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As Summer Heated Up, Trump's Tweets About Nonwhite Democrats Intensified

Oct 10, 2019
An NPR analysis shows that President Trump's Twitter broadsides against Democrats in Congress have intensified since July, especially against nonwhite lawmakers.
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Sports
The Activision Blizzard Booth during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
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Blizzard Entertainment Bans Esports Player After Pro-Hong Kong Comments

Oct 08, 2019
The developer of World of Warcraft and Hearthstone said a player known as Blitzchung went over the line when he said, "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times!"
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Business
Employers are using virtual reality to train millions of workers in everything from operating machines to how to handle active shooters.
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Virtual Reality Goes To Work, Helping Train Employees

Oct 08, 2019
In the virtual world, cashiers are taught to show greater empathy, mechanics learn to repair planes and retail workers experience how to deal with armed robbery.
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Asia
Visitors are tracked by face recognition technology from state-owned surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision at the Security China 2018 expo in Beijing. Hikvision is one of several firms that have been added to a U.S. trade blacklist.
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U.S. Blacklists Chinese Tech Firms Over Treatment Of Uighurs

Oct 07, 2019
The Commerce Department added 28 Chinese security bureaus and tech firms to the Entity List, including Hikvision, a leading producer of video surveillance and face recognition technology.
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Book Reviews
Christopher Wylie, a Canadian data scientist, speaks on Aug. 31 at the Antidote festival at the Sydney Opera House about his role in exposing the work of Cambridge Analytica.
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In New Book, Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Stops Short Of A Full Mea Culpa

Oct 07, 2019
Before going public, data scientist Christopher Wylie helped the now defunct company figure out how to target people online. In a new memoir, he offers details of the project and the players.
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Shots - Health News
An app uses a smart phone camera to detect leukocoria, a pale reflection from the back of the eye. It can be an early sign of disease. Here it appears light brown compared the healthy eye.
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An App That Can Catch Early Signs Of Eye Disease In A Flash

Oct 07, 2019
After his son developed a rare eye cancer, a chemist in Texas developed a smart phone app that uses a camera and artificial intelligence to detect early signs of eye disease.
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Technology

Lessons Learned From The Microsoft Anti-Trust Case That Began In The 1990s

Oct 07, 2019
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Verge reporter Adi Robertson about today's tech giants being investigated for possible antitrust violations and lessons learned from the Microsoft case in the '90s.
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Technology
A Tesla 3 model is remotely driven with the company's phone app in Austin, Texas, in this still image taken from social media video.
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Tesla 'Smart Summon' Software Under Government Scrutiny For Possible Safety Problems

Oct 04, 2019
The new software ignited a storm of social media videos demonstrating the utility and flaws of a feature that allows drivers to summon their driverless cars.
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Technology
Microsoft said it has seen "significant cyber activity" by a hacker group with suspected ties to Iran.
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Microsoft Says Iranians Tried To Hack U.S. Presidential Campaign

Oct 04, 2019
Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. campaign, in the latest sign that foreign governments may try to influence the 2020 election.
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Technology
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks Friday at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., during a summit on warrant-proof encryption and its impact on child exploitation cases.
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Law Enforcement Officials Try To Warn Facebook Off Its Encryption Plans

Oct 04, 2019
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday the company's plans for encryption across its messaging services, without a back door for court-approved police access, would hinder efforts to stop crime.
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Hidden Brain
Taken in aggregate, the billions of online searches we make every day say a lot about our most private thoughts and biases.
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I, Robot: Our Changing Relationship With Technology

Oct 03, 2019
Do you ever catch yourself yelling at your Alexa? Or typing questions into Google that you would never ask aloud? This week, we explore our changing relationship with technology.
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Technology
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at an Uber products launch in San Francisco on Sept. 26. The company is launching its Uber Works app in Chicago, aiming to make it easier for workers to find temporary shifts.
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Uber Launches An App To Connect Job Seekers With Gig Work

