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Germany Votes To Fine Social Media Companies For Failing To Remove Hate Speech The German parliament has voted to impose fines of up to $57 million on social media companies that fail to remove "obviously illegal" hate speech within 24 hours of it being posted. Read more on NPR

Ukraine Cyberattack Wasn't Really About Ransom, Security Experts Say Although the virus that spread through government and commercial computers Tuesday looked like ransomware, cyber experts say it was a "wiper" intended to erase data and disrupt business. Read more on NPR

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Change My View On Reddit Helps People Challenge Their Own Opinions Four years ago, a Scottish teenager set out to do the impossible: cordon off a space for measured, civil conversation between people who believe different things — on the Internet! Now there are over 300,000 members of the Change My View subreddit. The founder talks about the surprising rules he had to implement in order to make the space work, and a researcher tells us who discovered a kind of agree-to-disagree inflection point by studying the group. Read more on NPR

Shadow Brokers Group Leaks Stolen National Security Agency Hacking Tools Last August, hacking tools were stolen from the National Security Agency. Now, those tools are being used in a number of cyber attacks around the world, and there's mounting pressure on the NSA to do something. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Nicole Perlroth, who has been covering this for The New York Times. Read more on NPR

In China, A Cashless Trend Is Taking Hold With Mobile Payments Consumers there are finding convenience and security in using smartphones to pay. An estimated $5.5 trillion was spent through mobile platforms in 2016, about 50 times the amount in the U.S. Read more on NPR

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In China, People Are Increasingly Paying For Things With Their Cellphones By one estimate, the Chinese spent $5.5 trillion through mobile payment platforms last year, about 50 times the amount in the U.S. Read more on NPR

Sony Will Start Making Vinyl Records Again In Japan, After Nearly 30-Year Hiatus Sony says it's meeting new demand from young people who buy records they've heard on streaming services. The company stopped pressing vinyl in 1989. Read more on NPR

How Europe Is Grappling With Increased Threats To Cybersecurity European cybersecurity experts have been meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to combat recent attacks, including Tuesday's malware infection of thousands of business computers. Read more on NPR

Trump Picks Republican Lawyer For FCC Commissioner Seat President Trump will name former telecom attorney and current FCC lawyer and Brendan Carr to serve as an FCC commissioner. He's expected to back Chairman Ajit Pai's efforts to undo net neutrality. Read more on NPR

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Petya Ransomware Hits At Least 65 Countries; Microsoft Traces It To Tax Software An updated version of Petya has the ability to worm through computer networks, gathering passwords and credentials and spreading itself. Read more on NPR

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European Union Fines Google $2.7 Billion The European Union has fined Google $2.7 billion over what it calls anti-competitive practices. Steve Inskeep talks with Adrianne Jeffries of The Outline. Read more on NPR

New Ransomware Attack Spreads From Ukraine A cyberattack spread from Ukraine to Europe and around the world Tuesday. Cybersecurity expert Matt Tait of Capital Alpha Security tells Rachel Martin about who is vulnerable. Read more on NPR

Morning News Brief: Health Care Vote Delayed, New Ransomware Attack Spreads We look at the future of the Senate's health care bill after Republican leaders postponed a vote. Also, a new ransomware attack has spread from Ukraine, and we update the fight against Boko Haram. Read more on NPR

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Cyber Attacks Spread Across Europe Using Stolen NSA Tool NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and chief technology officer of CrowdStrike, about the cyber attacks spreading across Europe using a stolen National Security Agency tool. Read more on NPR

Driving The Future: How Smart Can A Smart Car Be? Car owners form special relationships with their vehicles — they give them names, customize them and get to know their intricacies and quirks. But what if the car could do the same for the driver? Read more on NPR

Beyond The Valley Of The CEOs — Bringing Big Tech To Small Towns Venture capital is concentrated on the coasts — how can investors be encouraged to spread the wealth? Read more on NPR

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Large Cyberattack Hits Ukraine, Snarling Electric Grids And Banks "There is no way to restore your data without a special key," a red screen tells users whose computers were taken over by malware Tuesday. The attack targeted Ukraine's government and infrastructure. Read more on NPR

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Google Fined Record $2.7 Billion In EU Anti-Trust Ruling The European Union says Google unfairly abused its power over search results to promote its own over competitors. It's the biggest fine the EU has ever given a single company in an anti-trust case. Read more on NPR

Google Hit With $2.7 Billion Fine By European Antitrust Monitor The European Commission says Google "abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors." Read more on NPR

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Google Says It Will No Longer Read Users' Emails To Sell Targeted Ads The company says it will make the change later this year, bringing Gmail in line with its business products. But Google has already gathered a lot of data on users since it launched Gmail in 2004. Read more on NPR

Facial Recognition May Boost Airport Security But Raises Privacy Worries If you travel from Boston's Logan Airport to Aruba on JetBlue you can use your face as identification rather than a passport. Similar experiments in facial recognition are underway at other airports. Read more on NPR

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How Will Things Change For Shoppers After Amazon Buys Whole Foods? It was recently announced that Amazon was going to acquire Whole Foods, giving the web giant a physical presence in nearly 450 locations across the country. Read more on NPR

How To Pick Kids' Apps For The Backseat This Summer Screen time can be more than a distraction if you follow these principles. Read more on NPR

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Schools Let Students Take Laptops Home In Hopes Of Curbing 'Summer Slide' More districts are letting students take computers home for the summer. Officials hope the devices help fill in learning gaps, but experts say parents must play a role to make the lending effective. Read more on NPR

