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CryptoKitties: Using The Blockchain For Cat Pictures The online game CryptoKitties draws comparisons to Beanie Babies. Fad or not, it gives collectors something unique: a digital collectible they — and nobody else — can own. Read more on NPR

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Do Not Sell My Personal Information: California Eyes Data Privacy Measure A sweeping new data privacy law has gone into effect in Europe, and California may soon follow with its own protections. Backers say the state's move could prompt such standards across the U.S. Read more on NPR

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Cryptocurrency Miners Make Big Promises In Small Towns Massena, N.Y., has hemorrhaged factory jobs over the past decade. Now, digital currency mining firms have come to town, promising jobs and investment. Read more on NPR

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Why Ghana's Clam Farmers Are Digging GPS They have been working the same stretches of river for decades — but have no proof of ownership. Now technology comes to the rescue. Read more on NPR

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Newark Police Camera System Relies On Residents, Stirring Privacy Concerns To bolster safety, the high-crime New Jersey city is installing hundreds of cameras. But the new technology is raising civil liberties issues, as the footage is available to anyone with a cellphone. Read more on NPR

Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs Personal injury law firms are targeting people as they enter emergency rooms with location-based mobile ads. The trend is raising concerns among patients and health privacy experts. Read more on NPR

Jaron Lanier: How Can We Repair The Mistakes Of The Digital Era? Jaron Lanier says tech giants are battling for our attention to manipulate our behavior. But how did we get here? Lanier offers insights from the Internet's early days and a possible path forward. Read more on NPR

Tristan Harris: What Is The Cost Of Infinite Distractions? Designer Tristan Harris says attention is at the core of human experience. He argues that our addiction to technology has the power to threaten our very capacity to think, reason and problem solve. Read more on NPR

Amishi Jha: How Can We Pay Better Attention To Our Attention? What exactly is attention, and how can we reclaim it? Neuroscientist Amishi Jha says there's a powerful link between mindfulness, meditation and attention. Read more on NPR

Manoush Zomorodi: Has Constant Stimulation Replaced Boredom? With a never-ending stream of stimulation, we rarely experience boredom. But tech podcast host Manoush Zomorodi says we actually need to feel bored in order to jump-start our creativity. Read more on NPR

Zeynep Tufekci: How Is Our Attention Packaged And Sold As A Commodity? Why is it so easy to burn through an hour on YouTube or Facebook? Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci explains how advertisting algorithms have turned our attention into a valuable commodity. Read more on NPR

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Oregon Couple Unplugs Alexa After Private Conversation Is Recorded The couple tells KIRO-TV that they had a private conversation. Their Amazon Echo recorded it, and then sent the audio to someone on their contact list. Amazon says this is extremely rare. Read more on NPR

Why A Europe-Wide Data Protection Law Matters To Others David Greene talks to Helen Dixon, Ireland's Data Protection commissioner, about a Europe-wide law that takes effect Friday, which also affects Internet users in the U.S. and globally. Read more on NPR

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3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect Friday, but it also has implications in the U.S. Firms like Spotify and eBay now say you can ask them to delete data about you they've stored. Read more on NPR

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Sweeping Internet Privacy Protection Regulations To Take Effect One of the biggest changes in data privacy ever takes effect in Europe Friday. The rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, will have implications for U.S. consumers of social media. Read more on NPR

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Watch: Mark Zuckerberg Speaks To European Union Parliament Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with European Union Parliament members on Tuesday to discuss allegations that the personal data of European Facebook users was misused. Read more on NPR

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Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition The low-priced, cloud-based facial recognition can track and identify people as they walk down the street. U.S. police have generally held off on using Amazon's service in real time. Read more on NPR

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3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them? Historic sites around the world face mounting threats: war, climate change, natural disaster. There's a rush to use 3D scans for preservation. But experts have questions about how the scans are used. Read more on NPR

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Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Music Head, Faces Down A Doubtful Music Business The former rap mogul and current head of music at YouTube on #MeToo (sort of), Migos and his mortality. Read more on NPR

Not Just Ballots: Tennessee Hack Shows Election Websites Are Vulnerable, Too An attack earlier this month in Tennessee highlights the fact that public facing results websites offer attackers a much easier target than ballots or voter registration systems. Read more on NPR

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Senate Approves Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal Several Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the FCC's controversial decision. But the measure has little chance of success in the House. Read more on NPR

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Spotify's 'Hateful Conduct' Policy Drags The Music Industry Into The #MeToo Moment The streaming giant's new policy on artists who engage in 'hateful conduct' is a half-measure, but it demonstrates the power the company now wields — and the challenge it now faces. Read more on NPR

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Senate Set To Vote On Overturning FCC's Net Neutrality Repeal At least one Republican – Sen. Susan Collins – is likely to join Democrats' attempt to preserve net neutrality. But the measure has little chance of succeeding in the House. Read more on NPR

Whistleblower: Cambridge Analytica Aimed To Trigger Paranoia And Racial Biases Christopher Wylie, a former employee at the firm who blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica's indiscretions, testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Read more on NPR

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Senate Votes On Net Neutrality Democrats in the Senate are staging an insurgent vote to stop the repeal of net neutrality from going into effect in June. The measure faces long odds in the House. Read more on NPR

News Brief: North Korea Summit In Doubt, Primary Results, Net Neutrality North Korea has threatened to cancel a planned summit with President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Also, we look at what Tuesday's congressional primaries mean for elections in November. Read more on NPR

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Advocates Are Skeptical Of Facebook's Latest Effort To Protect Data Facebook has suspended 200 apps for possible misuse of user data in their ongoing effort to protect privacy after their role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Read more on NPR

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Google's 'Duplex' Raises Ethical Questions Google has introduced a future feature called "Duplex." It can make outgoing calls to schedule appointments and it has all the characteristics of real human speech. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shane Mac, CEO of Assist about the technology and the ethical questions it raises. Read more on NPR

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President Trump Puts 'America First' On Hold To Save Chinese Jobs Trump says he is working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get cell phone maker ZTE "back in business" after it was punished for selling U.S. technology to Iran and then violated a settlement. Read more on NPR

Taking A Look At Those Russia-Linked Facebook Ads House Democrats have released over 3,500 Russia-linked Facebook and Instagram ads. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Wired reporter Issie Lapowsky about what's in the divisive political ads. Read more on NPR

What Artificial Intelligence Can Do For Local Cops Axon, formerly Taser, has created a new ethics board to consider the implications of using artificial intelligence in local policing. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the head of Axon, Rick Smith. Read more on NPR

Chinese Robocalls Bombarding The U.S. Are Part Of An International Phone Scam The Mandarin-language messages are part of a "parcel scam" that falsely accuses Chinese immigrants of money laundering and then extorts them. Read more on NPR

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Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It? Instant facial recognition is ramping up in China and other places, but will U.S. law enforcement follow suit? Read more on NPR

FCC Plans Net Neutrality Rollback For June 11; Senate Democrats Plan A Key Challenge In the Senate, a resolution of disapproval of the FCC rule has the support of every member of the Democratic caucus, along with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me. Read more on NPR

Starting With R. Kelly, Spotify Pulls Artists From Playlists For 'Hateful Conduct' The streaming giant announced a new policy covering both the content on its platform as well as the conduct of artists it sees as having been "harmful or hateful." Read more on NPR

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