Oct 03, 2019
The Uber Works app, launching in Chicago, aims to make it easier for workers to find temporary shifts while also giving businesses more flexibility to add staff when it gets busy.
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Technology
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, speaks about the social media platform's anti-bullying efforts at the F8 developers conference in San Jose, Calif., on April 30.
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Instagram Now Lets You Control Your Bully's Comments

Oct 03, 2019
Blocking a bully on social media doesn't always bring an end to online abuse. To try to address this, Instagram has a new anti-bullying feature called Restrict.
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Goats and Soda
Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian c
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After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

Oct 03, 2019
Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.
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National

LAPD Examines How Recruitment Ad Showed Up On Breitbart's Site

Oct 01, 2019
When recruitment ads for the Los Angeles Police Department appeared on conservative media Breitbart's website, a lot of eyebrows were raised. It was Google analytics that steered the ads there.
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Technology

Inside The Movement To Improve Access To High-Speed Internet In Rural Areas

Sep 30, 2019
Broadband Internet is a fact of life for most Americans. But 21 million people do not have access to high-speed connections at all. In rural areas, there's a move to improve the situation.
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Business

Facebook's Dating App Rolls Out To U.S. Is There Appeal?

Sep 29, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post's Lisa Bonos about Facebook's new dating app.
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Politics

What The Cybersecurity Company CrowdStrike Has To Do With The Trump-Ukraine Matter

Sep 27, 2019
President Trump brought up the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike on a call with the Ukrainian president in July. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ryan Broderick of Buzzfeed News about what that means.
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I'll Be Seeing You
Neal stands in a room with military cyber operators from Joint Task Force ARES to launch an operation that would become one of the largest and longest offensive cyber operations in U.S. military history.
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How The U.S. Hacked ISIS

Sep 26, 2019
In 2016, the U.S. launched a classified military cyberattack against ISIS to bring down its media operation. NPR interviewed nearly a dozen people who lived it.
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Business
Chief executive Devin Wenig is leaving eBay amid the online shopping company's corporate overhaul.
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Under Pressure To Bid Up Growth, EBay Parts Ways With Its CEO

Sep 25, 2019
Devin Wenig, who has been chief executive since 2015, is leaving the online shopping company. Activist investors are pressing eBay to sell off parts of the business to boost its stock price.
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Video: Future You, With Elise Hu
Youth in a pill by 2050?
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VIDEO: What If Aging Wasn't Inevitable? The Quest To Slow And Even Reverse Aging

Sep 25, 2019
Scientists have developed promising clock-turning treatments for mice. Could pills that mimic the benefits of exercise help humans? In this Future You: the effort to stop the symptoms of growing old.
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Technology

Instagram Head Adam Mosseri On The Lessons He's Learned About Social Media Abuse

Sep 24, 2019
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Instagram head Adam Mosseri about the lessons he learned about social media abuses while in charge of Facebook's News Feed.
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National Security
President Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he will unveil the unredacted text of his much-discussed July phone conversation with Ukraine's leader. Above, Trump speaks to the media at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York City.
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Trump Vows To Release Ukraine Transcript Amid Impeachment Crescendo

Sep 24, 2019
The president says he will unveil the unredacted text of his much-discussed July phone conversation with Ukraine's leader. Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry.
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Technology
Google only has to remove search results from its EU sites if European citizens have requested the move — not from all its search engine sites globally, a new court ruling says.
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'Right To Be Forgotten' Only Applies To Websites Inside EU, European Court Says

Sep 24, 2019
The ruling is a win for Google, adding new restrictions to a 2014 European Union court decision that affirmed individuals' right to have URLs removed from search results.
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Technology

Instagram Head Adam Mosseri Discusses App's New Features Meant To Fight Bullying

Sep 23, 2019
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Instagram head Adam Mosseri about how it is adding protections for users, while preserving influencers' ability to make money through the platform.
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