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Hawaii's Supreme Court OKs Construction Of Giant Telescope Despite Native Objections The massive telescope with a nearly 100-foot mirror is set to be built atop 13,800-foot Mauna Kea, considered sacred land by some of the project's opponents. Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER, DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and KATIE BENNER from NYT Technology via New York Times

For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival Two new studies suggest that minimally invasive surgery for early stage cervical cancer patients leads to death and recurring disease more often than standard surgery through a large incision. Read more on NPR

Nearly 30 Percent Of Anti-Semitic Online Attacks Are Bots A study released last week by the Anti-Defamation League revealed that anti-Semitic online slurs have surged in the lead-up to the mid-terms, and many of the attacks are automated. Read more on NPR

By KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology via New York Times

Old Voting Machines Confuse Some Texans During Midterm Election Election officials in Texas say voters need to be patient with the aging voter machines which, at times, are tripping up some voters used to newer technology. Read more on NPR

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Gab Goes Offline After Alleged Pittsburgh Shooter Posted Anti-Semitic Threats NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with researcher Joan Donovan about how the online platform Gab appealed to white supremacists, and why it provides lessons in combating extremism online. Read more on NPR

The Tinder-Bumble Feud: Dating Apps Fight Over Who Owns The Swipe The companies are battling over whether Bumble swiped Tinder's features. Their dispute sheds new light on how the patent system is grappling with invention on the Internet. Read more on NPR

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The Russia Investigations: The U.S. Launches A Digital Offensive — Gently The NSA and U.S. Cyber Command can exercise near-godlike omniscience over the Internet. A recent report from The New York Times provides some insight into what they're doing with it. Read more on NPR

After Synagogue Attack, Web-Hosting Sites Suspend Gab Alleged synagogue shooter Robert Bowers was an avid user of Gab, the social media site that touts itself as a place for free speech. The site is popular with white nationalists and the alt-right. Read more on NPR

In Major Acquisition, IBM Will Acquire Open-Source Software Company Red Hat IBM will acquire Red Hat for $190 per share, in a deal worth approximately $34 billion. Both companies took pains to say the Red Hat ethos and commitment to open source would continue. Read more on NPR

A Look At Gab, The 'Free Speech' Social Site Where Synagogue Shooting Suspect Posted The website where the synagogue shooting suspect posted anti-Semitic messages has served as a home for the far-right online in Gab's quest to have few restrictions on speech. Read more on NPR

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Russian Trolls Tried To Influence Debate Over NFL Players Kneeling During Anthem NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal about Russian twitter bots attempting to sow political discord in America by tweeting about football. Read more on NPR

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Should Self-Driving Cars Have Ethics? To design a "moral machine," researchers updated a classic thought experiment for the autonomous vehicle age. But do we really want artificial intelligence making decisions on who lives or dies? Read more on NPR

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Planet Money: Netflix And Amazon Stream Into India Amazon and Netflix are trying to take India's streaming market. But so far, success in the country has proved elusive. Read more on NPR

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By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

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Blockchain And Climate Change There's a lot of buzz about how big data and now blockchain will "solve climate change." Scientists are concerned that the hype plays into a dangerous idea that there's a technological magic bullet. Read more on NPR

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Why Teen Girls And Boys Don't Have Equal Access To Mobile Phones A new study surveyed 3,000 teenage girls and boys in 25 countries about the way they use mobile phones. Read more on NPR

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A.I. Produced 'Portrait' Will Go Up For Auction At Christie's The print, called Edmond de Belamy, is a blurry depiction of what could be a "a man of the church" floating within a gilt frame. In place of the artist's signature is a math equation. Read more on NPR

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Here's How Russia Runs Its Disinformation Effort Against The 2018 Midterms Court documents, intelligence reports and other official accounts have now created the most comprehensive picture yet of one key aspect of the "active measures" targeting the West. Read more on NPR

Uber's Online-Only Restaurants: The Future, Or The End Of Dining Out? Uber has helped create about 800 "virtual restaurants" in the U.S. — eateries that only exist online. Uber says its delivery service helps restaurants grow, but some in the industry see downsides. Read more on NPR

This Portrait Is Reminiscent Of A Rembrandt But Artificial Intelligence Created It NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with art appraiser Erin-Marie Wallace about how a piece of art that was created by an algorithm, but looks like a Rembrandt can be appraised. Read more on NPR

Facebook, Exploited By Influence Campaigns, Tries To Clamp Down With 'War Room' The social networking behemoth says a new command center at its Silicon Valley headquarters will let it respond quicker to foreign disinformation operations ahead of Election Day. Read more on NPR

Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin Proponents of the chips say they're safe and largely protected from hacking, but one scientist is raising privacy concerns around the kind of personal health data that might be stored on the devices. Read more on NPR

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South Korean Women Fight Back Against Spy Cams In Public Bathrooms Micro-cameras installed in public bathrooms for surreptitious filming are an everyday concern for women. Police say the number of "illegal filming" crimes sharply increased between 2011 and 2017. Read more on NPR

Spy Bosses Warn Of Foreign Interference As Feds Unseal New Russia Charges The intelligence agencies said the threat of foreign interference persists; DOJ unsealed a criminal case against a Russian accused of being the top accountant for Moscow's disinformation effort. Read more on NPR

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By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs For the first time in years, Delta County in western Colorado is experiencing population growth, one indicator that rural Americans are increasingly feeling optimistic about their economic future. Read more on NPR

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Amy Winehouse Hologram Expected To 'Tour' With A Backing Band Proceeds from the concerts, featuring a holographic image of the deceased artist, would go to the Winehouse Foundation, which works to prevent drug and alcohol abuse in young people. Read more on NPR

By DAVID STREITFELD from NYT Technology via New York Times

As Midterms Approach, Facebook Ramps Up Disinformation Fight Facebook gave journalists a tour of a new command center dedicated to fighting disinformation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Will it make a difference? Read more on NPR

By WHITNEY RICHARDSON from NYT Technology via New York Times

'Irresponsible' To Conflate Chinese, Russian Influence Schemes, Democrats Charge The minority leaders of a number of key House committees argue that the White House shouldn't lump together dissimilar foreign threats to U.S. elections, citing a Homeland Security briefing. Read more on NPR

Winning And Losing The Code War The inside story of how America’s enemies launched a cyber war against us — and how we’ve learned to fight back. Read more on NPR

Why It's Hard To Change Minds About Climate Change The science is there. But some people aren't. Read more on NPR

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FCC Chief Calls For Investigation Of Florida Cellphone Service Outages One cellphone company says it already had begun crediting customers for the lack of service due to outages in Florida counties hit by Hurricane Michael. Read more on NPR

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Google Didn't Reveal Security Bug For Months, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports David Greene talks to Douglas MacMillan of The Wall Street Journal about how Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users and then opted not to disclose the issue. Read more on NPR

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Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies At 65 Paul Allen, who co-founded tech giant Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Seattle Times reporter Matt Day. Read more on NPR

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies At 65 Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Seattle on Monday, according to his company, Vulcan Inc. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Says 14 Million Accounts Had Broad Array Of Personal Data Stolen In an update on a recent security breach, Facebook says 30 million accounts were affected. For nearly half of those, hackers accessed a users' searches, locations and other details. Read more on NPR

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To Deter Foreign Hackers, Some States May Also Be Deterring Voters States are blocking foreign IP addresses from their election websites. But it won't stop determined hackers and it could frustrate voters who live overseas. Read more on NPR

By SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology via New York Times