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Tuesday

Beyond Streaming: How Will Future Fans Discover Prince's Music?

Prince performs at the Grand Palais in Paris on Oct. 11, 2009. Whoever ends up running his estate will face some tough decisions about how to handle his musical legacy. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Beyond Streaming: How Will Future Fans Discover Prince's Music?

Whoever ends up running his estate will face some tough decisions about how to handle his musical legacy. What happens to the music in his vault? Will future concertgoers see him as a hologram?

Beyond Streaming: How Will Future Fans Discover Prince's Music?

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Monday

How Much Money Do Uber Drivers Really Make? Send Us Your Screenshots

A fare summary on the Uber app in the car of an UberX driver in Washington, D.C. Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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How Much Money Do Uber Drivers Really Make? Send Us Your Screenshots

The company sometimes promotes up to $35 an hour to draw in new drivers, but how much do drivers generally make? Drivers, send us a screenshot of your recent week.

How Much Money Do Uber Drivers Really Make? Send Us Your Screenshots

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Phone, Everlasting: What If Your Smartphone Never Got Old?
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Phone, Everlasting: What If Your Smartphone Never Got Old?

For many of us, when a phone starts slowing down we face a choice: spend the money to try to fix it or get a new one. But could there be a phone that never loses its luster?

Phone, Everlasting: What If Your Smartphone Never Got Old?

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Sunday

Monday

A Rare Look Inside The 'Gigafactory' Tesla Hopes Will Revolutionize Energy Use

About 14 percent of the Gigafactory in Nevada has been built so far. At 5.8 million square feet, it will be a building with one of the biggest footprints in the world. Tesla hide caption

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A Rare Look Inside The 'Gigafactory' Tesla Hopes Will Revolutionize Energy Use

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Tesla is building what it says is the world's largest battery factory. The scale is expected to drive down the cost of electric cars and batteries that homeowners can use to store surplus solar power.

A Rare Look Inside The 'Gigafactory' Tesla Hopes Will Revolutionize Energy Use

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Sunday

For Sale: One Used Internet Company Called Yahoo
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For Sale: One Used Internet Company Called Yahoo

Potential buyers are due to submit bids for Yahoo's core Internet business on Monday. Yahoo may be the number three search engine, but it's struggled to attract investors and keep up with competitors.

For Sale: One Used Internet Company Called Yahoo

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Wednesday

Facebook's New Master Plan: Kill Other Apps

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the company's 10-year road map during his keynote address Tuesday at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption

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Innovation

Facebook's New Master Plan: Kill Other Apps

Reading NPR. Trying out a live video. Ordering an Uber. All in Facebook. The company is trying to manage your entire digital life, but not talking about how to do it safely.

Facebook's New Master Plan: Kill Other Apps

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Tuesday

Saturday

The Newest Public Transportation In Town: Uber

Altamonte Springs, Fla., is helping pay for Uber rides that begin and end in the city. The city is the first in the country to partially subsidize Uber fares. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption

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The Newest Public Transportation In Town: Uber

Altamonte Springs, Fla., is the first U.S. city to subsidize Uber fares. It's a public-private partnership, with local businesses helping foot the bill. Officials hope it will help reduce traffic.

The Newest Public Transportation In Town: Uber

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Thursday

FCC Votes To Propose New Privacy Rules For Internet Service Providers

The Federal Communications Commission voted to propose its first Internet privacy rules and to expand a phone subsidy program to cover Internet access. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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FCC Votes To Propose New Privacy Rules For Internet Service Providers

The vote, however, was delayed for several hours as regulators negotiated a budget deal on another issue: the expansion of a phone subsidy to begin covering Internet access.

Tuesday

Can Computer Programs Be Racist And Sexist?
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Can Computer Programs Be Racist And Sexist?

When people write computer programs, their biases can creep into code. Computer experts say it's important to talk about the problem because if humans don't fix it, computers won't do so themselves.

Can Computer Programs Be Racist And Sexist?

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Tuesday

After Terrorist Attack, A Phone Company Is Beating Google At Big Data

Following the example set in Pakistan, the government of Bangladesh is having the mobile operator Grameenphone, which is majority-owned by Telenor, fingerprint SIM card customers. This is an FAQ on the biometric program. Grameenphone hide caption

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After Terrorist Attack, A Phone Company Is Beating Google At Big Data

When terrorists killed nearly 150 at a high school in Pakistan, the government asked mobile carriers to fingerprint every SIM card owner. Soon, one firm realized its power to collect customer data.

After Terrorist Attack, A Phone Company Is Beating Google At Big Data

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Saturday

In Fighting FBI, Apple Says Free Speech Rights Mean No Forced Coding

New York police officers stand outside an Apple Store on Tuesday while monitoring a pro-encryption demonstration. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption

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Privacy & Security

In Fighting FBI, Apple Says Free Speech Rights Mean No Forced Coding

Legal precedent says writing software is protected speech, and Apple wants to use that to deny federal authorities a program that would unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooters.

In Fighting FBI, Apple Says Free Speech Rights Mean No Forced Coding

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Friday

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

Privacy is one of a number of issues Apple CEO Tim Cook has called morally important. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption

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Policy

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

In challenging the FBI, Tim Cook has put himself and Apple front and center in a national debate on digital privacy. But a look at his record makes his confrontation with the government inevitable.

Apple's CEO Takes A Stand — And A Risk

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