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Facebook Confronts Role In Providing Entrepreneurs Access To Online World

For some Facebook users, the platform is more important than having a drivers license. They need Facebook in order to make a living, but they find the rules change often, and the company boots people out without a clear reason or appeals process. As CEO Mark Zuckerberg undertakes his Middle America tour this year, he may want to confront the realities of Facebook's economic impact on others.

Facebook Confronts Role In Providing Entrepreneurs Access To Online World

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Facebook Helps Regular People Make Money In The Internet Economy

The technology sector is being criticized for killing jobs by having robots and algorithms replace human labor. Facebook developed a way to help regular people make money in the Internet economy.

Facebook Helps Regular People Make Money In The Internet Economy

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Privacy Paradox: What You Can Do About Your Data Right Now

If we care about protecting our personal information and feel uncomfortable giving it away, why do we keep doing it? John Hersey for WNYC hide caption

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Privacy Paradox: What You Can Do About Your Data Right Now

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How can you stay digitally connected without feeling intruded upon? WNYC's five-day plan hopes to take the mystery out of digital privacy and improve lives both online and off.

Privacy Paradox: What You Can Do About Your Data Right Now

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Trump Immigration Order Strongly Criticized By Tech Executives

Silicon Valley tech leaders are coming out against the Trump administration's executive action on immigration. The order directly affects employees and international business at many of the companies.

Trump Immigration Order Strongly Criticized By Tech Executives

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Top Tech Company Leaders Say They Would Not Exist Without Immigrants

Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter are among companies in the tech and travel sectors which had a strong and swift reaction to President Donald Trump's executive orders on refugees and immigration.

Top Tech Company Leaders Say They Would Not Exist Without Immigrants

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It's Not Just The Park Service: 'Rogue' Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply

Multiple Twitter accounts claiming to be run by members of the National Park Service and other U.S. agencies have appeared since the Trump administration's apparent gag order. The account owners are choosing to remain anonymous. David Calvert/Getty Images hide caption

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It's Not Just The Park Service: 'Rogue' Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply

What started as one "unofficial resistance" Twitter account has grown to a list of more than 80 "rogue" accounts advocating for the science community and climate change research.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary Has Been Trolling Trump On Twitter For Months

Merriam-Webster's Twitter account weighs in on trending words and phrases and has waded into linguistic matters in politics, including a big campaign question: Did Donald Trump say "bigly" or "big league"? Marian Carrasquero/NPR hide caption

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary Has Been Trolling Trump On Twitter For Months

Throughout the presidential campaign, the linguistic institution developed its funny style of delicately poking at Donald Trump and his associates on Twitter.

Why Some Silicon Valley Tech Executives Are Bunkering Down For Doomsday

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Why Some Silicon Valley Tech Executives Are Bunkering Down For Doomsday

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Journalist Evan Osnos discusses the Silicon Valley survivalists who are stockpiling food and weapons and investing in luxury underground bunkers. "They feel a sense of fragility in our politics."

Why Some Silicon Valley Tech Executives Are Bunkering Down For Doomsday

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Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple TV app during a product launch event in Cupertino, Calif., in October. The company now plans to make original movies and TV programming, according to sources. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

Apple is about to join Amazon and Netflix and get into the content-making business, sources say. Apple stands to boost revenue, analysts say, but finding success in Hollywood isn't easy.

Apple Looks To Compete With Netflix Originals, But Making Hits Is Hard

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How To Make Broadcast Towers More Bird-Friendly: Turn Off Some Lights

Rain and radio towers in Austin, Texas. Scientists found that turning off steady beam lights on towers reduced bird fatalities by 70 percent. Cherry Bream/Flickr hide caption

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How To Make Broadcast Towers More Bird-Friendly: Turn Off Some Lights

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Millions of migratory birds die every year after slamming into broadcast and cell towers. Scientists found that turning off steady-beam lights on towers reduced bird fatalities by 70 percent.

How To Make Broadcast Towers More Bird-Friendly: Turn Off Some Lights

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'Like High-Definition From The Heavens'; NOAA Releases New Images Of Earth

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'Like High-Definition From The Heavens'; NOAA Releases New Images Of Earth

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the first public images from its new weather satellite. The agency says the satellite's data will lead to more accurate weather forecasts.

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