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Troll Watch: In Rare Move, Reddit Flags Online Forum For Inciting Violence Reddit quarantined a group this week after users incited violence. Volunteer Reddit moderator Robert Peck tells NPR's Michel Martin that this is a big deal for the infamously hands-off platform. Read more on NPR

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Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Smart, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial Artificial intelligence becomes hard to ignore when it starts taking over tasks that used to require human judgment — such as winnowing job applications or prioritizing stories in a news feed. Read more on NPR

Major Police Body Camera Manufacturer Rejects Facial Recognition Software Axon announced Thursday that it will ban the technology because it is not reliable enough for law enforcement, especially when it comes to identifying women and people of color. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Adds Warning Label For Offensive Political Tweets Twitter won't delete the tweets of politicians that are bullying or derogatory, but it will label them. Twitter has been criticized for its handling of tweets posted by President Trump and others. Read more on NPR

Tell Us: Why Do You Share Your Location? Have you ever needed to use a location-sharing app in an emergency? Or do you just track people for fun? We want to hear your story. Read more on NPR

Google Maps Leads About 100 Drivers Into A 'Muddy Mess' In Colorado A snafu of a shortcut was a reminder that even navigation apps can still get it wrong. "There's so many other people going, it must be OK," is how one driver was led astray. Read more on NPR

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Reddit Has 'Quarantined' Popular Pro-Trump Thread Over Violent Threats The violations include threats of violence directed toward officials in Oregon, where legislators are locked in a partisan standoff over proposed climate change legislation. Read more on NPR

Could The Old AT&T Break-Up Offer Lessons For Big Tech Today? In 1984, AT&T was formally broken up by the government. By most accounts it was a successful divestiture. But is it a model for the break up of the big tech companies that some are now calling for? Read more on NPR

Dating App Burnout: When Swiping Becomes A Chore Burnout is increasingly common. It's not depression or extreme exhaustion — it's feeling like you've kept going past your breaking point. Burnout can affect all parts of our lives, including dating. Read more on NPR

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Why Facebook Won't Kick Off A Warlord Facebook banned far-right extremist Alex Jones. But it won't remove the warlord Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Sudan from the platform, even though he oversaw the killing of more than 100 people. Read more on NPR

Deal Or No Deal? The Stakes Are High For Trump-Xi Trade Talks President Trump is due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this weekend, raising hopes the two leaders might call a truce in their trade war. The White House has downplayed expectations of a deal. Read more on NPR

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FedEx Sues U.S. Commerce Department Over Export Controls In Huawei Dispute FedEx has been caught up in the conflict between the Trump administration and Huawei Technologies. Now, the shipper is suing the government to block it from enforcing export regulations against FedEx. Read more on NPR

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Peak Performance: Inside The World Of Super Athletes What does it mean to push the human body to the limit? Read more on NPR

Instagram Advertising: Do You Know It, When You See It? "Micro-influencers" work with big companies to sell products on social media. Consumer groups are increasingly concerned that many posts on Instagram and platforms aren't clearly marked as ads. Read more on NPR

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Troll Watch: Robocalls Robocalls are more than just a nuisance when they target healthcare centers. NPR's Michel Martin discusses this with Dave Summitt, chief information security officer at the Moffitt Cancer Center. Read more on NPR

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Doctors Learn The Nuts And Bolts Of Robotic Surgery Robot-assisted surgery is minimally invasive and recovery time is shorter. Those are a few reasons why more medical schools are training students how to be better robotic surgeons. Read more on NPR

Training Better Robotic Surgeons Robot-assisted surgery is minimally invasive and recovery time is shorter. Those are a few reasons why more medical schools are training students how to be better robotic surgeons. Read more on NPR

Criticism Surrounds Facebook's Proposed Jump Into Cryptocurrency NPR's Michel Martin speaks with media studies professor Lana Swartz about Facebook's proposed currency, Libra. Read more on NPR

Amazon Explores Having Its Drones Provide 'Home Surveillance' For Customers The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open, a broken window, graffiti or a fire. Read more on NPR

