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The U.S. government has been collecting phone records on all Verizon customers since at least April, and probably longer. Defenders of the surveillance program say it doesn't breach privacy because it's only gathering metadata. But what exactly is metadata?

Adelle Waldman's debut novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., recounts a relationship's demise from the perspective of Nate, a young writer-type. Reviewer Lidia Jean Kott says Waldman is most incisive, however, when she gets out of Nate's head and comments about life in New York and class privilege.

Airs Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Enrollment is picking up in new health insurance marketplaces. But the 365,000 who've signed up as of November 30 is a fraction of just one high-visibility group - those whose previous insurance has been cancelled because it didn't meet Affordable Care Act standards.

Matthew Miller, of Bakersfield, Calif., had entered North Korea on a tourist visa. The country says he sought to be thrown in jail to investigate human rights issues.

Amid rising competition from Google and other companies, the software giant is gradually offering more Web-based "cloud" computing services while boosting its visibility in the gaming and smart phone markets.

Two years ago, South Korea passed a law informed by the experiences of the 160,000 people who were adopted to other countries after World War II. Steve Haruch examines the law's history and legacy.

For a city whose gang problem pales in comparison to so-called gang capitals Los Angeles and Chicago, we sure have been talking about gangs a lot lately. Here's a primer on San Diego's gang landscape.

Editor's Note:As part of our reboot of All Tech Considered, we'll invite contributors to blog about big-picture questions facing tech and society. One theme we're exploring is the lack of women and people of color in tech -- a gap so glaring thatridiculously long lines at tech conferences have inspired photo essays and Twitter feeds.

Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.