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How Tech Companies Track Your Every Move And Put Your Data Up For Sale Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler listened to four years' worth of audio that Amazon had captured and stored from his Alexa smart speaker. He was surprised by what he found. Read more on NPR

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Facebook's Digital Money Plan Raises Stakes For China's Cryptocurrency Ambitions Facebook's plans for a new digital currency have sent Chinese monetary officials scrambling. Since 2014, China's central bank has been looking into launching a cryptocurrency too. Read more on NPR

South Korea Says About 20 Percent Of Its Population Is At Risk For Internet Addiction South Korea's government and health officials are worried about teens addicted to gaming and their smart phones in the world's most connected society. Read more on NPR

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Huawei Says Revenue Jumped 23% Despite Tensions With U.S. Sales in the six months through June were just over $58.3 billion. But Huawei Chairman Liang Hua says the company will "face difficulties" in the second half because of U.S. restrictions. Read more on NPR

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'It Came From Something Awful' Links 4Chan And Today's Political Discourse If author Dale Beran is to be believed, all the world's an internet forum. His new book offers an overview of internet culture and explores the mindset and techniques of early internet trolls. Read more on NPR

Capital One Data Breach Exposes Over 100 Million Customers An alleged hacker has been charged in connection with the breach. Authorities in Seattle say she is alleged to have hacked credit scores, balances, income information and social security numbers. Read more on NPR

Woman Charged As Hacker Of Capital One Data That Exposes Over 100 Million Customers The country's seventh-largest bank says the information was taken from a hack of credit card applications submitted over a 14-year period. Read more on NPR

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With An Eye Toward Lower Emissions, Clean Air Travel Gets Off The Ground Air travel is set to grow dramatically. It will be a while before electric planes truly take off, but people are trying to reduce their carbon footprint now with offsets and "flight shaming." Read more on NPR

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Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Intend To Deceive? Regulators missed a chance to find out if deceptive practices at Facebook came from the top when they decided to enter into a settlement with Zuckerberg instead of questioning him, an FTC member says. Read more on NPR

Grindr Has Left A Cultural Impact On The LGBTQ Community. But Can The App Survive? Once a mainstay of queer culture, Grindr is slipping at representing all aspects of LGBTQ people. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Mathew Rodriguez about why. Read more on NPR

Friday News Roundup - Domestic Robert Mueller testifies. Facebook pays a price for losing control of our data. Puerto Rico’s governor resigns. And fiscal hawks lose the plot over a new budget deal. Read more on NPR

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Senate Panel Report Details How Russians Interfered In 2016 Elections NPR's Noel King talks to Michael Daniel, ex-cybersecurity coordinator and special adviser to President Obama, about interference in the 2016 elections all the way down to the state and local level. Read more on NPR

Hello, Brave New World! The advent of streaming has changed our relationship to music, but where is it taking us? What's the logical conclusion? The only way to know for sure is to ask the future — so we did. Read more on NPR

Towards New Musics: What The Future Holds For Sound Creativity Instead of fostering and clearing new paths for musical expression, the Internet has in many ways had the opposite effect. But there's plenty of potential, as two bright minds from MIT explain. Read more on NPR

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Former Facebook Chief Security Officer On Election Security And Digital Threats NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, about efforts to shore up election security. Read more on NPR

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The Green New Deal: Where Spotify Stands, And Where Artists Wish It Would Since launching stateside in 2011, the green logo of Spotify has come to be, almost like Kleenex, synonymous with the weird new world of streaming. So, dozens of billions of dollars later, what's up? Read more on NPR

Threats To U.S. Elections Aren't Going Away. What Have The 2020 Democrats Proposed? FBI Director Christopher Wray and former special counsel Robert Mueller both warned this week about the perils to the 2020 presidential race. What would the candidates do about it? Read more on NPR

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Facebook Faces More than A Fine From Regulators Is Facebook a monopoly? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips about the agency's investigation into the social media giant for potential antitrust violations. Read more on NPR

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Improved Prosthetic Hand Gains A Lighter Touch And Easy Grip There's still much research to be done before the device is routinely useful. But one patient was able to use it to gently grasp his wife's hand and feel her touch — an emotional moment, he says. Read more on NPR

The 1A Movie Club Sees ‘The Lion King’ The remake made over a half billion dollars in its first 10 days of release. But how did the film resonate with viewers? Read more on NPR

50 Years Later: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing And How We Got There (Rebroadcast) This week marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the Moon. Read more on NPR

FTC: Facebook's Zuckerberg Must Give Progress Reports To Regulators The FTC and Facebook entered a new settlement over privacy violations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg must give quarterly progress reports directly to regulators. Facebook must also pay a $5 billion fine. Read more on NPR

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Facebook To Pay $5 Billion To Settle FTC Privacy Case As part of the settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could be subject to penalties if his company doesn't comply with the agreement. Read more on NPR

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Justice Department Begins Review Of Whether Big Tech Is Too Powerful The Justice Department is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review of big tech companies. The inquiry will consider concerns raised about "search, social media, and some retail services online." Read more on NPR

News Brief: Robert Mueller, DOJ's Tech Review, Pa. School's Lunch Debt Ex-special counsel Robert Mueller testifies Wednesday before 2 House panels. DOJ launches a review into major tech firms. And, a Pennsylvania school district rebuffs donor efforts to pay lunch debts. Read more on NPR

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DOJ Starts Review Of Whether Major Tech Companies Are Too Powerful The Justice Department says it is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review, without naming the companies. But there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon. Read more on NPR

