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Sweden Arrests Suspected Russian Spy The suspect was allegedly recruited by a Russian intelligence officer and engaged in criminal activity since 2017, the Swedish Security Service says. Read more on NPR

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Apps Give Private Data To Facebook Without User's Knowledge or Permission NPR's Mary Louise speaks with The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner about how several apps they tested sent sensitive personal data to Facebook without users' permission or knowledge. Read more on NPR

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Kremlin Says U.S. Cyberattacks On Russia Are 'The Reality We Live In' Spokesman Dmitry Peskov links the attacks to Russia's need for its own Internet. It is a "geopolitical angle to try to defend their own steps," says Internet freedom expert Sanja Kelly. Read more on NPR

Storing Health Records On Your Phone: Can Apple Live Up To Its Privacy Values? As its iPhone sales growth slows, Apple has been expanding its presence in health care, where privacy matters. Apple's privacy values could give it an edge, if the company lives up to them. Read more on NPR

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Tell Us: Has A Social Media Post Cost You A Job? NPR wants to speak with employers and job seekers who have experienced or seen the negative effects of social media on job searches. Read more on NPR

Anger Can Be Contagious — Here's How To Stop The Spread Emotions circulate through social networks — the good, bad and ugly. And these days, the feeling that seems most viral is anger. Sometimes it takes just one act of kindness to stop the vicious cycle. Read more on NPR

Trump Administration Warns Chinese Tech Giant Is A Security Threat The U.S. is pressuring allies to bar Huawei equipment from telecom networks, saying the company has strong ties to China's government. Some are pushing back, and say they can mitigate security risks. Read more on NPR

Etiquette In A Cashless World Host Mary Louise Kelly talks to Amy Dickinson, the syndicated advice columnist of Ask Amy, about etiquette when using Venmo. Read more on NPR

As Payments Go Social With Venmo, They're Changing Personal Relationships More people are using mobile money apps to pay each other without cash. With Venmo, its social network is a key part of the payment process, and it's changing people's behavior in unexpected ways. Read more on NPR

Twitter Trolls And 2020 The 2020 campaign may just be starting, but digital disinformation efforts are well underway. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Natasha Korecki of Politico. Read more on NPR

Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill' They say Microsoft's contract "crosses the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building." Read more on NPR

How Pinterest Jumped Into The Fight Against Health Misinformation Since 2017, the social media website Pinterest has limited search results for false cures and anti-vaccine advice. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Pinterest's Ifeoma Ozoma about the policy. Read more on NPR

By ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

Do You Post About Your Kids Online — And Talk With Them About It? Tell Us Your Story We want to hear from any parents who have posted about their children online and have had a conversation about that practice with their kids. Read more on NPR

Ever Regretted Your Online Behavior? We Want To Hear From You We're working on a series of stories about civility and online behavior, and we want to hear from you! Read more on NPR

By NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology via New York Times

Advertisers Abandon YouTube Over Concerns That Pedophiles Lurk In Comments Section Hasbro, Disney, Nestle and others have suspended their ads on the online video site. YouTube has responded by disabling comments on millions of videos. Read more on NPR

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By ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology via New York Times

Apple And Goldman Sachs Will Reportedly Launch An iPhone-Connected Credit Card The credit card would represent a foray into new businesses for both companies. With a card, Apple may be able to take a larger cut from purchases made than it does now through Apple Pay. Read more on NPR

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Advocates Ask FTC To Investigate Facebook Deception Over Kids' In-Game Purchases Children's rights groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into Facebook practices that let children make in-game purchases without their parents' permission. Read more on NPR

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and SAPNA MAHESHWARI from NYT Technology via New York Times

Ready (To Make Money) Player One: The Business Of Esports Could Fornite and Overwatch overtake the NFL and the NBA? Or have they already? Read more on NPR

Amazon Changed How We Shop. Will It Change How We Eat? 100% Grade A Prime Read more on NPR

Southwest Grounds Planes, Blames Labor Dispute With The Union The carrier says the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association "has a history of work disruptions." The union says the airline is "scapegoating" its technicians. Read more on NPR

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Facebook Has Been Behaving Like 'Digital Gangsters,' U.K. Parliament Report Says "The age of inadequate self-regulation must come to an end," says Damian Collins, chair of the committee behind the report, which is often scathing on Facebook's practices and corporate conduct. Read more on NPR

The Pros And Cons Of Moving Toward A Cashless Society NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with economist Kenneth Rogoff about what would happen if the U.S. were to get rid of a lot of its paper currency, particularly larger bills, as he advocates. Read more on NPR

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Opinion: Good Night Oppy, A Farewell To NASA's Mars Rover NASA's admission this week that the agency has lost contact with a Mars rover brings an end to a compelling story of usefulness and resilience. Read more on NPR

Social Spelunking With Will Hunt What's really under our feet? According to author Will Hunt, there are whole worlds. Read more on NPR

This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You Amazon canceled plans for a New York City HQ after meeting stiff opposition over big tax breaks and other incentives. A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives but landed Google anyway. Read more on NPR

