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Billy Idol is one of more than 150 artists featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

Airs Friday, March 30, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Tiesto is one of more than 150 artists featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

Airs Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Major Flaw In Android Phones Would Let Hackers In With Just A Text

A severe flaw in Android, the world's most popular smartphone operating system, would let hackers take over with just a text message.

Adele is one of more than 150 artists featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

SOUNDBREAKING: The Human Instrument

Airs Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is proposing first privacy regulations for Internet service providers.

FCC Proposal Would Limit What Internet Providers Can Do With Users' Data

On March 31, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on what could become first-ever privacy rules for Internet service providers, stemming from last year's net neutrality ruling.

Tim Berners-Lee still largely sees the potential of the Web, but it has not turned out to be the complete cyber Utopian dream he had hoped.

The Father Of The Web Is Worried About How Ugly It's Become

When he invented the Web 28 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee saw it as a way to break apart silos and connect the world. Now he's increasingly troubled about its dark side, but he believes it can be fixed.

Apple announced its new music streaming service during the Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month in San Francisco.

Apple's New Music Streaming Service Under Antitrust Scrutiny

Investigators want to know if music companies are colluding with subscription services such as Apple Music to squeeze out free, ad-supported streaming.

Uber says it's making changes to address a culture that was blamed for tolerating sexual harassment and other misconduct.

Uber's Travis Kalanick Announces Leave Of Absence; Company Adopts Harassment Policies

Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick says, "If we are going to work on Uber 2.0, I also need to work on Travis 2.0," as he takes time to grieve his mother's death.

Wind turbines dot the landscape along Interstate 8 in east San Diego County, July 14, 2017.

Governor Jerry Brown Likely To Face Decision On 100 Percent Clean Electricity

A key vote this week in Sacramento has moved California closer than most people could imagine to a future in which all electricity — 100 percent of it — is produced without releasing more carbon into the air.

This 'Book Of Numbers' Speaks A Human Language

Writer Joshua Cohen says his new novel (about a journalist and a tech mogul both also named Joshua Cohen) aims to reclaim the Internet. "It's made of our humanity," he tells NPR's Robert Siegel.

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