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Exploring The Mysterious Origins Of Mars' 3-Mile-High Sand Pile Space scientists on Earth have improvised a tool on the Mars rover to help them figure out how a giant mountain on the Red Planet came to be. Their surprising conclusion: It's likely windswept sand. Read more on NPR

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Could Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Put U.S. Cyber-Security At Risk? NY Times reporter David Sanger says the world's leading producer of telecom equipment will be central to the spread of a global 5G network — which could pose a major threat to U.S. national security. Read more on NPR

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News Brief: Deep Freeze, User Data Concerns, Trade Talks Severe cold paralyzes a portion of the U.S. Facebook and Google are scrutinized over apps that collected data from teenagers. And, it's the final day of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Read more on NPR

Facebook, Google Draw Scrutiny Over Apps That Collected Data From Teens In the latest revelation to raise privacy concerns, the Silicon Valley giants offered adults and teens gift cards for installing apps that would let the companies collect data on their smartphones. Read more on NPR

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Apple Reports Slow Holiday Sales Hurt Revenue And Profits Apple posted its first holiday quarter decline in revenue and profit in more than a decade. It warned the slowdown in its core iPhone business and weakness in China have spilled into this year. Read more on NPR

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A Robot Named 'Tappy': Huawei Conspired To Steal T-Mobile's Trade Secrets, Says DOJ In an indictment that reads like a spy caper gone awry, the Justice Department alleges that the Chinese device maker urged its employees to sneak intel about T-Mobile's brilliant testing robot. Read more on NPR

What The Huawei Indictment Says About How China Steals Technology NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mark Cohen, senior fellow with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, about what the Huawei indictment says about China's technology theft. Read more on NPR

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Spy Boss Coats Warns Russia, Others Plot New Interference Techniques For 2020 The director of national intelligence also told a Senate panel that the threat of Chinese espionage will continue to be the biggest strategic challenge to the United States. Read more on NPR

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Apple Disables Group FaceTime After Security Flaw Let Callers Secretly Eavesdrop The bug, discovered Monday, may have been exploitable for months. Apple promises a fix later this week. Read more on NPR

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U.S. Charges Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei, Asks Canada For CFO Extradition The administration appears to have decided to make an example of the company's CFO. She is the daughter of Huawei's founder and the company is seen as an arm of China's power around the world. Read more on NPR

This Time Humans Triumph Over Robots As They Take Back Hotel Jobs A Japanese hotel that became known as the "world's first robot hotel" three years ago is powering off many of its robots. It turns out that guests prefer humans to handle their requests. Read more on NPR

YouTube To Stop Promoting Videos That Spread Misinformation YouTube announced it will stop recommending "borderline content" — videos that misinform users in a harmful way. The platform has struggled to deal with extremist violent content and conspiracy videos. Read more on NPR

Tech Industry Confronts A Backlash Against 'Disruptive Innovation' Silicon Valley is rethinking the implications of technology that disrupts entire industries, while the man who coined the term "disruptive innovation" stands by its basic goodness. Read more on NPR

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'Team Human' Stresses That The Future Lies In Connection And Cooperation Douglas Rushkoff's knowledge of digital technology shines in his new book, horrifying us with the capacities of the machines we've built — and the ways they have been used against us. Read more on NPR

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Hungary To Decide Fate Of Man Behind Football Leaks NPR's Scott Simon asks Tariq Panja, reporter for The New York Times, about Rui Pinto. Pinto is accused of exposing damaging information about professional soccer teams. Read more on NPR

Amid Chaos Venezuelans Struggle To Find The Truth, Online As Venezuela grapples with a major political crisis, people there are struggling with misinformation online. WhatsApp, a popular messaging app, has been used to spread both rumors and news reports. Read more on NPR

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A Speed Limit On German Highways: 'Like Talking Gun Control In The U.S.' A government committee says capping speeds could reduce carbon emissions and pollution. Opponents say Germans have a visceral need for speed akin to Americans' views on gun rights. Read more on NPR

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VIDEO: Inventor Inspired By Childhood Memories Of Fungus As a child on a New York farm, Eben Bayer helped his dad shovel wood chips in the barn. That's where he noticed a stretchy web of fungus that became the basis of his biodegradable packing material. Read more on NPR

China Appears To Block Microsoft's Bing Search Engine Microsoft says its search engine is no longer accessible in China. The country is known for blocking electronic access to information deemed harmful to the state. Read more on NPR

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Suspended Twitter Account Plays A Role In Misleading Viral Video A suspended Twitter account appears to have help spread video of a controversial encounter between a group of Catholic school boys and a Native American elder. Read more on NPR

WhatsApp Tries To Curb Spread Of Misinformation By Limiting Message Forwarding WhatsApp has been accused of being used to spread rumors — with serious consequences. Now the ubiquitous messaging app is moving to limit how many people users can forward messages to. Read more on NPR

New Electric Pickup Truck Faces An Uphill Climb To Get Americans On Board A new startup is taking over a once-abandoned auto plant in central Illinois to make electric trucks and SUVs. But Americans have been slow to adopt electric vehicles. Read more on NPR

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With Amazon's Arrival, A New York Community Pushes To Be Included Many residents of the Queensbridge public housing development feel they have not benefited much from the area's booming development. With Amazon, activists are trying to change that story. Read more on NPR

Google Employees Hope To Turn Last Year's Walkouts Into Real Change NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Vicki Tardif, a linguist at Google, who led one of the walkouts last year. Now, she's building upon that with a social media campaign to end forced arbitration. Read more on NPR

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Shutdown Makes Government Websites More Vulnerable To Hackers, Experts Say The longer the federal shutdown lasts, the more likely security breaches of government websites become, cyber specialists say. And it could lead to security problems long after the government reopens. Read more on NPR

Could The 10-Year Challenge Be Putting Your Data At Risk? The viral 10-Year Challenge on social media could train facial recognition technology on how we age, and potentially be used against us, argues author and tech consultant Kate O'Neill. Read more on NPR

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Senate Finds Russian Bots, Bucks Helped Push Brexit Vote Through A recent report on Russian influence operations overseas detailed large amounts of money and effort spent to influence the referendum. Scott Simon talks with The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. Read more on NPR

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A Former Regulator Rethinks Nuclear Energy Greg Jaczko used to lead the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. But in his new book, he says nuclear power is too hazardous. Read more on NPR

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Netflix Increases Subscription Prices As It Churns Out Original Content The hikes, which will affect all U.S. viewers, come as Netflix faces an increasingly competitive field of video streaming services. Read more on NPR

Huawei Founder Denies His Firm Spies For China In rare remarks to foreign media, Ren Zhengfei says his telecommunications equipment company is independently owned and would not give China user data. Experts disagree. Read more on NPR

Congress May Soon Impose New Regulations On Facebook Political forces on the left are joining their voices to those of conservative politicians in seeking regulations over social media giant Facebook. Read more on NPR

Forget Screen Time Rules. Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child In his new book, The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro argues that we're not spending enough screen time with our kids. Read more on NPR

What The Future Of Work Means For Cities One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up. Read more on NPR

Regulators To Ease Restrictions On Drones, Clearing The Way For More Commercial Uses Federal regulations haven't kept up with technology, say drone operators and enthusiasts. Now the Department of Transportation is proposing to allow drones to fly over cities and at night. Read more on NPR

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