An NPR analysis shows that President Trump's Twitter broadsides against Democrats in Congress have intensified since July, especially against nonwhite lawmakers.
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
