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Scott Simon

After 4 years, Google backtracks on its discontinuation of third-party cookies

NPR's Scott Simon asks Julia Angwin of Proof News about Google's decision not to remove cookies from...

A cybersecurity glitch triggered a global technology outage

Airports, hospitals, banks, and government agencies are recovering from a failed software update delivered by the...

It’s not your imagination. CAPTCHA tests are getting harder

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Amanda Fennell, a cybersecurity expert, about CAPTCHA tests that verify if a...

As closing arguments in Google’s monopoly trial wrap up, other tech giants watch closely

Closing arguments in the United States v. Google monopoly trial have wrapped up. How the judge...

FCC reinstates net neutrality policies after 6 years

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Gregory Rosston of Stanford University about the FCC's decision to reinstate net...

A team of students deciphered a 2000-year-old papyrus scroll, with some help from AI

NPR's Scott Simon asks Prof. Brent Seales of the University of Kentucky about deciphering tightly wound, charred...

Opinion: George Carlin wasn’t predictable, unlike AI

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Opinion: Did he really say that?

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