Drone Company Leaders Meet With Trump To Ask For More Clarity On Rules This week, U.S. drone companies met with President Trump to discuss industry regulations. NPR's Melissa Block talks with April Glaser of Recode about how these companies actually want more regulation. Read more on NPR

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Arkansas Tries To Stop An Epidemic Of Herbicide Damage A weedkiller called dicamba, which farmers hoped could banish herbicide-resistant weeds, has become a plague itself in Arkansas. The state's regulators just voted to ban it for 120 days. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Changes Its Mission With Announcement About Groups Facebook has nearly 2 billion users. But that's not enough. Now, in an effort to go deep, not just wide, the company will focus on users' activity levels. Read more on NPR

What Uber's Leadership Change Means For Diversity In Tech NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to tech industry recruiter and consultant Y-Vonne Hutchinson about the resignation of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, and the message it sends to Silicon Valley. Read more on NPR

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What Hath Jobs Wrought? Odds are, you're looking at this on a smartphone. Read more on NPR

Is Big Tech Getting Too Big? Silicon Valley leaders like Uber's former CEO Travis Kalanick have unprecedented power. At what point should the rest of us push back? Read more on NPR

Man Accused Of Making Millions Of Robocalls Faces Biggest-Ever FCC Fine FCC proposed a $120 million fine for a Miami resident said to be single-handedly responsible for 97 million robocalls over a three-month period, scheming to sell "discounted" travel packages. Read more on NPR

FCC Moves To Streamline Emergency 'Blue Alerts' For Threats To Law Enforcement Created in 2015, Blue Alerts are similar to Amber Alerts, but aim to catch people who threaten or harm police officers. The DOJ asked the FCC to add a special code to the broadcast emergency system. Read more on NPR

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Moth Eyes Inspire Glare-Resistant Coating For Cellphone Screens The scientists who developed the anti-reflective film were inspired by tiny, light-trapping structures on moth eyes that help the insects avoid predators. Read more on NPR

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How Facebook Uses Technology To Block Terrorist-Related Content Social media firms are under pressure to block extremist activity on their sites. Facebook is hiring thousands more people to review content, but artificial intelligence also plays a role. Read more on NPR

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U.S. Elections Systems Vulnerable, Lawmakers Told In Dueling Hearings Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security secretary during the 2016 election, testified before the House Intelligence Committee while the Senate Intelligence Committee heard from cybersecurity experts. Read more on NPR

After CEO Resignation, Is Uber Kalanick-less Or Kalanick-free? Few companies have had such a rapid fallout from such a vast number of crises stemming from the workplace culture perpetuated from the top, while appearing to be at the peak of its success. Read more on NPR

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What's Washington Got To Hide? It seems like more and more of the U.S. government's business is taking place behind closed doors. What aren't we being told, and why? Read more on NPR

Intel Signs On As An Olympic Sponsor, Promising Virtual Reality And 360-Degree Video Intel's CEO says it "will accelerate the adoption of technology for the future of sports on the world's largest athletic stage." Read more on NPR

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Jump Rope Heroes: Watch School Kids Set A One-Minute Guinness World Record In a blur of coordination, a team of 14 students blew away the old record for most skips through a single jump rope in one minute. Read more on NPR

Security Of State Election Systems The Focus Of Dueling Capitol Hill Hearings Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security secretary during the 2016 election, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee while the Senate Intelligence Committee hears from cybersecurity experts. Read more on NPR

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has resigned from his post after pressure from shareholders. His leadership at the company proved controversial. David Greene talks with Mike Isaac of The New York Times. Read more on NPR

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Uber Founder Resigns Under Pressure As CEO, Published Report Says Travis Kalanick has stepped down as CEO of the ride-hailing service, according to The New York Times. The paper says five of Uber's major investors demanded Kalanick resign immediately. Read more on NPR

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Mexico's Government Is Accused Of Targeting Journalists And Activists With Spyware "Like any good attack, this one begins with deception," says an investigator. Phishing text messages, including one that appeared to come from the U.S. embassy, were sent to a dozen targets. Read more on NPR

Mexico's Government Is Accused Of Targeting Journalists And Activists With Spyware "Like any good attack, this one begins with deception," says an investigator. Phishing text messages, including one that appeared to come from the U.S. embassy, were sent to a dozen targets. Read more on NPR

Upworthy Was One Of The Hottest Sites Ever. You Won't Believe What Happened Next After popularizing sensational headlines and taking your news feed by storm, Upworthy seemingly fell off a cliff. Its story reveals just as much about Facebook as it does about why we click. Read more on NPR

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Despite NSA Claim, Election Vendor Denies System Was Compromised In Hack Attempt "Even though NSA says it's likely that we opened them, we did not," VR Systems COO Ben Martin says of emails that came into the company's system. Read more on NPR

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Firm Contracted By RNC Left Millions Of Voter Files Unsecured Online A security researcher discovered massive troves of information about 198 million potential American voters stored on an Amazon server without as much as a password. Read more on NPR

Why You Should Play Video Games We live in a world of endless pressing concerns with so many competing avenues of being productive. A good game makes no demands: All that matters is the enjoyment of the doing, says Adam Frank. Read more on NPR

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Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them On the outskirts of the Bay Area, farming communities are hoping that warehouse jobs tied to the e-commerce surge will boost the local economy. But automation is expected to take over many such jobs. Read more on NPR

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