Technology
FBI Director Says Agency Is Using Drones Over The U.S.
()Robert Mueller told the Senate the FBI used drones rarely and for surveillance proposes. The DEA and the ATF had both revealed they possessed drones.
Amazon Cuts Ties In Minnesota Ahead Of New Sales Tax
Amazon ended contracts of people and businesses that are paid to send customers to the retailer.
()All Tech Considered
Mexico's Tech Startups Look To Overcome Barriers To Growth()
June 18, 2013 KJZZIn the past decade, Mexico's tech industry has flourished, growing three times faster than the global average. Most of that growth has been fueled by demand from the United States. But as Mexico's startups strive to make it in foreign markets, they say they need more engineers and ways to finance their growth.
Monkey See
Teens Find The Right Tools For Their Social-Media Jobs()
June 17, 2013 There was a time — a time long, long ago — when MySpace dominated the teen social-media world. Not anymore. NPR's Sami Yenigun looks at how teenagers use various social platforms in today's increasingly segmented online universe.
All Tech Considered
Digital Scrapbook Collects Rock-Star Authors' Memories()
June 17, 2013 If any story screams out for a multimedia e-book treatment, it's the tale of The Rock Bottom Remainders, a small band of best-selling authors — including Amy Tan, Dave Barry and Stephen King — who yowled out rock standards. Hard Listening is a digital scrapbook about their years as musicians.
The Two-Way
'Guardian': Documents Show Britain, U.S. Spied At World Summits()
June 17, 2013 This is the latest revelation to come from documents leaked by Edward Snowden. They purportedly show that Britain and the United States spied on their allies during G-20 summit meetings in England in 2009.
The Two-Way
Google's 'Looney' Internet Balloons Invade New Zealand()
June 15, 2013 The tech giant hopes the test of flying hotspots will bring service to billions of people in remote areas such as Africa and Southeast Asia.
The Two-Way
Facebook, Microsoft Reveal Requests For User Data()
June 15, 2013 The tech giants say they have been allowed to reveal data requests from the government in broad terms, but expressed frustration that they aren't permitted to say more.
Simon Says
Did ATMs Represent The Dawn Of The Digital Era?()
June 15, 2013 Weekend Edition Saturday Scott Simon remembers the controversy when the first automatic teller machines started popping up in the 1970s. Today there's an electronic transaction, and record, of just about everything we say, read, purchase or do.
The Record
Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt'()
June 15, 2013 This week, the Internet radio broadcaster bought a radio station in Rapid City, S.D., in an effort to get the more favorable royalty rates given to terrestrial broadcasters. But the move has songwriters and composers up in arms.
National Security
The Case For Surveillance: Keeping Up With Terrorist Tactics()
June 15, 2013 Since the leak of the National Security Agency's data-gathering program, U.S. officials have been defending their strategies. But they've been arguing for years that intelligence gathering has to keep up with the new ways America's enemies are planning and communicating.



