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What the nightmare cybersecurity scenario looks like

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 28, 2017
This week's hack shows the potential for attacks targeting pipelines, oil rigs and transportation systems.
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Why this ransomware attack is more alarming than the last

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jun 28, 2017
Chester Wisniewski, senior security researcher with Sophos, talks to us about the latest cyber breach.
Is your computer safe?
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Massive ransomware attack in Europe all but promises more to come

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Jun 27, 2017
Dozens of databases are hit in the cyber attack. The thing they all have in common? Vulnerable networks.
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The Wall Street Journal made a phone for just 70 bucks

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 23, 2017
Chinese smartphone makers can pump out phones at a much cheaper price than well-known U.S. competitors.
“As of the first quarter of 2017, Chinese brands have doubled their market share,” says Wall Street Journal reporter Liza Linn. “So you're looking at a market share globally of 40 percent. Basically, they're eating Apple and Samsung for lunch.”
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Etsy got famous with macramé and Mason jar chic — then it got more like the rest of them

by Ryan Kailath
Jun 21, 2017
The company changed during the leadup to its IPO.
A handmade necklace.
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How towns are hurt when malls run into trouble

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 21, 2017
With about one in four U.S. malls estimated to shut down during the next five years, municipalities have a tax problem.
A recent Credit Suisse report estimates that about 1 in 4 U.S. malls will shut down in the next five years. Above, people walk through a nearly empty shopping mall in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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How do you do business without high-speed internet?

by Caitlin Esch
Jun 20, 2017
In rural Erie County, 38 percent of people don’t have access to high-speed internet.
Taxidermist Paul Czarnecki and his wife, real estate agent Christie Mahany. 
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Amazon is helping veterans find jobs in cloud computing

by Molly Wood and Clare Toeniskoetter
Jun 8, 2017
The tech company's head of talent acquisition says she knows difficult it can be for a vet to find a civilian job.
Veterans register for a job fair.
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Ransomware: Should businesses pay up?

by Adriene Hill
May 16, 2017
Hackers are holding up businesses for ransom. To pay or not to pay? That is the question.
An IT researchers shows on a giant screen a computer infected by a ransomware.
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Microsoft thinks Minecraft can help STEM education

by Molly Wood and Jana Kasperkevic
May 2, 2017
An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company's new suite of software for students and teachers.
Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash. have been coding with Minecraft and working alongside the Minecraft Education Team.
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