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The U.S. is short approximately four million homes. Wharton economist Ben Keys traces the beginning of the housing crisis to the 2008 financial meltdown — and says climate change is making things worse.

Today's touch-screen devices seem like a thing of the future, but the technology that runs your iPad or Android can actually be traced back to 1948 and something called the Electronic Sackbut.

The Apple iPhone goes on sale Friday evening, and the excitement — and hype — is mounting. New York Times technology writer David Pogue is one of the few tech gurus to get his hands on the gadget before its official release. He shares his impressions.

Twitter, Apple, Snapchat, and Facebook are embroiled in controversies about the balance between protecting user data and cooperating with law enforcement. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with tech correspondent Steve Henn about the issue.

The fruit-based alcoholic drink may not yet rival beer in popularity, but sales have been increasing rapidly in the past few years. A variety of flavors and the use of fruits other than the traditional apple are helping to attract a new generation of hard cider drinkers.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Adi Robertson of The Verge about Epic Games set to be in federal court in San Francisco on Monday for the start of an anti-trust case against Google.

Stocks were pummeled on Friday with the Nasdaq slumping more than 4% to post its worst month since 2008. Why things have gotten so bad in Wall Street.

The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it.

As a Dec. 23 enrollment deadline for health insurance that starts Jan. 1 looms, New York state is staffing up its call center and smoothing out the rough spots on its application to meet growing demand. As time runs down, the state is trying to fix technical and design issues that came up when the site debuted in October.

Intricately crafted replicas of all sorts of dishes and drink — cakes, sushi and even beer — are ubiquitous window displays in Japan. A new book visually explores the culture of Nearly Eternal food.