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Seeing The (Northern) Light: A Temporary Arctic Retirement

Inspired by a TED talk, a Massachusetts man quit his job and moved his family to Norway for a year.

Litterbugs Beware: Turning Found DNA Into Portraits

Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg creates 3-D portraits from DNA she collects from trash.

U.S. Turns Up Heat On Costly Commercial Cyber Theft In China

Though Washington is threatening punitive measures, options remain limited.

Some Net Retailers Aren't Buying Online Sales Tax Proposal

Even with free software to aid in tax collection, online sellers say the bill is too burdensome.

First He Invented The Phone. Then, Bell Left A Voice Message

Last week, the Smithsonian unveiled the first known recordings of Alexander Graham Bell's voice.

From KQED

Solar Company Can "Crowd Fund" $100 Million, Regulators Say

A solar energy company in Oakland has gotten the OK from state securities regulators to raise up to $100 million on the Internet.

San Jose Launches “Wickedly-Fast Wi-Fi”

On Thursday, San Jose is launching a free Wi-Fi service downtown that it's calling “Wickedly-Fast Wi-Fi.”

Google's Eric Schmidt on the New Digital Age

Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, says that between Facebook and cloud computing, "your digital identity will live forever." Schmidt and his co-author, Jared Cohen, join us in the studio to talk about their book "The New Digital Age," which explores how online connectivity is changing censorship, privacy, and activism in countries like Mexico, China, and North Korea, and elsewhere around the world.

For Biotech Entrepreneurs, Academia as Launch Pad

There's an old joke that Stanford is a start-up incubator with a football team. That's easy to understand with companies like Google and Yahoo getting their start on campus. But it's not just MBAs blurring the lines between industry and academia. Schools focusing on science, like UC San Francisco, are scrambling to help students turn their lab work into the next big biotech company.

PBS NewsHour

5 Questions: Why Yahoo Hopes Tumblr Will Expand Its 'Coolness'

Yahoo, the languishing tech pioneer, officially unveiled its acquisition of social blogging platform Tumblr on Monday. The $1.1 billion purchase by Yahoo could mean a whole world of things for both of the Internet companies, as well as for Yahoo chief executive -- and former Google executive -- Marissa Mayer.

Coding Skills Combine With Civic Consciousness to Improve Government

Code for America, a San Francisco nonprofit, enlists high tech professionals to work with local governments to create tools to help average citizens tackle hunger, blight and other civic problems. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports.

Yahoo Makes Bid for Reboot With $1.1 Billion Deal for Popular Blog Site Tumblr

Tech company Yahoo bought Tumblr for a reported $1.1 billion, adding the fast-growing social media site with more than 100 million blogs to its roster of assets. Jeffrey Brown talks with Rebecca Lieb, a research analyst for the Altimeter Group, about the appeal of the image-centric and mobile-friendly blogging platform.

A High Tech Solution for a Neighborhood Problem

Dubbed "Peace Corps for geeks," Code for America sends teams of tech professionals to spend a month in a U.S. city listening to officials and residents explain a specific civic challenge. Fellows then return to San Francisco headquarters to develop a web-based program they think will help.

More from NPR

This Building Is Supergreen. Will It Be Copied?

The developers of a building billed as the world's "greenest" hope to inspire similar projects.

Great Long-Form Journalism, Just Clicks Away

As newspapers cut staff and trim pages, the Internet is finally finding room for long-form content.

Crowdsourcing Creativity At The Cinema

Think you could inspire a movie? Director Ron Howard has a few short films he'd like your help with.

What Drives Us? Car Sharing Reflects Cultural Shift

Car2Go is a company benefiting from the changing way we use and see cars: as tools, not for status.