A 360-degree camera is used to document the Khe Min Ga Zedi temple in Bagan, Myanmar. Kieran Kesner for CyArk hide caption
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Sci-fi writer William Gibson says the best way to imagine new technologies and how they could affect society is not through current expertise but by talking to "either artists or criminals." Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images hide caption
Artists And Criminals: On The Cutting Edge Of Tech
The Father Of The Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through A 'Black Mirror'
For two years, Hawkins let his app guide him around the globe, including a stop in Gortina, Slovenia. Courtesy of Max Hawkins hide caption
Eager To Burst His Own Bubble, A Techie Made Apps To Randomize His Life
Tom Hanks stars in The Circle as a tech CEO who is part Steve Jobs and part Mark Zuckerberg. Frank Masi/STX Entertainment hide caption
Fred Korematsu fought U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Google/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Newly hired Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Russell Aldrich chats with strangers in a shopping mall. The exercise is meant to help rookies build up the subtle people skills that older police trainers claim are lacking among many millennial recruits. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
In Social Media Age, Young Cops Get Trained For Real-Life Conversation
Product safety field staff send damaged products, such as this burnt battery pack from a defective electric scooter, to the government testing lab in Rockville, Md. Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption
As Batteries Keep Catching Fire, U.S. Safety Agency Prepares For Change
Freedom House reviews restrictions to Internet access and how it's used around the world, weighing whether countries are free, partly free or not free in terms of Internet freedom. Freedom House hide caption
Anti-Defamation League Steps Up Efforts To Combat Anti-Semitism Online
Old Macs are displayed in glass cases in the back of Tekserve, a repair shop with a cult following that's closing this week. Jon Kalish hide caption
Saying Goodbye To Old Technology — And A Legendary NYC Repair Shop
Words classified according to their gender, as the word embedding sees it. Words below the line are words that (generally) should be gendered, while words above the line are problematic if gendered. Adam Kalai hide caption
Comcast's discounted program, called Internet Essentials, is expanding beyond families with schoolchildren. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Concertgoers use their cellphones during a Fifth Harmony concert March 23, 2015, in New York. The company Yondr created a locking pouch to hold phones during performances, creating a "phone-free zone." Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Lock Screen: At These Music Shows, Phones Go In A Pouch And Don't Come Out
Thomas Pfarr is a longtime aircraft modeler, but also flies this DJI Phantom quadcopter to take photos. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption
Students at Do Space learn to use a laser cutter during a crash course on how to design a key chain. Joy Carey/NET News hide caption
Peter Thiel, head of Clarium Capital Management and founding investor in PayPal and Facebook, speaks at a conference in San Francisco on April 12. Noah Berger/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
Two people hold electronic devices while looking over a sculpture by George Segal with the Living Wall in the background at the newly expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Joe Milam explains his investor-relations company, AngelSpan, to fourth-grader Anna Allemann (white shirt, left) and third-grader Sage Powell during Pitch-a-Kid in Austin, Texas, on April 30. Brenda Salinas for NPR hide caption
For Entrepreneurs, Pitching To Pint-Sized Sharks Is No Child's Play
Pets are more tech savvy than you think. Benjamin Torode/GFlickr RF/Getty Images hide caption