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Experts Say Facebook's Latest Attempt To Stop Fake News Isn't Foolproof Facebook says it has an edge in fighting back against influence campaigns like the one Russia waged against the U.S. in 2016. The company says it requires users' real names, but an NPR reporter tested it and signed up for an account under a fake name in about 1 minute. Experts say that feature is not a silver bullet. Read more on NPR

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Automation Could Displace 800 Million Workers Worldwide By 2030, Study Says But in the long term, new technology could create more jobs than it eliminates, a new report says. It says governments and businesses have to prioritize retraining workers for the new economy. Read more on NPR

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Man Who Deactivated Trump's Twitter Account: 'I Didn't Break Any Rules' TechCrunch has tracked down the former Twitter employee who claims to be responsible for the famous 11-minute outage. He's a twenty-something from Germany who says it was all just a mistake. Read more on NPR

'Chaos' Is At The Heart Of The Trump Camp's Defense. But It Can Cut Both Ways Campaign aides and administration officials have said the 2016 campaign was so frantic things happened almost too fast to consider. Does that strengthen their case in the Russia investigations? Read more on NPR

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Justices May Impose New Limits On Government Access To Cellphone Data In arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a majority of justices raised concerns about privacy in the modern digital age. Read more on NPR

Arkansas Prosecutors Drop Murder Case That Hinged On Evidence From Amazon Echo The government had charged James Bates with murder and sought recordings made by his personal-assistant device. But the evidence ultimately was deemed to support more than one reasonable explanation. Read more on NPR

Oops: American Airlines Accidentally Let Too Many Pilots Take Off The Holidays The pilots' union says 15,000 flights at the end of the year don't have anyone to fly them, due to a glitch in the system pilots use to bid for time off. Read more on NPR

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Supreme Court Considers Cellphones And Digital Privacy A Supreme Court case, a big one for cellphone users, examines whether police must obtain a warrant in order to get historical cell-site location information from cellphone providers. Read more on NPR

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#Distracted: Are Smartphones In Schools A Good Idea? Sorry, teacher. What were you saying? Read more on NPR

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Does This Robot Freak You Out? Something like Atlas, Spot and Handle will likely inhabit the world we're now building — and their weirdness will be just commonplace, says astrophysicist Adam Frank. Read more on NPR

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Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without A Warrant? The Supreme Court wrestles again with interpreting the rules of the digital era and whether police need to get a search warrant to obtain cellphone location information. Read more on NPR

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How Tech Companies Are Catering To Generation Z Teens Kids born after 1995, also known as Generation Z, will make up 40 percent of consumers by 2020, and retailers are desperate for their attention. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Karl Haller, a partner with IBM's Global Consumer Industry team, about how much spending money is at stake and how other companies are competing with the tech giant. Read more on NPR

Banks And Governments Paying Attention As Bitcoin Hits Record Highs Over the past year, Bitcoin's price has gone up more than 900 percent. It's a level of growth unheard of in traditional investing markets. Now, banks, governments, and everyday people are wondering if Bitcoin is the future of money, a giant bubble ready to pop or something in between. Read more on NPR

YouTube Faces Increased Criticism That It's Unsafe For Kids Many videos on the site feature popular characters in upsetting and violent situations, and some videos of children have attracted pedophilic comments. YouTube says it is toughening its approach. Read more on NPR

Puerto Rico's Medical Manufacturers Worry Federal Tax Plan Could Kill Storm Recovery Drug companies and medical device makers in Puerto Rico are still struggling with power and staffing shortages. One device manufacturer says the future of his industry on the island in uncertain. Read more on NPR

'Complicit' Is The Word Of The Year In 2017, Dictionary.com Says The website defines complicit as "choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity." Read more on NPR

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Apps Can Cut Blue Light From Devices, But Do They Help You Sleep? Lots of phone and tablet apps promise to improve sleep by filtering out the blue light from device screens. But that won't help if the reason you're not getting enough shuteye is caffeine or stress. Read more on NPR

Net Neutrality: The Long View FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has released a proposal to repeal all of the agency's rules governing net neutrality. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the man who coined the term "net neutrality," Columbia University law professor Tim Wu. Read more on NPR

