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Uber Parks Its Self-Driving Truck Project, Saying It Will Push For Autonomous Cars The move comes after Uber has spent roughly $925 million in recent years to jump-start its effort to create a viable line of self-driving freight trucks. Read more on NPR

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Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration To Block 3D-Printed Guns The lawsuit is seeking a temporary restraining order to bar the government from lifting export control restrictions, and stop a company from posting downloadable gun plans online later this week. Read more on NPR

Homeland Security Officials Strategize To Thwart Cyberattacks The department plans to protect the nation's infrastructure. Rachel Martin talks to DHS Under Secretary Christopher Krebs about the administration's strategy for confronting threats. Read more on NPR

WATCH: How NASA's New Probe Will Stay Cool Near The Sun The sun is responsible for all life on Earth, but we still have a lot to learn about it. So this summer, NASA is sending the Parker Solar Probe closer to the sun than we have ever been before. Read more on NPR

Facebook, Fake News and Free Speech The social media platform is balancing a belief in free expression with concerns about safety and security. Read more on NPR

Offensive Tweets Remind Major Leaguers That On Social Media, The Past Is Never Past Sean Newcomb nearly pitched a no-hitter, but it was his years-old tweets that drew headlines. He's not alone: Several MLB players have seen past homophobic and racial slurs resurface recently. Read more on NPR

Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good To Be Believed. They're Paid For In shadow marketplaces, positive reviews for Amazon products are bought and sold. The company says it's cracking down and that it estimates that less than 1 percent of reviews are fake. Read more on NPR

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Scooters: Sidewalk Nuisances, Or The Future Of Public Transportation? Electric scooters for rent are popping up in cities across America. Investors see a key role for them in getting from here to there. But many people find them downright annoying. Read more on NPR

Russian Hackers Targeted The Most Vulnerable Part Of U.S. Elections. Again. Campaigns are ripe targets for hackers, and this week a Democrat running for re-election in a deeply red state announced she was a recent target. Read more on NPR

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Twitter Shares Fall, Ending A Hard Week For Social Media Stock Twitter's stock tumbled 19 percent on Friday, despite the company's growing revenue. It mirrored Facebook's sharp drop earlier in the week, as investors worry that social media growth may be ebbing. Read more on NPR

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Virgin Galactic Space Plane Reaches New Heights In Test Flight Billionaire Richard Branson wants to be on the "first official flight" to see space as a tourist by the end of 2018. His company's latest test flight reached heights of more than 32 miles. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Loses More Than $100 Billion In Value In Worst Stock Market Wipeout In History Tech stock strength has fueled most of the market growth this past year, which is why so many people were shocked when Facebook's stock fell sharply. At the same time, Amazon is on track to become the world's first trillion-dollar company by market value. Read more on NPR

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Netflix: Disruption On-Demand Attention binge-watchers. Read more on NPR

Facebook's Big Growth Is Slowing, Sending Its Stock Tumbling Facebook's stock dropped nearly 20 percent — the day after reporting that its user growth has stalled and that it expects revenue growth to slow for the rest of the year. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Stock Drops After Missing Forecasts Facebook's user growth and earnings fell short of expectations in a second quarter report, sending its stock prices plunging. Read more on NPR

Walmart To Test Self-Driving Cars For Grocery Pickup Service Some customers in the Phoenix metro area will be able to use a driverless shuttle service to pick up groceries at Walmart — if they purchase them online. Read more on NPR

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Encore: Many Look To Buddhism For Sanctuary From An Over-Connected World The amount of time people spend on digital devices is soaring — to the point that several countries treat internet addiction as a public health crisis. But some users are turning to ancient religious practices to be more mindful of their time online. Read more on NPR

Reclaim Your Data Michael Chertoff, former Homeland Security Secretary and co-author of the Patriot Act, says data collection has gotten out of control. Read more on NPR

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How A Drone Helped Rescue A Climber High altitude searches are a risky business. So let us introduce the hero of our story, the DJI Mavic Pro drone. Read more on NPR

How West Virginia Is Approaching Election Security NPR's Michel Martin speaks with West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner about steps his state is taking to safeguard election systems ahead of the 2018 midterms. Read more on NPR

Russian Influence Operations NPR's Michel Martin asks cybersecurity expert Clint Watts whether Russians are using social media to influence the midterm elections as they did in the 2016 presidential vote. Read more on NPR

