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Russian Interference Campaign Was Broader Than First Known, Big Tech Tells Hill Facebook, Twitter and Google are telling members of Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday they've discovered even more use of their platforms by influence-mongers in 2016. Read more on NPR

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How One Group Is Monitoring Cyber Trolls Potentially Tied To The Kremlin NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Laura Rosenberger about a project of the Alliance for Securing Democracy — part of The German Marshall Fund in Washington. The group created a public dashboard to track websites, trolls and bots it suspects of being linked to the Kremlin. Read more on NPR

Tech Companies Testify On Capitol Hill, Detail Russian Interference Efforts Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to tell senators Tuesday that Russian election interference during the 2016 presidential campaign was broader than originally thought. Read more on NPR

Mark Zuckerberg's Big Blind Spot And The Conflict Within Facebook In whatever corner of the world Facebook is operating, it has become clear that people are using this powerful platform as a communications tool in ways that founder Mark Zuckerberg never envisioned. Read more on NPR

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George Papadopoulos Says He's Not 'That' George Papadopoulos "Surreal may be an understatement! Exhausting too!" says George Papadopoulos, a certified public accountant from Michigan who shares a name with a former Trump aide. Read more on NPR

With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts Social media companies could be penalized by as much as $58.3 million if they don't remove a malicious post from their platforms soon after it is reported — in some cases within 24 hours. Read more on NPR

With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts Social media companies could be penalized by as much as $58.3 million if they don't remove a malicious post from their platforms soon after it is reported — in some cases within 24 hours. Read more on NPR

Lawmaker Who Backed Ore. Cellphone Law Gets Caught Breaking It Under a new law in Oregon, you're not allowed to hold your phone while driving. State Rep. Julie Parrish supported the bill — and was pulled over for violating the new law. She faces a $265 fine. Read more on NPR

Learning To Spot Fake News: Start With A Gut Check A new approach seeks to equip university students with the tools of fact-checkers. Read more on NPR

Fed Up With Uncivil Discourse Online, Lawmakers Block Their Constituents It's a challenge for officials at all levels of government, including a state lawmaker in Utah who recently had to talk it out with someone he blocked. Read more on NPR

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Facebook's Advertising Tools Complicate Efforts To Stop Russian Interference Facebook says 126 million people may have seen Russian content aimed at influencing Americans. Marketing gurus say Facebook is unlikely to solve the problem because of its ad-based business model. Read more on NPR

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Canada's 'Welcome' To Immigrants Has Some Unintended Consequences Canada is taking advantage of the Trump administration's attitude toward immigration to attract foreign tech companies and workers. But there are downsides to appearing open to immigration. Read more on NPR

Mattel Shelved Its 'Aristotle' Device For Kids Over Privacy Concerns What if the devices in your home got involved in raising your kids? The toy giant Mattel planned to market such a device but pulled the project when parents and pediatricians complained. Read more on NPR

4 Big Stories To Watch This Week, From Taxes To The Russia Investigations To Niger The GOP's tax overhaul effort faces a consequential week, more could be learned about Russia's role in trying to influence the election through social media and the ambush in Niger comes into focus. Read more on NPR

Russians Targeted U.S. Racial Divisions Long Before 2016 And Black Lives Matter Facebook ads and other types of racial agitation are the latest examples in a long line of information operations aimed at amplifying tensions within the U.S. that dates back to the time of Dr. King. Read more on NPR

Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids? Talking to a device that talks back can be entertaining and educational for children. But psychologists say children can develop relationships with these devices that can be different than adults. Read more on NPR

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Are Social Media Sites Doing Enough To Combat Rumors And False News? As they struggle with disasters and other crises, police, fire and other public officials are spending an increasing amount of time and resources knocking down rumors spreading on social media. Read more on NPR

When Politicians Block Critics On Social Media Free speech advocates are taking more elected officials to task for blocking followers on their social media accounts. Find out what happens when a local politician meets someone they've blocked. Read more on NPR

How Russian Propaganda Spreads On Social Media Experts say such propaganda sows divisions within society by confirming beliefs. Facebook, Google and Twitter officials are testifying this week about Russian influence on the 2016 election. Read more on NPR

The Russia Investigations: Countdown To The Big Show; Republicans Strike Back D.C. laces up for a social media marathon in Congress and an explosive Washington Post story helps the White House and GOP go on offense against Hillary Clinton. Read more on NPR

Foreign Interference Has Bedeviled D.C. For Decades, With No Easy Reponse The debate over how to combat Russia's ongoing campaign of active measures against the West has been taking place since the Cold War. Read more on NPR

The Evil Within 2 Puts Gamers Right In The Middle Of A Scary Story The Evil Within 2 is the latest example of how well-designed video games can make the best horror stories. That flitting shadow in the corner or the creaking upstairs? Go on, you can investigate. Read more on NPR

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Britain Says North Korea Was Likely Behind WannaCry Attack That Hit Hospitals The British government is "as sure as possible" that Kim Jong Un's pariah state launched the attack, U.K. Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace told the BBC. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Says It Will Ban Ads From Russian News Agencies After Interference In 2016 Election Twitter has said it will ban all ads from Russian news agencies effective immediately. The company made the decision as a result of role these agencies had in interfering with the 2016 election. Read more on NPR

How 5 Tech Giants Have Become More Like Governments Than Companies New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo warns that the "frightful five" — Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook — are collectively more powerful than many governments. Read more on NPR

AI Model Fundamentally Cracks CAPTCHAs, Scientists Say The report says the model has defeated tests used to tell humans from bots. It uses reasoning to explain the jumbled letters. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Ends Russian State Media Advertisements, Citing 2016 Interference Efforts The San Francisco microblog service announced the move "effective immediately" ahead of a congressional hearing about Russia's use of social media in its influence campaign. Read more on NPR