Is Venmo Changing Your Money Habits? Tell Us About It Has Venmo changed the way you talk to your friends? And do you have questions about how to use it? Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER and MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology via New York Times

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Andreas Ekström: Can We Solve For Bias In Tech? We think of search engines as unbiased sources of information. But they're not — and they can be manipulated. Andreas Ekström asks: who should hold the burden of addressing bias in search engines? Read more on NPR

By STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology via New York Times

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Texas Man With 3D-Printed Gun And 'Hit List' Of Lawmakers Sentenced To 8 Years The man printed the gun after a background check stopped him from purchasing a firearm legally. His sentencing comes as lawmakers around the country are trying to expand background check requirements. Read more on NPR

By VINDU GOEL from NYT Technology via New York Times

When Your Shared Netflix Account Outlasts The Relationship Sharing of online streaming video and music passwords among sweethearts is a territorial marker, like wearing a boyfriend's sweater. But what happens to custody of the accounts when the love is gone? Read more on NPR

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Ex-Apple Exec Who Oversaw Insider Trading Policy Profited On Inside Info, SEC Says The agency says Gene Levoff used prior knowledge of earnings to buy and sell millions of dollars in Apple stock, even as he was responsible for overseeing compliance with rules on insider trading. Read more on NPR

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Is Officially Declared Dead NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what billed as a 90-day mission. The plucky robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it. Read more on NPR

By NELLIE BOWLES from NYT Technology via New York Times

Harley-Davidson Embraces A New Sound As It Enters The Electric Era The LiveWire, Harley's first electric bike, was first announced more than four years ago. It's finally hitting the streets this summer — for a hefty price. But will Harley fans be along for the ride? Read more on NPR

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Americans Lost $143 Million In Online Relationship Scams Last Year The Federal Trade Commission says Americans who fell for online romance scams reported losing a median $2,600 each — far more than other types of scams. Read more on NPR

By CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology via New York Times

Apple, Google Criticized For Carrying App That Lets Saudi Men Track Their Wives An app that allows men to track the whereabouts of their wives or daughters is available in both the Apple and Google stores in Saudi Arabia. The firms are getting blowback for carrying the app. Read more on NPR

By MAYA SALAM from NYT Technology via New York Times

Burning Pants And Bottomless Pinocchios: Fact-Checking In 2019 Parsing through political rhetoric only seems to have gotten harder. Read more on NPR

By CAROLYN ZHANG and RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

Apple CEO Tim Cook Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Talks "Both sides are talking and I always think that is always the essential thing to reaching an agreement," Cook tells NPR. The U.S. has set a March 1 deadline for the talks, which resume this week. Read more on NPR

Russia Is Considering An Experiment To Disconnect From The Internet Authorities recommended conducting the test so that the country can assess its cyber defenses in case of aggression, Russian media reports. Read more on NPR

Sweden's Cashless Experiment: Is It Too Much Too Fast? In Sweden, few people use cash anymore. Most people pay by card, online or with digital apps, and that trend is spurring a new debate on whether going cashless is fair for everyone. Read more on NPR

Troll Watch: Targeting 2020 Presidential Candidates Trolls are already going after candidates for the 2020 presidential election. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Kelly Jones, who keeps an eye on suspicious social media activity for Storyful. Read more on NPR

By ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology via New York Times

By ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology via New York Times

Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible." Read more on NPR

By NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology via New York Times

What Bezos' Allegations Could Mean For American Media's Immunity Deal NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CNN legal analyst and New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin about his perspective on the dust-up between Jeff Bezos and National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc. Read more on NPR

The Big Bezos Question: Will Investigators Take A New Look At American Media? Jeff Bezos' Medium post accusing the National Enquirer's publisher of extortion continues. Bezos said American Media Inc. demanded Bezos drop a private investigation, or deal with embarrassing photos. Read more on NPR

Are You Frustrated With TV Subscription Services? Tell Us About It As the number of streaming TV services grows, are you getting frustrated trying to find that one show you want? Are the costs of subscription services adding up? Read more on NPR

Why Period Activists Think The 'Drop Of Blood' Emoji Is A Huge Win The nonprofit group Plan International UK has been lobbying for an emoji to represent menstruation since 2017. And now they have one — although not everyone is a fan of the design. Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Operator Dies Without Sharing Passwords With Anyone NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nolam Bauerle, head of research at Coindesk, about the CEO of Quadriga, a cryptocurrency exchange, who died without sharing the password to the storage wallets. Read more on NPR

By KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology via New York Times

Facebook Can't Gather Users' Data From Other Websites, German Antitrust Office Says Facebook "was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power," says Andreas Mundt, of Germany's Federal Cartel Office, Read more on NPR

'Brave, Not Perfect' Speaks To The Scarcity Of Women In Tech In a new book, Reshma Saujani of Girls Who Code joins a chorus of voices warning of devastating consequences if girls don't partake in tech — and suggesting girls should be encouraged to take risks. Read more on NPR

Interracial Couples And Disability-Friendly Emojis Coming Soon To Smartphones More skin tones, more kinds of bodies, and an emoji to symbolize menstruation are included in the new update. Also, a flamingo. Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

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