Search

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair on March 14, 2016 in Hanover, Germany.

Amazon Cloud Outage Disrupts Traffic For Websites, Apps

The cloud-computing service went down around midday on Tuesday, and Amazon said the issue was resolved just after 5 p.m. ET. Thousands of companies were affected by the outage.

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.

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

SOUNDBREAKING: Sound And Vision

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

Public Enemy in New York City early 1987. Public Enemy is one of the many bands featured in the SOUNDBREAKING series airing on PBS in November 2016.

SOUNDBREAKING: The World Is Yours

Airs Friday, March 2, 2018 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

People listen to the radio as the results of the presidential elections are announced in Kireka, Uganda, in February. Many rural Ugandans don't have Internet access, and the radio is a central source of news — and platform for citizens' opinions.

Turn On, Tune In, Transcribe: U.N. Develops Radio-Listening Tool

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

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

SOUNDBREAKING: Four On The Floor

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

Yahoo is addressing continued losses with layoffs and other cuts.

Yahoo Laying Off Staff And Considering Selling Itself

The Internet pioneer continues to lose money. Its fourth-quarter report shows a loss of $4.4 billion. Established in the days of dial-up modems, it has had trouble keeping up with life on the Web.

People line up at a Duane Reade pharmacy in New York behind a sign announcing the recent flu outbreak.

How To Fix Google Flu Trends

A San Diego researcher says if Google wants to predict the spread of influenza, they'll have to work out some major kinks in Google Flu Trends.

Laptops And Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay Or A Third Way?

We asked teachers, professors, a psychiatrist and a technologist for their thoughts, and we heard a range of opinions on one of the most "weirdly divisive" issues in education.

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

Search results for