Signs also point to Nintendo Switch 2 later this year.

January 11, 2024
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  • James Perkins Mastromarino
Is this you? We want to hear about it.

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  • Technology

What do you think of social media these days? We want to hear your stories

It's increasingly rare nowadays that a person doesn't have social media. And it's having a clear impact on us — for better or worse. We want to hear your stories and experience.

January 11, 2024
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  • Brianna Scott
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

'Body Electric Challenge': Start the new year off with movement breaks

The challenge invites anyone who wants to join to inject prescribed doses of movement in their lives. Follow along with the series at npr.org/bodyelectric or on the Body Electric podcast feed.

January 10, 2024
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Manoush Zomorodi
People play a pallet packing game at the Walmart booth during the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Business

Walmart experiments with AI to enhance customers' shopping experiences

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas, the nation's largest retailer said it will expand its drone delivery to 1.8 million additional households in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area this year.

January 10, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta is facing pressure to make its apps safer for teens.

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  • Business

Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content

The social media company says it's introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.

January 09, 2024
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  • Dara Kerr
Kate Speer, on a hike with her service dog, Waffle. Her popular social media accounts feature frank discussion of mental illness.

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  • Health

To help young people with #mentalhealth, researchers team up with TikTok influencers

Harvard professors wanted to flood social media with evidence-based information about conditions like anxiety and depression. So they turned to the people who already know how to go viral.

January 05, 2024
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  • Andrea Muraskin
Tech journalist Cory Doctorow outlines how sites can change the deal with users.

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  • Technology

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

If you feel like some important places on the internet have been getting worse, you're not alone. In fact, there has been a whole lot of action in the last 12 months.

January 04, 2024
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Michael Levitt,
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