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All Tech Considered
6:16 pm
Mon May 13, 2013

ABC's Live Streaming Aimed At Keeping Cable Cords Intact

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A new iPad app lets viewers watch live ABC programming starting Tuesday in New York and Philadelphia.

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 5:42 pm

There's another way television is moving online. Starting Tuesday, ABC will let viewers in New York and Philadelphia watch their local stations over the Internet. But this is not a way to cut your cable bill.

NPR's Dan Bobkoff discusses the change with All Things Considered co-host Audie Cornish.


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All Tech Considered
3:14 pm
Mon May 13, 2013

Facebook Users Question $20 Million Settlement Over Ads

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 5:42 pm

A San Francisco judge will decide this month whether to approve a settlement in a class-action lawsuit that could affect more than 70 million Facebook users. The $20 million deal would mark the end of a years-long battle over the social network's "Sponsored Stories" advertising.

But Facebook users' images could still appear in ads if they don't change their settings. And many users say the deal before the judge doesn't go far enough to protect their privacy.

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Shots - Health News
10:39 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Teens Who Text And Drive Often Take Other Risks

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Dylan Young, then 18, posed for a photo as a vehicle cruised by North Arlington, N.J., in June 2012. Young was in a fender-bender accident caused by being distracted while texting and driving.

Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 11:21 am

Almost half of teenagers cop to texting while driving. And those texting teens are more likely to make other risky moves while in the car, too.

That includes not wearing seat belts, drinking and driving, and riding with a driver who's been drinking, a study just published in the journal Pediatrics finds.

Car crashes have long been the leading cause of death for teenagers, even before texting entered the scene.

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All Tech Considered
3:06 am
Mon May 13, 2013

Google Fights Glass Backlash Before It Even Hits The Street

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A visitor at the "NEXT Berlin" conference tries out Google Glass on April 24 in Berlin.

Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 11:57 am

Google Glass isn't even for sale yet, but it's already facing backlash.

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All Tech Considered
3:48 pm
Sun May 12, 2013

New Closed-Captioning Glasses Help Deaf Go Out To The Movies

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Sony's Entertainment Access Glasses, seen here in a prototype image, display captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing moviegoers.

Originally published on Mon May 20, 2013 3:30 pm

Art & Design
2:49 pm
Sun May 12, 2013

Litterbugs Beware: Turning Found DNA Into Portraits

Originally published on Sun May 12, 2013 5:22 pm

Heather Dewey-Hagborg was sitting in a therapy session a while ago and noticed a painting on the wall. The glass on the frame was cracked, and lodged in the crack was a single hair. She couldn't take her eyes off it.

"I just became obsessed with thinking about whose hair that was, and what they might look like, and what they might be like," she says.

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