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IQ2 debate: Tech companies, private data and law enforcement

IQ2 debate: Tech companies, private data and law enforcement

A new debate from the Intelligence Squared series. Four experts debate if tech companies should help law enforcement gain access to your private digital data. Perhaps it could prevent or solve crimes, or protect national security. But isn't personal data supposed to be private?
by MPR News Staff

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Amory Lovins on the future of personal mobility

Amory Lovins on the future of personal mobility

An exploration of the ways we'll get around in the future. The transformation from horse-and-buggy to automobiles was nearly complete in a little more than a decade.
by MPR News Staff

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Eager to burst his own bubble, a techie made apps to randomize his life

Eager to burst his own bubble, a techie made apps to randomize his life

Suddenly aware of repetitive feedback loops in his life, Max Hawkins created apps that decided where he should go, what strangers' parties he should attend, even how he should spend Christmas.
by Alix Spiegel and Micaela Rodríguez

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How vulnerable are our elections to hacking?

How vulnerable are our elections to hacking?

A recently leaked NSA report says Russia's military intelligence agency launched a hacking attack before Election Day 2016 on a U.S. company that provides voting services and systems.
by Kerri Miller, Marcheta Fornoff and Elizabeth Shockman

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5 unanswered questions raised by the leaked NSA hacking report

5 unanswered questions raised by the leaked NSA hacking report

The appearance of a National Security Agency report about Russian cyber-mischief adds new detail about what American spies know -- but it also highlights much of what still isn't clear.
by Philip Ewing

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Scientists discover a scorched planet with a comet-like tail

The planet called KELT-9b is around three times more massive than Jupiter. It orbits a blue star about 650 light-years away from Earth that's nearly twice as hot as our own sun.

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U astronomers want help finding 'baby' galaxies

Claudia Scarlata, lead researcher and associate professor at the U's school of Physics and Astronomy, said the public has already completed over 100,000 investigations.
by Danielle Wong

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Weather forecasts improve, under the radar

Weather forecasts improve, under the radar

Make fun of the weatherman if you want but modern forecasts have quietly, by degrees, become much better.
by The Associated Press

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