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San Francisco's median home price hit $1 million this year.

How This Bay Area Tech Boom's Different From The Last One

This week, we're exploring the San Francisco Bay Area and the way income inequality is affecting the region. Check out the other pieces of the week, aggregated on this page.

Key To Securing Online Accounts May Be Just A Squiggle Away

Engineering researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that free-form symbols might be the ultimate password. The uniqueness of someone's squiggle makes it a tough password to rip off.

10 Final Thoughts Of The Protojournalist

As the sun sets on The Protojournalist storytelling project, I reflect on the question: What have I done?

AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK’S ILLUSTRATED: Sweet American Classics

Airs Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Singer-songwriter Billy Joel, recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, on stage.

Billy Joel: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize

Airs Friday, January 2, 2015 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

New transit-oriented, mixed-use walkable downtowns, like this one in Rockville, Md., are often replacing indoor shopping malls and strip malls that once defined suburban America.

Here's What's Becoming Of America's Dead Shopping Malls

What happens when a shopping mall dies? Often they're turning into medical centers, churches, schools and universities and new suburban downtowns.

The Darkode malware forum was replaced by an image announcing its seizure by police Wednesday.

Malware And Hacking Forum Darkode Is Shut Down; Dozens Arrested

Those indicted include an accused administrator who created a large network of hacked computers that stole private data "on approximately 200,000,000 occasions."

Navigation aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout is done by computer, as is the case on many other ships. The U.S. Navy now wants more of its officers proficient in celestial navigation.

U.S. Navy Brings Back Navigation By The Stars For Officers

A decade after phasing out celestial navigation from its academy courses, the U.S. Navy has restarted that formal training. The shift comes at a time of growing anxiety over possible threats to GPS.

Amazon Wants To Put A Listening Speaker In Your Home

Are you ready to bring an eavesdropping device that's connected to the cloud into the privacy of your abode? Amazon thinks so, as it introduces Echo, a speaker that takes your questions and commands.

The Black Market For Stolen Health Care Data

The U.S. is moving to digitize health care with electronic medical records, Web portals and mobile apps. But as medical data goes online, it is becoming a hot commodity for hackers.

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