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A New Battery Could Be Key To Cutting Carbon Emissions, Slowing Climate Change NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Yet-Ming Chiang, professor of materials science and engineering at MIT, about why new battery technology is key to cutting carbon emissions and slowing climate change. Read more on NPR

The Success Of Streaming Has Been Great For Some, But Is There A Better Way? Chastened since the turn of the millennium, the streaming revolution has now revivified the recording industry — at least, those at the top of it. What are the alternatives, then? Read more on NPR

India Launches Mission To The Moon On Its Second Try If Chandrayaan-2 lands on the moon as planned, India would become the fourth country to land on the moon's surface, after the United States, Russia and China. Read more on NPR

Equifax To Pay Up To $700 Million In Data Breach Settlement The credit reporting agency will pay up to $700 million in fines and monetary relief to consumers over a massive 2017 data breach that affected more than 148 million people. Read more on NPR

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Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats Appoints New Election Security Czar Spy world veteran Shelby Pierson will attempt to centralize election security efforts across the intelligence community with soon-to-be-designated agency leads. Read more on NPR

An Imagined Future Speaks In 'Talking To Robots' If you want to see what that future might look like, David Ewing Duncan's book is a fun place to start; he imagines various future bots based on interviews with scientists and engineers, among others. Read more on NPR

Game Mode: Video Game Accessibility One game review website aims to keep conversations about accessibility alive until the industry becomes more inclusive. Read more on NPR

Game Mode: The Next Level What does the future of gaming look like? Read more on NPR

What Facebook And Mercy Corps Can Gain (And Lose) From A Digital Currency Partnership Mercy Corps believes that the Libra currency, set to launch in 2020, could help funnel aid to the poor. But critics wonder why the charitable group has partnered with a controversial company. Read more on NPR

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Meet John Houbolt: He Figured Out How To Go To The Moon, But Few Were Listening In the early 1960s, NASA was considering three different ideas for landing a man on the lunar surface. Houbolt's plan ultimately won out despite concerns within NASA that it was too risky. Read more on NPR

Viral Russian-Created FaceApp Sparks Worry Over Privacy NPR's Noel King talks to Geoffrey Fowler of "The Washington Post" who has done analysis on the Russian-created FaceApp that's gone viral for its ability to use photos to transform people's faces. Read more on NPR

Democrats Issue Warnings Against Viral Russia-Based Face-Morphing App FaceApp's surge in popularity has driven Sen. Chuck Schumer to call for a federal investigation into the St. Petersburg-developed app over potential "national security and privacy risks" to Americans. Read more on NPR

Game Mode: Managing Producer Of Narrative, Randy Varnell The script for Borderlands 2 contained around 500,000 lines of dialogue. Surprised? Read more on NPR

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Game Mode: Work Hard, Play Hard Will a unionization effort among game workers address workplace issues? Read more on NPR

EU Investigates If Amazon Hurts Competition By Using Sellers' Data The European Union's antitrust arm will evaluate Amazon's role as both a retailer and a marketplace for others. One focus will be on Amazon's use of data collected from third-party sellers. Read more on NPR

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Game Mode: Composer Inon Zur "Fallout." "Dragon Age." "Prince of Persia." Behind these otherworldly games are intricate, otherwordly soundtracks. And behind those soundtracks is Emmy Award-winning composer is Inon Zur. Read more on NPR

Game Mode: Loot Boxes And The Law Should the government regulate in-game purchases? Read more on NPR

Yelp CEO Discusses His Efforts To Convince Congress That Google Is A Monopoly As Congress holds hearings on tech giants, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman about his efforts to convince Congress that Google is a monopoly. Read more on NPR

Google's Search Bias On Trial In Washington A Senate panel is looking to see if the company is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results. Google has previously denied political bias. Read more on NPR

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Tech Firms To Face Lawmakers Over Antitrust, Digital Currency Lawmakers in the Senate and House will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition. Read more on NPR

The Dawn Of Low-Carbon Shipping The shipping industry is starting to move away from pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. Scientists and private companies are betting on a clean replacement technology: hydrogen fuel cells. Read more on NPR

News Brief: Trump Tweets, Asylum Rule, Big Tech Hearings Trump doubles down on racist remarks directed at freshmen congresswomen of color. White House implements a new rule for asylum-seekers. And, big tech comes to Capitol Hill for congressional hearings. Read more on NPR

Congress' Power Struggle With Big Tech Will Be On Display At Hearings There are three congressional hearings scheduled on Tuesday — each exploring the growing influence that a handful of tech companies have over billions of people. Read more on NPR

VIDEO: Move Objects With Your Mind? We're Getting There, With The Help Of An Armband You know "the Force" that binds all things — the one that can let your mind move objects? The latest Future You video demos an armband that allows users to control objects with thoughts. Read more on NPR

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Game Mode: Consoles And Community Sure, some gamers play to detach from others, but increasingly video games are helping people with socialization skills by building communities. Read more on NPR

Alan Turing, Computing Genius And WWII Hero, To Be On U.K.'s New 50-Pound Note For decades, Turing's status as a giant in mathematics was largely unknown, thanks to the secrecy around his computer research and the social taboos about his sexuality. Read more on NPR

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'It's A Career Ender': 2 LGBTQ Former Dell Workers Share Their Stories A former Dell worker said she had such a rough time at the company because of her appearance that she filed a human rights complaint. Another former worker alleges bias over her gender transition. Read more on NPR

In Boston, Web App Matches Budget Renters With Senior Homeowners In Boston, a web app called "Nesterly" matches would-be renters with people who have a room to spare and could use a little help around the house. Read more on NPR

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Placing Facebook's $5 Billion Fine In Context NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel about Facebook's $5 billion fine levied by the Federal Trade Commission. Read more on NPR

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