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Former student from Kenya brought computer literacy to her hometown after studying in the US

The value of American higher education

When international students return home from the US with a college degree, they can make a lasting, positive difference in their communities. Reporter Briana Dugan highlights a Kenyan woman who studied computer science at Augustana College in Illinois and then went back to her small hometown to become an educator.

Estonia serves as a digital pioneer for European governments

Internet

Two Palestinian artists recreate their beloved Gaza in virtual reality

The World's Global Classroom

Conservators scan Ukraine’s wooden churches to help preserve them

Sacred Spaces

This club in the Netherlands offers a much-needed break from technology

Internet

A wrinkle in time: GPS jamming in Ukraine and its ripple effects

Cyber warfare

In a battlefield abuzz with electronic warfare, a team of American techies MacGyver-ed a way to keep the power on in Ukraine. To make it work, they had to hack time. Dina Temple-Raston, host and managing editor of the Recorded Future News podcast “CLICK HERE,” has the story.

boredom

In praise of boredom: Researchers dish on the brain benefits of idle time

Health

When we’re resting, a very important part of our brain gets to work.

Car and smartphone

Our cars are becoming another device on the Internet of Things

Technology

New apps are turning our cars into computers on wheels, giving us driving data, helping us find our way, find a place to park — even making us better drivers.

Entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen argues that the free model of the Internet isn’t really free at all.

The Internet may be hurting all of us

Technology

According to author Andrew Keen, the promise of the Internet is far removed its reality. Far from creating equality, he says, it’s birthed a new elite.

The elevator at Washington DC's historic Old Post Office Pavilion.

Elevators are kind of a big deal

Technology

Tom Sybert, host of the Elevator Radio Show Podcast, believes elevators are one of the most important inventions of the modern world. Here are three reasons why.