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Divided Decade

How a piece of software helped fuel the 2008 financial crash

by Molly Wood
Sep 17, 2018
The seeds of the Great Recession included a lot of greed, fraud ... and some technology.
Michael Osinski developed software that turned mortgages into securities for Wall Street banks. He retired years before the 2008 crash and now farms oysters on Long Island.
Tavner Murphy/Marketplace
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Apple's secret weapon? The semiconductor

by Molly Wood
Sep 12, 2018
Apple unveils a new iPhone. What really makes it special? The computer chips inside.
An attendee looks at a new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.
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Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students?

by Sarah Tan
Mar 12, 2018
Learning platforms that create individualized curriculums for student are a growing industry.
Fifth graders working in a math class at AltSchool Yerba Buena. 
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Why facial recognition software has trouble recognizing people of color

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 13, 2018
"Data reflects our history, and our history has been very biased to date," MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini says.
Passersby walk under a surveillance camera that is part of a facial recognition technology test at Berlin's Suedkreuz train station in 2017.
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UPS is betting big on software this holiday season

by Marielle Segarra
Dec 8, 2016
The company says technology will help it deliver 700 million packages
Nafis Muhammad is a driver for UPS in New Jersey. A few months ago, his delivery center started using a software program that dictates the order that packages must be delivered in, with locations. That makes the job a whole lot easier.
Marielle Segarra/Marketplace
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Google Chrome is going to crack the whip on unprotected websites

by Gigi Douban
Nov 4, 2016
The Google Chrome security team is getting tough on websites that are not encrypted. Those are the ones without the HTTPS at the beginning of its URL. Anyone looking at what you’re doing online on that site can capture all of your information, including important user names and passwords. Most of the pages desktop users […]
Google says it will start marking unsecure websites in January.
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Government further relaxes Cuba trade rules

by Dan Gorenstein
Jan 27, 2016
Companies will henceforth be able to extend credit to more customers in Cuba.
A Cuban flag flutters in front of the US Embassy in Havana.
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The annoying, essential economy of software updates

by Ben Johnson
Dec 31, 2015
From apps to the International Space Station, a maddening necessity
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Software and social media to grab Congress' attention

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 14, 2015
Digital comments can quickly 'move the needle' for members of Congress.
James Pollack, legislative correspondent for Congresswoman Jackie Speier, uses a software program to sort through the emails from constituents, and says the office gets back to each contact in about two weeks. 
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Paul Ford on ‘What Is Code?’ and why we should care

by Molly Wood
Jun 12, 2015
Most users don't know about programming. Ford wants to fix that.
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