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Google Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Company Expands Travel Restrictions American companies are curbing travel and pulling out of big events as they try to limit their employees' exposure to the growing outbreak Read more on NPR

Not Everyone Gets To Use iPhones In The Movies Apple issues guidelines for how its computers, smartphones and other devices can be used in movies and TV shows. But that information in itself can be a potential spoiler alert. Read more on NPR

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With An Election On The Horizon, Older Adults Get Help Spotting Fake News Middle and high schools have been adding courses about how to spot fake news. Older adults also struggle to sort disinformation online, but there are fewer resources tackling the problem. Read more on NPR

'Inside Story' Sheds Light On Facebook's Effort To Connect The World How can one company be so wildly successful — and so thoroughly distrusted? Tech writer Steven Levy reflects on Facebook's enigmatic leader and its drive for expansion in his new book. Read more on NPR

Why America Is Losing The Toilet Race Japan rethought the bathroom. Why hasn't America? Read more on NPR

'Facebook: The Inside Story' Reveals A Company Made In Its Founder's Image Journalist Steven Levy's rich history of the social network traces Facebook's cascading crises to the worldview and early decisions of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Read more on NPR

At 25 Years, Understanding The Longevity Of Craigslist While other sites keep updating, Craigslist just looks old. "It's like a shark that's never had to evolve," says Jessa Lingel, who's written about the history of Craigslist. Read more on NPR

How Some Are Trying To Teach Senior Citizens To Spot Fake News Middle and high schools have been adding curricula about how to spot fake news. Older adults also struggle to sort disinformation online — but there are fewer resources tackling the problem. Read more on NPR

An Airbnb For Farmland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns The Internet startup Tillable wants to match farmers with farmland available for rent. The problem? Farmers already on that land fear their farm data is being used against them. Read more on NPR

Data, Privacy Concerns Are Raised After Startup Tries To Rent Farmland An Internet startup that wanted to be a kind of Airbnb for farmland hit a snag in recent weeks: a wave of criticism on social media. Farmer Twitter is angry. Read more on NPR

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Algorithm Targets Marijuana Convictions Eligible To Be Cleared NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with program director Alia Toran-Burrell of Code for America about clearing the records of thousands of people's marijuana convictions in California. Read more on NPR

A Father Fights To Get Footage Of His Daughter's Death Removed Andy Parker talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his latest effort to get YouTube to remove video of his daughter's murder. He has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. Read more on NPR

Video Games As Connection During Coronavirus Outbreak NPR's Michel Martin speaks with reporter Shannon Liao about how some people in China are using video games to cope with fear and stay connected with friends during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more on NPR

Troll Watch: Deep Fakes In Indian Elections NPR's Michel Martin speaks with researcher Tarunima Prabhakar about the use of deep fakes as a campaign tool during recent local elections in Dehli, India. Read more on NPR

Troll Watch: Russian Interference In 2020 NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, about the threat of Russian interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Read more on NPR

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Remembering The Pioneer Behind Your Computer's Cut, Copy And Paste Functions NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember the legacy of computer scientist Larry Tesler, the man who came up the copy-and-paste function. Tesler died this week at the age of 74. Read more on NPR

Tech Workers Take Action: A Look At Recent Labor Movements NPR's Scott Simon talks with Nataliya Nedzvetskaya about the recent vote to unionize by Kickstarter employees. Read more on NPR

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Study Finds Century-old Combat Helmet Superior Shield Against Brain Trauma Combat helmets have always been made to protect against blunt objects, not blast waves. Despite improvements in helmet design, battlefield brain injuries continue. Read more on NPR

A Studio At Your Fingertips: 5 Apps Teachers Are Using To Make Student Podcasts We checked in with educators to see what tools their students are using to create entries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Read more on NPR

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Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages Encryption is going mainstream, and some tech companies "throw away the key" so they can't decrypt messages even when police get a warrant. The government says that's taking privacy too far. Read more on NPR

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The Pink Congo Scam Of Houseplant Influencer Instagram A bright pink houseplant called the pink congo philodendron is all the rage on Instagram, demanding high prices from buyers. Wired reporter Arielle Pardes says it's a scam targeting rare plant lovers. Read more on NPR

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How Nevada Democrats Hope To Avoid Iowa's Tech Errors Reporters were given a preview of a mock caucus with the actual worksheet, posters that will be in use, and the iPad calculator that will help with the caucus math. Read more on NPR

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Warrant-Proof Encrypted Messages Targeted By Trump Administration "End-to-end encryption" has gone mainstream, which means tech companies can't decrypt messages even when law enforcement has a warrant. The Trump administration says that's taking privacy too far. Read more on NPR

Losing Sleep Over The Quest For A Perfect Night's Rest A boom in technology promising to improve sleep has an ironic side effect: orthosomnia. Thanks to sleep trackers, people get so obsessed with perfect sleep that they are losing sleep over it. Read more on NPR

Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley, Armed With Stoic Philosophy In 2017, Susan Fowler published a blog post that revealed Uber's misogynistic corporate culture — and helped change the world. In her memoir, she urges readers not to see her as a victim. Read more on NPR

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Behind The Ransomware Attack On Palm Beach County Elections In 2016 The security of voting systems is a central focus this year, especially following reports like one out of Florida, where Palm Beach County says it was hit by a ransomware attack in 2016. Read more on NPR

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Plans To Develop High-Tech 'Smart City' In Toronto Met With Resistance Sidewalk Labs is a sister company of Google, which is why some Toronto residents are worried about its plan to develop a high-tech, green neighborhood where sensors collect data on people's movements. Read more on NPR

