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What it's like for city officials faced with outdated technology

by Kai Ryssdal and Liz Sanchez
Mar 18, 2019
The San Francisco assessor's office has waited years to update its technology systems.
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GPS glitch could confuse navigation devices on April 6

by Jack Stewart
Mar 18, 2019
Older equipment may lose its grip on space and time when its clocks roll over.
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If Tesla makes a less fancy SUV... can it make it faster?

by Jed Kim
Mar 18, 2019
The new Model Y is — technically — a lot like the Model 3.
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Is the startup world OK with motherhood yet?

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 15, 2019
Journalist Eliza Boyd says the “needle is moving” when it comes to pregnancy and venture capital.
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After deadly crashes, added scrutiny for Boeing 737 software

by Jed Kim
Mar 15, 2019
How a failure to train pilots on software led to deadly crashes.
A picture taken on December 9, 2011 in Paris shows the controls of a flight simulator in a reproduction of a Boeing 737 cockpit.
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Watch Kai Ryssdal interview a robot security guard

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 14, 2019
They record video, collect data and they're popping up in public spaces around the country.
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How much did the rise and stall of Oculus have to do with Facebook?

by Molly Wood
Mar 14, 2019
As the social media giant buys up companies, it may be losing fans along the way.
The Oculus logo is displayed at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 in San Jose, California.
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How Duolingo's CEO harnessed our game addiction for good

Mar 13, 2019
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Oculus was supposed to bring virtual reality to the masses. What happened?

by Molly Wood
Mar 13, 2019
"Having the best technology is not always a winning formula," author Blake Harris says.
Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets at the Westfield London shopping center in 2015.
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Make Me Smart | Episode 104

A year after Cambridge Analytica, what have we learned?

Mar 12, 2019
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