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Their Doodles Entertain, But Google Hopes They Spark Important Conversations, Too Google doodles have been surprising and oftentimes delighting users for almost 20 years, but the tech giant wants them to do more than just make us smile. Google hopes they help teach us, too. Read more on NPR

Is The Streetwear Market Headed For The Mainstream? They stand in line outside stores or use online bots to snag the latest hot sneaker or limited-edition clothing, then resell it at a profit. Resellers are a key driver of a multibillion-dollar market. Read more on NPR

Studying Artificial Intelligence At New York University New York University just opened an institute that studies the social implications of artificial intelligence. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with co-founder Kate Crawford. Read more on NPR

Volunteering Abroad? Read This Before You Post That Selfie You may think it's a noble idea to photograph yourself helping poor children in a faraway country. A new campaign has a different perspective. Read more on NPR

Volunteering Abroad? Read This Before You Post That Selfie You may think it's a noble idea to photograph yourself helping poor children in a faraway country. A new campaign has a different perspective. Read more on NPR

The Left-Wing Tech Investor Running For Governor A man with an eclectic career — the youngest president of the NAACP, and a Silicon Valley tech investor — wants to be the governor of Maryland. NPR spent two days with him on the campaign trail. Read more on NPR

What's Next For Net Neutrality The FCC plans to remove regulations around net neutrality. Ina Fried, chief technology correspondent for Axios, talks NPR's Scott Simon through what to expect. Read more on NPR

Why 'Star Wars Battlefront II' Is Creating Such A Big Debate In The Gaming World Star Wars Battlefront II has created a massive debate within the world of gaming about in-game purchases, and now officials in Belgium and a representative from Hawaii are likening its in-game economy to gambling. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Allegra Frank of the video game news site Polygon about the game's controversial "loot-crate" system. Read more on NPR

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NASA Taps Young People To Help Develop Virtual Reality Technology Scientists at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center are hoping to use virtual reality technology to study space, and Earth, without leaving their offices. Talented high school students are helping. Read more on NPR

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What The End To Net Neutrality Means For Internet Streaming NPR's Elise Hu talks to former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler about what the FCC decision to end so-called net neutrality means and what it will mean to consumers of internet streaming. Read more on NPR

FCC's Pai: 'Heavy-Handed' Net Neutrality Rules Are Stifling The Internet The FCC chairman says repealing net neutrality is a needed return to a "free-market-based" Internet. One opponent says Ajit Pai's plan "would end the Internet as we know it." Read more on NPR

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Don't Compromise Your Personal Information This Holiday Shopping Season Consumers say they're worried about identity theft this holiday season, but they say these concerns won't affect how they shop. Here are steps you can take to protect your data online and in stores. Read more on NPR

FCC Chairman Defends Repeal Of Net Neutrality NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, who has proposed repealing the commission's strict regulations on Internet service providers from 2015. Read more on NPR

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'Job-Sharing' In Germany Berlin-based startup Tandemploy aims to promote "job-sharing" as an employment model in Germany. The company uses technology to match part-time job-seekers to apply to share one full-time position. Read more on NPR

Uber Paid Off Hackers In Cover-Up Uber has revealed its database was hacked over a year ago and that confidential data on 57 million customers and drivers was compromised. Read more on NPR

Uber Data On 57 Million People Stolen In Massive Hack CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says there is no excuse for the cover up of a 2016 data breach. A source tells NPR that the company paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data and keep the attack a secret. Read more on NPR

Uber Says Hackers Stole Personal Data Of 57 Million Users The company kept the breach secret for more than a year. According to a Bloomberg report, Uber paid the hackers $100,000 to delete the stolen data and stay silent about it. Read more on NPR

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FCC Unveils Plan To Repeal Net Neutrality Rules The FCC will vote Dec. 14 on a plan to undo rules that prevent Internet providers from blocking or slowing websites and apps. The plan would require broadband providers to disclose their practices. Read more on NPR