'Meddling' Vs. Information Warfare President Trump says the Russians "meddled" in the 2016 election. But Brian Klaas of the London School of Economics tells NPR's Michel Martin that word doesn't go far enough. Read more on NPR

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Looking At Russian Social NPR's Scott Simon asks Alexander Malkevich of the website USA Really and The Daily Beast's Lachlan Markay about Russian social media efforts in the U.S. Read more on NPR

Prize-Winning #iPhoneOnly Photos: From Dinos To Divers A selection of the winning photos from the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards contest. Read more on NPR

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Week Of Trump Reversals Puts 2018 Election Security In The Spotlight The security of the midterm vote is a question that's coming up again after President Trump's press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, where Trump seemed to doubt Russia interference. Read more on NPR

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How Video Games Can Help Us Explore Ideas About Race Gaming conventions generate hype for one of the biggest media industries in the world. One convention in New York targets people of color with a theme of how they can create games that incorporate — and teach others — ideas of politics and race. Read more on NPR

Fresh Facebook Controversy: Zuckerberg Defends Rights Of Holocaust Deniers Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to clarify remarks in which he defended the rights of Holocaust deniers to publish falsehoods on Facebook. In an interview, he attempted to explain why Facebook is reluctant to censor posts that are both untrue and offensive as long as they are not intentionally misleading. Read more on NPR

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Three Dimensions, Endless Possibilities 3-D printing isn't the future. It's changing the world we live in right now. Read more on NPR

Zuckerberg Looks To 'Clear Up' Stance On Facebook, Fake News And The Holocaust Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he "didn't intend to defend the intent of people" who deny the Holocaust occurred, after his remarks on fake news and hoaxes were criticized this week. Read more on NPR

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Immigrant Rights Group Turns Down $250,000 From Tech Firm Over Ties To Border Patrol Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been under mounting pressure for the company's contract with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. A Texas nonprofit says it won't accept a contribution from the company. Read more on NPR

Who Knew The World Bank And The U.N. Are Emoji Lovers? Charities and nonprofit agencies are embracing the symbols to communicate about tough topics like global hunger, poverty and disease. Read more on NPR

Physicists Go Small: Let's Put A Particle Accelerator On A Chip A tiny accelerator could be useful in medicine as well as basic science. Instead of speeding up beams of electrons through giant tunnels, the aim here is to build accelerators on semiconductor chips. Read more on NPR

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iTeach: A Guide To The Most Useful Apps For The Classroom Here are five educational apps — endorsed by an expert — that teachers love. Plus, what teachers can look for when choosing apps for the classroom. Read more on NPR

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AI Innovators Take Pledge Against Autonomous Killer Weapons "We will neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of" artificial intelligence that is used to kill people, leading AI researchers vowed. Read more on NPR

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Google Fined $5 Billion By E.U. For Breaking Antitrust Rules The European Commission alleges that by forcing device makers to install Google apps on Android devices it gains a significant advantage over competitors. Google plans to appeal. Read more on NPR

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Glass Has Ancient Origins But A High-Tech Future Where would the smartphone be without glass? Now glass may change the way you interact with data again — in everything from head-up displays on car windshields to augmented-reality glasses. Read more on NPR

Elon Musk Apologizes To Diver In Cave Rescue For Words 'Spoken In Anger' The tech entrepreneur apologized after tweeting a personal attack on Vern Unsworth — the diver who used a vulgar comment to dismiss Musk's offer of help in the Thai cave rescue. Read more on NPR

Put Your Face In It: How Gaming Helped Me Understand My Dog If you want to know how a dog sees the world, ask yourself how you explore virtual spaces with your controller. No, really! Read more on NPR

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Fake News Turns Deadly In India In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps. Read more on NPR

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EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users The European Commission found that the tech giant had broken EU antitrust rules by requiring manufacturers to pre-install the Google and Chrome apps. Google plans to appeal. Read more on NPR

EU Fines Google $5 Billion Officials in Europe say Google is violating antitrust laws. NPR's Noel King talks with Politico's Mark Scott. Read more on NPR

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Became Richest Man In Modern History Just Ahead Of Prime Day Amazon's fourth Prime Day sale had a few hitches but is off to a strong start. The company's valuation increased so much that Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in modern history with his net worth topping $150 billion. Read more on NPR

More Screen Time For Teens May Fuel ADHD Symptoms A new study finds that teens who engage in frequent texting, social media use and other online activities daily are more likely to develop symptoms of ADHD. Read more on NPR

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