Hackers Use Ransomware To Attack Cities NPR's Scott Simon talks with CNBC cybersecurity reporter Kate Fazzini about recent ransomware attacks on U.S. cities including Baltimore, Md., and Riviera Beach, Fla. Read more on NPR

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Ever Plugged A USB In Wrong? Of Course You Have. Here's Why It's often hard to plug in a USB device on the first try. Ajay Bhatt, the chief inventor of the USB, agrees the design is annoying but says there was a good reason for it. Read more on NPR

YouTube Under Fire For Collecting Data On Young Children Without Parental Consent YouTube is under fire for collecting data on children and may face a federal investigation. Consumer groups allege that YouTube exposes children to inappropriate content and fails to police videos. Read more on NPR

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Putting A Price On Chat: Slack Is Going Public At $16 Billion Value In just five years, Slack has grown to more than 10 million users and become a verb in the process. "I'll Slack you" is shorthand for sending a message via the chat platform. Now it's going public. Read more on NPR

Elaine Welteroth On Transforming Teen Vogue And Knowing Your Worth We talk to the magazine phenom about Project Runway, leaving journalism and beyond. Read more on NPR

The Threat Of 'Deepfakes' What happens when believing isn't seeing? Read more on NPR

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Why The American Shoe Disappeared And Why It's So Hard To Bring It Back Footwear companies face big costs in potential new tariffs on more Chinese imports. Almost all shoes sold in the U.S. are made overseas. Only about 200 factories remain. One man tried to change that. Read more on NPR

Facebook Announces Plans For Libra, Its Own Cryptocurrency Facebook announced Tuesday it plans to create its own digital currency, called Libra. It's a way for Facebook to play the role that governments play in issuing money. Read more on NPR

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Google Will Devote $1 Billion, Trying To Tame Housing Costs In Bay Area Over the next 10 years, Google hopes to help bring 20,000 new homes to the local market. Read more on NPR

Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Sets Launch For 2020 Libra will be controlled by a non-profit group in which Facebook will share responsibilities with companies from Mastercard and PayPal to Uber and Ebay. Read more on NPR

Facebook Announces Plans To Launch Cryptocurrency Called Libra Facebook says that by next year people on apps like Whatsapp and Messenger will be able to basically text payments. This news comes as regulators are asking if the tech giant is already too powerful. Read more on NPR

Apple's Buying Power And The Woman Who Named It Celebrating the legacy of Joan Robinson, the British economic theorist who named a powerful — and increasingly worried about — force in the economy. Read more on NPR

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Brands Push Back On Partnering With Social Media Influencers Brands are expected to spend up to $10 billion by next year on social media influencers. But some companies are fighting back, accusing influencers of just trying to get something for nothing. Read more on NPR

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San Francisco DA Looks To AI To Remove Potential Prosecution Bias NPR's Michel Martin speaks with San Francisco district attorney George Gascon about his plan to use artificial intelligence to combat racial bias in criminal sentencing. Read more on NPR

Why Safer Cars Don't Lead To Cheaper Car Insurance ... Yet Many new cars have optional features that can help prevent accidents. But those same features also make repairs more expensive. The result? Premiums can go up for cars that are less likely to crash. Read more on NPR

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Congress Raises Questions On How Deep Fake Technologies Could Affect 2020 Campaign The House Intelligence Committee examined the rise of deep fake videos and the challenges they place on social media platforms and the subjects of the videos who could be misrepresented in them. Read more on NPR

Hackers Demanding Ransoms Paralyze City Computer Systems In The U.S. NY Times cybersecurity correspondent Nicole Perlroth says hacking tools developed by the NSA were stolen, posted online and are now being used in cyberattacks, including one on the city of Baltimore. Read more on NPR

From Henry Ford To Elon Musk: The Past, Present And Future Of Cars Beep beep. Honk. Read more on NPR

