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Can't Tell Where It's Flooded? Look At Your Phone, Stay Safe The warming climate means more intense rain and dangerous flash floods. In Austin, Texas, officials hope that letting people see the rising waters on their smartphones will help keep them safe. Read more on NPR

Being Steve Jobs' Daughter In 'Small Fry' NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Lisa Brennan-Jobs about her new book, Small Fry, a memoir of growing up with a single mom and being the daughter of Steve Jobs. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Public Policy Director On How Company Monitors Content NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Carlos Monje, Twitter's head of public policy, about how the company is responding to misinformation on its platform ahead of the midterm elections. Read more on NPR

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Emailing On Your Commute? That's Work, A New Study Says "It's really important to my sanity that I can get work done on the train," a working mother told researchers, discussing her commuting routine. Read more on NPR

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Bugged At Work: How Secret Recordings Are Changing the Workplace Secretly taped recordings are increasingly common in the workplace. Many say they can help workers catch bad actors in lies, but as it becomes more widespread, some say it hurts open dialogue. Read more on NPR

Dockless Scooters Gain Popularity And Scorn Across The U.S. Electric scooters have spread in cities across the U.S. in the past year, but their popularity hasn't been without controversy. Read more on NPR

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Texas Nurse Loses Job After Apparently Posting About Patient In Anti-Vaxxer Group A Texas Children's Hospital nurse allegedly described a young patient with the measles, in a Facebook post affirming her opposition to vaccines. The hospital says patient privacy is a "top priority." Read more on NPR

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Morning News Brief Results are in for primary elections that were held in Arizona and Florida. NAFTA negotiations are underway in Washington, D.C. And, President Trump accuses Google of suppressing conservative voices. Read more on NPR

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Texas Company Will Send 3D-Printable Gun Files Directly To Customers On Monday a federal judge blocked Defense Distributed from publishing 3D-printable files online. Now that company says it will send the plans directly to customers who want them. Read more on NPR

It's Easier Than Ever To Record Conversations And That's Reshaping The Workplace A couple of recent, high-profile instances of conversations secretly recorded at work have highlighted a big change in how workplace lawsuits and culture are influenced by surreptitious recordings. Read more on NPR

Need To Track A Submarine? A Harbor Seal Can Show You How Harbor seals use sensors in their whiskers to help discern predator from prey. It's all about the way the water whirls, say scientists who are now training computers to be better trackers, too. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Suspends Additional Accounts For 'Coordinated Manipulation' Twitter has found more bogus accounts linked to Iran and suspended 284 for participating in a "coordinated manipulation." Another 486 were taken down in the past week for violating Twitter policies. Read more on NPR

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Jacksonville Shooting Witness Recalls 'People Crying' And 'Running For Their Lives' Ryen Aleman tells NPR how he and another gamer hid in a restroom to avoid the shooter. As the two huddled in a stall, they could hear gunshots and the cries of people who had been hit. Read more on NPR

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'Multiple Fatalities' In Florida Video Game Tournament Shooting The sheriff's office in Jacksonville, Fla., says a "mass shooting" has taken place at a Madden video game tournament. Read more on NPR

How Hurricane Harvey Harmed The Clocks When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas last year, it flooded Houston. One of the unexpected effects of the storm: many damaged clocks in need of repair. Read more on NPR

Immigration, Chemical Attacks Among False Content Pushed By Fake Accounts Online Cybersecurity expert Clint Watts updates NPR's Michel Martin on what false narratives and divisive issues trolls and bots are now pushing online. Read more on NPR

What Closing A Government Radio Station Would Mean For Your Clocks Many clocks sync with a government radio station that's been proposed to be closed. Scott Simon talks with Thomas Witherspoon of the website The SWLing Post. Read more on NPR

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Fad Or The Future? Robot-Made Burgers Wow The Crowds In San Francisco As more culinary robots find their way into commercial food prep, one restaurant in San Francisco called Creator is hoping to strike a balance between high tech and the human touch. Read more on NPR

What Trump's Tariffs Could Mean For Companies That Make Electric Powered Bikes E-bikes and scooters have increased in popularity in the last few years, but the new 25 percent tariffs that go into effect against China on Thursday could potentially cripple these fledgling industries. Read more on NPR