Europe Pressures U.S. To Back Low-Cost Alternative To Huawei Discussions at the Munich Security Conference have been somewhat overshadowed by the deepening divide between the U.S. and Europe over Huawei. Read more on NPR

The Amazon Dating App Is Fake, But The Fears Are Real Amazon Dating doesn't really exist — yet. But a mock-up of what Amazon Dating might look like fooled some this week, and got others talking. Read more on NPR

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U.S. Prosecutors Hit Huawei With New Federal Charges The U.S. government has charged China's Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The new charges raise the stakes to a case that began last year. Read more on NPR

Meme 2020 Creates Bloomberg Sponsored Internet Content NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York Times technology reporter Taylor Lorenz about Michael Bloomberg presidential team's use of memes, and Internet culture as part of its campaign strategy. Read more on NPR

U.S. Prosecutors Hit Huawei With New Federal Charges The Department of Justice is accusing the Chinese telecom giant of racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets from U.S. companies. The Trump administration has security concerns about Huawei. Read more on NPR

Key Florida Elections Office Endured Cyberattack Ahead of 2016 Election Palm Beach County, which has experienced myriad elections issues in recent years, says that its elections office was breached by a ransomware attack before the 2016 election. Read more on NPR

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Filmmaker Tracks Bezos' 'Rise And Reign' And How Amazon Became 'Inescapable' Director James Jacoby catalogs the reach of the tech giant in his new PBS FRONTLINE documentary, Amazon Empire. "So much power is pooled into the hands of one company and one man," he says. Read more on NPR

Iowa Caucus Meltdown Proved Transparency Is Essential, Election-Watchers Say Secrecy was the strategy for Iowa Democrats when it came to planning the caucus process. Experts say now that decision compounded an environment ripe for manipulation. Read more on NPR

Major Smartphone Trade Show Canceled In Barcelona Amid Coronavirus Concerns Organizers have called off the annual Mobile World Congress in Spain after a slew of high-profile tech companies pulled out, citing concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Read more on NPR

Watchdog Warns Census Faces Cybersecurity, Hiring Risks Before National Rollout Weeks before the census is fully underway, the Government Accountability Office finds the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting workers and resolving risks with the first primarily online U.S. count. Read more on NPR

In Coronavirus Quarantine, Diamond Princess Passengers Form Unique Online Community The postings on Facebook, email and WhatsApp are mainly "just words of encouragement and a friendly ear." But they also share food reviews and news. Read more on NPR

Halfway Through Quarantine, Diamond Princess Passengers Form Unique Online Community The postings on Facebook, email and WhatsApp are mainly "just words of encouragement and a friendly ear." But they also share food reviews and news. Read more on NPR

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After Iowa Debacle, Left's Tech Experts Say Dems Need A Strategic Shakeup The failure of this year's Iowa caucuses was years in the making, progressive technology specialists argue, in part because of the haphazard way political users buy software. Read more on NPR

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How Political Campaigns Can Fight Disinformation NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lisa Kaplan, founder of Alethea Group and former digital director for Sen. Angus King's 2018 campaign, about whether campaigns are prepared for online disinformation. Read more on NPR

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Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. Read more on NPR

Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy. Read more on NPR

After Iowa Debacle, Nevada Democrats Will Not Use An App For Their Caucuses The Nevada Democratic Party chair has already said that what happened in Iowa would not happen in Nevada on Feb. 22, the date of its party caucuses. Read more on NPR

Critics Say China Has Suppressed And Censored Information In Coronavirus Outbreak They charge that news of a new pneumonialike illlness was kept from the public for weeks — and that social media accounts are being shut down if certain types of comments are made. Read more on NPR

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When Bias Is Coded Into Our Technology Facial recognition systems from large tech companies often misidentify black women as male — including the likes of Michelle Obama and Serena Williams. A new documentary, "Coded Bias" unpacks why. Read more on NPR

How Digital Billboards Target Passersby (Hint: It's Cellphone Data) More and more digital billboards are popping up around the U.S. Many are tracking us through our cell phones — similar to what happens online. Here's a close look at one in Times Square. Read more on NPR

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From Delivery Trucks To Scooter-Moving Vans, Fleets Are Going Electric Lime is all about electric vehicles — battery-powered scooters, that is. But now the company is also going to use plug-in vans for behind-the-scenes operations. And it's far from alone. Read more on NPR

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How Political Campaigns Are Using 'Geofencing' Technology To Target Catholics At Mass NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter about how one political group is using "geofencing" of cellphone data to target Catholic voters at Sunday Mass. Read more on NPR

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Some Businesses Are Going Cashless, But Cities Are Pushing Back Washington, D.C., is the latest city to consider banning businesses from rejecting cash. Opponents of cashless stores say they discriminate against low-income, homeless and undocumented people. Read more on NPR

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Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead As Democratic Party officials and election security experts dissect what happened Tuesday in Iowa, concerns are growing that similar failures could occur elsewhere. Read more on NPR

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What Went Wrong With The Iowa Caucus Results App? The delay of results in the Iowa Democratic caucuses was blamed on a new smartphone app. It was made by a company called Shadow Inc. which was started by veterans of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. Read more on NPR

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Examining The Failure Of The Iowa Caucuses Smartphone App A smartphone app designed to make reporting Iowa caucus results easier and faster did neither. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Betsy Cooper of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub about it. Read more on NPR

What We Know About The App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app. Read more on NPR

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