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Google Earth Engine Shows San Diego's Changing Landscape

See how the county has changed over the past three decades.

Medium shot of the Salton Sea, Dec. 7, 2017.

Thousands Of Birds Die At Salton Sea; Avian Cholera Suspected

Bird die-off at the Salton Sea could be an indicator that the ecological health of the lake is getting worse.

A "content moderator" in Manila, one of the many hired by Silicon Valley to monitor online content.

INDEPENDENT LENS: The Cleaners

Airs Monday, Nov. 12, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Sen. Josh Hawley has made it a point to challenge the major tech companies since his election in 2018.

Lawmaker Aims To Curb Social Media Addiction With New Bill

Sen. Josh Hawley's Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology, or SMART, Act would ban features that encourage prolonged engagement such as infinite scrolling and autoplay.

Beijing Responds To Trump's Tweets On U.S.-China Trade War

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to China-based business consultant James McGregor about Beijing's response to President Trump's tweets, and what that reveals about its stance toward the trade war.

FRONTLINE: The Mueller Investigation

Airs Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, May 16 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

A man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google search results about health can be influential, but sometimes they can be unreliable or wrong.

Seeking Online Medical Advice? Google's Top Results Aren't Always On Target

Google's search results on health issues can be influential, but they can also be unreliable or wrong. The highlighted answer may come from a dubious source while a more credible one is buried below.

Colin Stretch (left), general counsel of Facebook; Sean Edgett (center), acting general counsel of Twitter; and Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security of Google, are sworn in prior to testifying during a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian influence on social networks on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Tech Giants On Capitol Hill For More Russia Interference Questions

Facebook, Twitter and Google will face questions from the Senate and House Intelligence Committees on Wednesday. It's the second day of testimony for lawyers from the three online platforms.

Business Report: DOJ Hints At Breaking Up Big Tech

This week in business: The Department of Justice says it’s reviewing the practices of top online platforms, Equifax is paying out for a 2017 data breach, and California strikes a new deal with car makers regarding emissions.

A Google broadband technician installs a fiber-optic network at a home of one of the early Google Fiber customers in Kansas City, Kan., in 2012.

Google Fiber Won't Accept Any New Cities For Its Superfast Internet Network

Google says it will honor its existing commitments to support or deploy gigabit-speed Internet. But it's scaling back the work on fiber optics to focus on "new technology and deployment methods."

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