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'Distracted Walking' Law Bans Texting While Crossing Streets In Honolulu If you're walking across a street in Honolulu, you'll want to put your phone away. A new law went into effect today making it illegal for a pedestrian to be looking at a screen while crossing the street. Read more on NPR

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Tesla Turns Power Back On At Children's Hospital In Puerto Rico The hospital offers services to some 3,000 young patients. Tesla's solar system is reportedly providing the hospital with all the electricity it needs. Read more on NPR

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Amazon's Newest Service Would Let Couriers Unlock Front Doors, Monitored By Cameras "Amazon Key," which requires a smart lock and Amazon's new "Cloud Cam" security camera, would allow Amazon deliveries to be placed inside. Eventually, service providers could use it to come indoors. Read more on NPR

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Apps Have More People Tuning Into Police Chatter When Disaster Strikes The Las Vegas mass shooting and the California wildfires are the latest incidents that have drawn listeners to apps allowing the public to listen to police and fire frequencies. Why do people do it? Read more on NPR

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Honolulu's 'Distracted Walking' Law Takes Effect, Targeting Phone Users Under the new law, the only legal reason for a pedestrian to look at a cellphone while crossing a street would be to call 911. For repeat offenders fines could run up to nearly $100. Read more on NPR

Amid GMO Strife, Food Industry Vies For Public Trust In CRISPR Technology Mushrooms that don't brown? Pigs resistant to diseases? Though the process does not introduce foreign genetic material into food or livestock, getting consumers to buy in will be an uphill battle. Read more on NPR

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Under Congressional Microscope, Twitter Vows New 'Transparency' On Ads The microblogging service has promised a new wave of disclosure about who uses it to advertise as the Hill continues probing the Russia imbroglio. Read more on NPR

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SecureDrop, Encrypted System For News Tips, Announces Fix For 'Vulnerability' SecureDrop servers installed since 2015 had a brief window of time when they could have been tampered with. Experts say an attack would be very difficult, and there's no evidence one ever happened. Read more on NPR

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Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder To Fake Imagine the Founding Fathers walking across the bills in your wallet. Like something out of Harry Potter, increasingly complex animation technology is being developed for use in paper currency. Read more on NPR

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The Russia Investigations: Interference Impacted Real Life; Senators Propose New Law Stories pile up about real-life activity linked to Russian influence-mongers, senators pitch new law on digital political ads and committee hearing postponed for Trump's longtime personal lawyer. Read more on NPR

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New Season Of 'The Walking Dead' Likely To Please Thrillseekers AMC's hit, The Walking Dead, returns for its 8th season on Sunday. Some fans criticized the show for not having enough action last season. They probably won't be disappointed this season. Read more on NPR

Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster. Read more on NPR

Body Cam Study Shows No Effect On Police Use Of Force Or Citizen Complaints That's the conclusion of a study performed as Washington, D.C., rolled out its huge program. The city has one of the largest forces in the country, with some 2,600 officers now wearing cameras. Read more on NPR

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What You Need To Know About The Honest Ads Act NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to NPR justice reporter Ryan Lucas about the Honest Ads Act, a proposal to regulate online political advertising the same way as television, radio and print. Read more on NPR

Amazon's Second Headquarters: Cities Make Their Final Pitches Cities across the U.S. and Canada will be making their final pitches Thursday to Amazon - begging for a chance to become the new second headquarters. The prize winner will get 50,000 high-paying jobs. Read more on NPR

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Should College Professors Give 'Tech Breaks' In Class? Is it necessary coddling or just good science to give college students breaks to check their phones in class? Anthropologist Barbara J. King takes a look. Read more on NPR

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Young Children Are Spending Much More Time In Front Of Small Screens A new national survey of parents suggests mobile device use by children under 8 has increased tenfold in the last 6 years. Read more on NPR

Computer Learns To Play Go At Superhuman Levels 'Without Human Knowledge' Researchers say they have constructed an AI program that can teach itself to play the ancient strategy game at a level far beyond humans. Read more on NPR

Diabetes Technology Moves Closer To Making Life Easier For Patients While the technology is moving rapidly, insurance, regulatory, and supply challenges make it harder for patients to quickly access the latest medical advances to manage their condition. Read more on NPR

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Nielsen Develops Ratings System To Measure Netflix Audience The TV ratings company says it can now estimate how many people watch individual shows on Netflix. Widespread knowledge of such information could transform the TV industry. Read more on NPR

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'A Major Distraction': Is A Mega-Deal Like Amazon's HQ2 Always Worth It? Amazon's unmatched promise of 50,000 well-paying jobs has red carpets rolling out across the U.S. — but also some soul-searching: How much should communities subsidize wealthy American corporations? Read more on NPR

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Denver Failed To Land Boeing. Now It's Using Lifestyle To Woo Amazon Boeing picked Chicago instead when it was looking for a new headquarters in 2001. This time around, Denver is pitching its quality of life to draw Amazon to build a new headquarters there. Read more on NPR

No Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Here: Behold A U.S. Vs. Japan Giant Robot Duel Engineers Gui Cavalcanti and Matt Oehrlein have brought science fiction to life. Their giant robot Eagle Prime fights a giant Japanese robot in an epic battle airing on Twitch on Tuesday. Read more on NPR

Hurricane Maria Could Offer A Chance To Build A New Tech Infrastructure In Puerto Rico NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Ina Fried of Axios about ways Puerto Rico can take advantage of what tech offers in the future. That is, what opportunities there are starting from scratch, using the newest and best ways to generate power and connect people. Read more on NPR

After Hurricane Power Outages, Looking To Alaska's Microgrids For A Better Way Alaska is a leader in microgrids since its remote communities have had to power themselves for decades. Read more on NPR

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