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Deciding At What Age To Give A Kid A Smartphone It's a question most parents will wrestle with at some point — when is the right time to give my child a smartphone? Let's tick through a few other questions first. Read more on NPR

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A Google-Related Plan Brings Futuristic Vision, Privacy Concerns To Toronto Sidewalk Labs, a sibling company to Google, plans to redevelop Toronto's waterfront as a high-tech, livable lab. Some residents wonder what a data-driven development could mean for privacy. Read more on NPR

The FCC And The Wave Of Deregulation While much attention has been paid to potential legislation passing through Congress or to the actions of the president, the Federal Communications Commission has been quite active. Read more on NPR

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If You Give Sheep Cameras, They'll Help Create Street Maps The Faroe Islands didn't have Google street view, but they wanted to. So they strapped 360-degree cameras on the backs of sheep to make their own. Read more on NPR

Back-Flipping Robot a Giant Leap for Robot Kind As it jumps, twists and lands a full back-flip, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot takes another step toward full functionality in a world designed for humans. Read more on NPR

FAA Approves Drone As 'Cell Phone Tower In The Sky' For Puerto Rico The aircraft is called the Flying COW, for Cell on Wings. Developed by AT&T, it can provide voice, data and Internet service for 40 square miles and up to 8,000 people at a time. Read more on NPR

Young Men, Frequent Drivers Most Likely Get Distracted While Driving Distracted driving is a growing problem, accounting for at least 12 percent of road crashes worldwide. Phones don't help. But personality and gender may play a role, too, researchers say. Read more on NPR

Government Outlines When It Will Disclose Or Exploit Software Vulnerabilities The Trump administration put out guidelines for how the government will decide what software vulnerabilities it will share with tech companies to fix, and which ones it will keep to itself for spying. Read more on NPR

The Big Idea Behind Big Data As we find our way in a world shaped by Big Data, it's not the reams of information we gather but the networks they illuminate that's the newest addition to science's index of things, says Adam Frank. Read more on NPR

Tesla Unveils Its Electric 'Semi' Truck, And Adds A Roadster Elon Musk unveiled the Roadster's return toward the end of an event that was supposed to be all about Tesla's new Semi trucks. Read more on NPR

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The Largest Digital Camera In The World Takes Shape A two-story tall, digital camera is taking shape in California. It will ultimately go on a telescope in Chile where it will survey the sky, looking for things that appear suddenly or change over time. Read more on NPR

Why Google Home Has Hard Time Recognizing The Smash Hit 'Despacito' The Latin Grammy nominated song "Despacito" is a smash hit on YouTube. But if you ask Google's personal assistant to play "Despacito" it can't understand the command. Even though YouTube is part of Google. It's a learning moment about artificial intelligence, how natural language processing works and why machines still struggle with translation and foreign accents. Read more on NPR

Gamers See A Dark Side To New 'Star Wars' Video Game Players are angry at Electronic Arts over the soon-to-be-released Star Wars Battlefront II game after it was revealed that some of the franchise's most iconic characters and other content cost extra. Read more on NPR

How Disinformation And Distortions On Social Media Affected Elections Worldwide The annual Freedom on the Net report says Internet freedom declined again in the past year and "manipulation and disinformation tactics played an important role" in 18 elections — including the U.S. Read more on NPR

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Struggling For Investments, Silicon Valley Women Reluctant To Speak Out On Harassment In Silicon Valley, it's difficult for women to come forward if they want to join the ranks of its richest. Some think the best way to fight harassment is to tread carefully and get to the top. Read more on NPR

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Oceans May Host Next Wave Of Renewable Energy Researchers say there's huge potential for harnessing ocean waves to create electricity. The Energy Department is backing one effort in Oregon. Read more on NPR

India Declares War On Unsafe Selfies India's authorities have a message to share for all takes of selfies: Stay away from wild animals, cliffs, crashing surf and monsoon floods. Is anyone listening? Read more on NPR

FDA Approves First Digital Pill That Can Track If You've Taken It Abilify MyCite is a tablet with an embedded sensor activated by fluid in the stomach. Although the drug's approval is a big step in digital medicine, there are concerns about privacy and cost. Read more on NPR

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