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Spain's Soccer League Fined For Using App To Spy On Fans In Fight To Curb Piracy The country's data protection agency said the La Liga's popular app was systematically accessing the phone's microphone and geolocation data to find out which bars were showing unlicensed matches. Read more on NPR

Dinosaurs Come Back To Life At The Smithsonian After five years, the exhibit reopens this month with new bones and more scientifically accurate explanations. Read more on NPR

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter On 'The Five-Sided Box' Carter served under President Barack Obama from 2015-2017. Read more on NPR

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Lawmakers Take A Hard Look At What Google And Facebook Mean For Democracy Lawmakers are looking into how the big online platforms are displacing mainstream media and what that means for democracy. Read more on NPR

News Publishers Say Tech Industry Poses 'Potentially Existential' Threat To Media A House judiciary subcommittee is hearing from publishers on Tuesday as it looks at ways to curb Big Tech's power. Read more on NPR

Uber CEO: Some Of The Increased Scrutiny On Tech Is Deserved The push to increase regulations on tech companies may be warranted, said Dara Khosrowshahi, chief of the ride-hailing service. "We are becoming such an important part of everyday life," he said. Read more on NPR

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Hackers Grabbed Security-Camera Images Taken At Border Crossing, CBP Says The photographs of license plates and people inside vehicles were taken over a six-week period at a single U.S. land-border point, the Customs and Border Protection agency says. Read more on NPR

House Panel To Begin Probe Into Powerful Tech Giants Steve Inskeep talks to Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute, about the House Judiciary Committee launching an antitrust probe into the big tech industry. Read more on NPR

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The Money And Trade-Offs Involved In The Influencer Economy NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic about the influence economy, how much money is at stake and who has the power. Read more on NPR

An Inside Look At The Tech Giant Huawei A visit to Huawei in China offers an inside-look at the tech giant's operations, and a look at how concerns are handled about alleged back doors in the technology posing a risk to other countries. Read more on NPR

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Tuning Out: Saying Goodbye To iTunes We recall the halcyon days of owning a song for 99 cents. Read more on NPR

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Cybersecurity Official On Bridging The Divide Between The U.S. And China Andy Purdy once was a top cybersecurity official for the U.S. government. He works now for the Chinese tech giant Huawei — heading their cybersecurity team in the U-S. Read more on NPR

YouTube Removes White Supremacist Content YouTube's new policy intended to remove hateful speech from its platform has been effective, but it is also having unintended consequences. Read more on NPR

Big Tech And Antitrust The government is looking into whether the large tech giants, such as Google and Facebook, are violating antitrust law. We look at the arguments for more regulation. Read more on NPR

Is YouTube Doing Enough To Stop Harassment Of LGBTQ Content Creators? The decision not to ban a right-wing YouTuber for personal attacks on a gay journalist taps into the debate over hate speech on social media — and whether companies do enough to support LGBTQ users. Read more on NPR

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Understanding AirDrop 'Crossfire' NPR's Scott Simon asks Atlantic writer Taylor Lorenz about the phenomenon of teens using AirDrop to share memes and pictures with each other and, sometimes, unwitting strangers. Read more on NPR

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As Google Advances Its Interests, It Serves As Huawei Emissary To U.S. Google is quietly assuming the role of Huawei emissary, according to a senior Huawei official, in effect negotiating with the Commerce Department on behalf of the Chinese telecom giant. Read more on NPR

Happy Birthday, Tetris. 35 Years Later You're As Addictive And Tetromino-y As Ever The video game has become one of the most popular and best selling of all time. Its creator, Alexey Pajitnov, says that's because it appeals to humanity's "constructive spirit." Read more on NPR

Here's Why You May Start Receiving Fewer Robocalls The FCC wants phone companies to block robocalls by default. "We think these actions will help consumers ... to get the peace and the quiet that they deserve," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Read more on NPR

Democratic Rep. David Cicilline Discusses Probe Into Big Tech Antitrust Regulations NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I. about Congress' announcement that it will begin investigating top tech companies to determine if they violated antitrust regulations. Read more on NPR

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