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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
A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer wears a camera during a news conference in 2014. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Digital lenders are pulling in all kinds of data, like purchases, SAT scores and public records. TCmake_photo/iStockphoto hide caption
Will Using Artificial Intelligence To Make Loans Trade One Kind Of Bias For Another?
'Irresistible' By Design: It's No Accident You Can't Stop Looking At The Screen
These days, talking to a bot is commonplace. Think Siri, or your chatty banking app. But you wouldn't talk to your toaster like you talk to a friend — unless your toaster had a great sense of humor. RYGERSZEM/Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption
Michael Czaplinski has been unveiling the magic of computers for more than a quarter century. Raquel Zaldivar/NPR hide caption
Managing Your News Intake In The Age Of Endless Phone Notifications
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
Should texting be allowed at some movie screenings? Brand New Images/Getty Images hide caption
Clash Of The Screens: Should Movie Theaters Allow Texting? AMC Says Maybe
Children with special needs often feel targeted by peers at school. Social media can be a powerful tool to fight back. Martin Dimitrov/Getty Images hide caption
Justin Worst, Marlo Webber and Jes Waldrip show off an LED light implant. Grindhouse Wetware calls it the Northstar. Courtesy of Ryan O'Shea hide caption
Some researchers say we're losing our critical thinking and memory skills by relying on search engines. Stuart Kinlough/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption
The Yik Yak app allows users to post anonymous messages, and to read anonymous messages posted in their current location. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
IBM's Watson analyzes a Twitter account of an unnamed user, breaking down needs, values and five personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism (aka emotional range). IBM hide caption
Dr. Thomas Furness (left) in one of the labs stretched throughout a nondescript house in Seattle that's home to his RATLab. Gil Aegerter/KUOW hide caption