FireEye Manager Discusses How Cybersecurity Firm Revealed Propaganda Campaign NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Lee Foster, manager of FireEye's information operations intelligence analysis team about how the cybersecurity firm identified a suspected influence operation, appearing to come from Iran. Read more on NPR

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Russian Hackers Target Conservative Think Tanks In Latest Cyberattack A new report by Microsoft has answers. Read more on NPR

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Democratic National Committee Says It Caught Cyberattack In The Act Facebook and Twitter have revealed that they've neutralized a number of accounts linked to foreign influence campaigns. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, members of Congress were set to receive a confidential briefing about the state of election security in the U.S. Read more on NPR

Verizon Throttled Firefighters' Data As Mendocino Wildfire Raged, Fire Chief Says Santa Clara Fire Chief Anthony Bowden said data speeds plummeted — and he blames the repeal of net neutrality. Now, he's backing state and local agencies that are pushing to undo the FCC decision. Read more on NPR

Details Of Uber Harassment Settlement Released Dozens of women and minorities who said they were harassed while working as engineers at Uber filed a class-action lawsuit. Hundreds of people also sued for discrimination claims. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Shuts Down Hundreds Of Accounts Backed By Iran, Russia Facebook identified and shut down more than 650 malicious accounts originating in Iran and others that were Russian-backed accounts. Twitter has suspended 284 accounts for "coordinated manipulation." Read more on NPR

How Smartphone Apps Could Change The Way Sexual Assault Is Reported Developers of these apps hope to encourage more reporting and hasten the identification of repeat offenders. But some say this approach could be problematic for victims and the accused. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Shuts Down 652 Iranian-Backed And Some Russian-Backed Accounts The company says a network of accounts, pages and groups "originated in Iran and targeted people across multiple internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, UK and US." Read more on NPR

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Microsoft Says It Thwarted Attack By Russian Hackers Microsoft says a group associated with the Russian government has been targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the elections. NPR talks to Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, Read more on NPR

FDA Stirs Contraception Debate With OK For 'Natural' Birth Control App Critics worry a new contraception app, which allows women to track body temperature and menstrual cycle to avoid pregnancy, isn't as effective as other methods. But some women welcome another option. Read more on NPR

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Microsoft Says Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Political Groups As Midterms Loom Six phony websites were created by hackers linked with Russian intelligence and blamed for 2016 election interference, the company says. They allegedly targeted the Senate and two conservative groups. Read more on NPR

Russian Hackers Targeted U.S. Political Groups, Microsoft Says David Greene talks to Washington Post reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin about Microsoft blocking some fake websites designed by Russian hackers to target think tanks in favor of sanctions against Moscow. Read more on NPR

WATCH: Self-Driving Cars Need To Learn How Humans Drive Self-driving cars may be the future of transportation. But if they are going to share the road with humans, they have to learn how people behave behind the wheel. Read more on NPR

In 'Searching,' A Father Looks For His Missing Daughter By Tracking Her Online NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with director Aneesh Chaganty about his new movie Searching, about a father who looks for his missing daughter aided only by the messages, videos and other digital remnants she leaves behind. Read more on NPR

iPad Battery Malfunction Leads To Apple Store Evacuation In Amsterdam Local media said the battery exploded, releasing chemical fumes. Firefighters were called to the scene as a precautionary measure and three employees were treated for respiratory issues. Read more on NPR

HUD Hits Facebook For Allowing Housing Discrimination In a formal complaint, HUD says Facebook allows landlords and home sellers to use targeted ads to discriminate based upon the recipient's race, religion, sex, familial status and national origin. Read more on NPR

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Hunting For Russian Trolls (Online) Josh Russell is a systems analyst by day, but his hobby is scouring the Internet as an amateur Russian troll hunter. He talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden. Read more on NPR

Tesla Stock Tumbles Again, Following CEO Elon Musk's 'NYT' Interview Tesla's stock has been dropping precipitously, following a New York Times interview, in which CEO Elon Musk described being exhausted and under immense pressure. Read more on NPR

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Bo Burnham Knows Eighth Grade Was Awkward For You, Too Is eighth grade cringeworthy for everyone? Read more on NPR

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Alex Jones Penalized By Twitter Last week, the company was a notable exception after a wave of other major tech companies banned Jones and his main channels. Jones cannot tweet on his main account for one week. Read more on NPR

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How Tech Companies Are Transforming Classrooms Which digital brands do your kids encounter in school every day? Read more on NPR

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