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Audio journo. Host of Inheriting from @LAistStudios. Co-host of @NPRShortWave podcast. Roots in @RavenRadio 🌱 @AIRmedia board co-president. AZN. Water bender.
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< Protecting yourself in a new era of AI-powered cybercrime Original

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By Emily Kwong Verified
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Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] EMILY KWONG: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR. REGINA BARBER: Hey, Short Wavers, Regina Barber here. KWONG: And Emily Kwong. And in today's episode of our Tech Camp series, we're talking about hackers, a.k.a. cyber criminals. Cybercrime is on the rise around the world, including in the US. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 1 million complaints of cybercrime in 2025. That is a record high. BARBER: Wow.
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Sky Uber? Air taxis could be here soon.

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By Regina G. Barber, Rachel Carlson Verified, Hannah Chinn, Rebecca Ramirez Verified, Emily Kwong Verified
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Sky Uber? Air taxis could be here soon. : Short Wave Taking an air taxi to the airport may become as simple as ordering a ride share today. In our first episode in our summer series Tech Camp, we explore how a futuristic vehicle that transforms from helicopter to propeller plane is already taking flight in New York and San Francisco. This new kind of commuting might be here sooner than you think: A law just went into effect to build infrastructure for them in places like airports.
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This July 4th, are you a thrill- or chill-seeker?

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By Berly McCoy, Emily Kwong Verified, Rebecca Ramirez Verified
| WBUR-FM (Boston, MA) Verified
Independence Day is approaching! Imagine if someone has procured illegal fireworks from a couple of states over. Are you: 1. first in line to light them? 2. content to watch while others set them off? 3. going to find a fire extinguisher — just in case — while loudly condemning the activity? Ken Carter, a psychologist at Oxford College of Emory University, says everyone has a different level of sensation-seeking.
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