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By DAVID STREITFELD and DON CLARK from NYT Technology via New York Times

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Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom Facebook, Google and other tech giants have been hit with problems they didn't anticipate their software creating. An MIT professor is teaching students that ethics is essential to their future work. Read more on NPR

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By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

Technology Has Made Voting Lines Move Faster But Also Made Elections Less Secure In 2016, almost half of all in-person voters checked in to their polling place electronically. There are no federal regulations for the technology they used. Read more on NPR

Huawei Threat Is Already Here, FCC Commissioner Starks Says NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks about his op-ed in The Hill on the threat posed by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, whose equipment is installed in U.S. networks. Read more on NPR

By CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology via New York Times

How A Radio Frequency Is Delivering High Speed Internet To Small Towns Students who don't have access to high-speed internet are part of the "homework gap," In Michigan, some will get it via an obscure government radio frequency carrying it to the Upper Peninsula. Read more on NPR

By CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology via New York Times

Uber To Start Banning Passengers With Low Ratings "Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability," a company official announced. Riders will get advice on how to improve their ratings before being deactivated, including being polite. Read more on NPR

'Plenty Of Cards To Play': Chinese Media Suggest Cutting Rare Earth Exports To U.S. Rare earths are used in communications, health care and national security. China blocked rare earths to Japan in 2010, but analysts say the threat — regardless of the trade war — may be hollow. Read more on NPR

In Yemen Conflict, Some See A New Age Of Drone Warfare Iran has been developing drones for both itself and its proxies. In recent months those drones have been used for targeted assassinations, military strikes and to sew chaos in the region. Read more on NPR

Is 'Gaming Disorder' An Illness? WHO Says Yes, Adding It To Its List Of Diseases For the first time, the World Health Organization will list "gaming disorder" as a behavioral addiction, a controversial move for some. Read more on NPR

By MIRIAM JORDAN from NYT Technology via New York Times

By BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology via New York Times

'We're Not Being Paranoid': U.S. Warns Of Spy Dangers Of Chinese-Made Drones The Department of Homeland Security is warning about the dangers of using Chinese-made drones, while some lawmakers want to prevent transit systems from buying Chinese-made subway cars. Read more on NPR

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Technology via New York Times

Foresight 2020: Andrew Yang Yang says he’s running the “nerdiest presidential campaign in history.” Read more on NPR

MacKenzie Bezos Pledges To Give More Than Half Of Her Billions To Charity "We each come by the gifts we have to offer by an infinite series of influences and lucky breaks we can never fully understand," Bezos said as she signed the Giving Pledge. Read more on NPR

Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her. Read more on NPR

Instagramming Crowds Pack National Parks Social media is helping drive more people to visit national parks. While it's getting folks out there, it's also causing traffic jams and congestion in places valued for solitude and reflection. Read more on NPR

Tampered Videos Threaten To Hijack 2020 Political Conversations Videos suggesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drunk and slurring her words went viral. They were proven to be fake but the damage was done. Should Facebook have taken them down? Read more on NPR

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

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology via New York Times

Troll Watch: City Infrastructures Targeted With Stolen NSA Hacking Tools NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Thomas Rid, professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University, about how hackers are using software developed by the NSA to attack government computers. Read more on NPR

How AI Can Change Texting Some companies have created apps that use artificial intelligence to help people text and communicate better. NPR's Susan Davis speaks to journalist Rainesford Stauffer about this AI trend. Read more on NPR

Doctored Political Videos And Social Media A doctored video featuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was shared widely online this week. Amanda Carpenter, author of Gaslighting America, tells NPR's Scott Simon how easily disinformation spreads. Read more on NPR

By CECILIA KANG from NYT Technology via New York Times

By NICOLE PERLROTH and STACY COWLEY from NYT Technology via New York Times

Digital Forensics Expert Weighs In On Doctored Video Of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with digital forensics expert Hany Farid about a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which is being spread by conservative allies of President Trump. Read more on NPR

Trump Orders An Additional 1,500 Troops To The Middle East The Pentagon would not say where the troops would be sent, other than that they would not be heading to Iraq and Syria. Some of the forces have already arrived in the region. Read more on NPR

By JAMIE CONDLIFFE from NYT Technology via New York Times

Facebook Removed Nearly 3.2 Billion Fake Accounts In Last Six Months Nearly all the phony accounts were caught by artificial intelligence and a boost in human monitoring. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said breaking up the company would make purging abusive accounts harder. Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

Global Aviation Regulators Meet To Consider Timetable For Boeing's 737 Max Global aviation safety officials are meeting in Dallas to discuss how they will certify Boeing's 737 MAX as airworthy, and how soon the troubled plane can fly again. Read more on NPR

By BRIAN X. CHEN and CADE METZ from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology via New York Times

By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DeVRIES from NYT Technology via New York Times

Computerized Model Reveals Details Of How Human Cells Divide The nonprofit Allen Institute in Seattle has produced a visualization of human cell division that promises to be useful for professional scientists and curious amateurs alike. Read more on NPR

U.S. Postal Service Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks The two-week pilot program will put five autonomous semi-trucks on the road, making the journey between Phoenix and Dallas. Read more on NPR

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

Ransomware Cyberattacks On Baltimore Put City Services Offline Baltimore is just the latest municipality hit with a ransomware attack. Residents can't use the city servers they need to purchase homes, pay online bills or email city workers. Read more on NPR

Microsoft President Brad Smith Discusses The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Microsoft President Brad Smith about why he thinks the government should regulate artificial intelligence, especially facial recognition technology. Read more on NPR

Google Restricts Huawei's Access To Android Systems After Trump Ban Google plans to restrict Huawei's access to Android systems. The move comes after the Trump administration added the Chinese tech giant to a trade blacklist on Thursday. Read more on NPR

FCC Chairman Endorses T-Mobile Merger With Sprint "This is a unique opportunity to speed up the deployment of 5G throughout the United States and bring much faster mobile broadband to rural Americans," said chairman Ajit Pai. Read more on NPR

By ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

By ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

After Trump Ban, Huawei Phones Will Lose Access To Google Software Alphabet's Google, which makes the Android operating system, says it's complying with a U.S. order banning companies from doing business with Huawei. Read more on NPR

By NATASHA SINGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A 'Singular Hero' Helped Start A New Field In Physics In the 1970s, Rich Isaacson was presented with what seemed a crazy idea: using lasers to detect gravitational waves. It became the biggest project the National Science Foundation had ever funded. Read more on NPR

Microsoft Updates Old System To Respond To New Threat NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Brian Barrett, editor at Wired magazine, about the latest Windows XP patch and how an operating system abandoned by Microsoft is still used by millions worldwide. Read more on NPR

White House Pushes To Report 'Political Bias' By Social Media Companies The move follows Facebook's ban of many far-right figures for violating its hate speech policies and a U.S. refusal to work with governments and social media companies to fight extremism online. Read more on NPR

Experts Talk Best Practices For Facial Recognition Technology San Francisco's move to ban facial recognition software has worried the industry, which would prefer regulation. But what should regulation look like? We talk to the experts on both sides. Read more on NPR

By DON CLARK from NYT Technology via New York Times

China's Luckin Coffee Tries To Conquer A Nation Of Tea Drinkers In just three years, the Chinese brand has opened 2,300 stores — second in China only to Starbucks. The company goes public on Nasdaq on Friday. And ... it's losing millions. Read more on NPR

"The Shadow War" Against The U.S. CNN correspondent Jim Sciutto talks about it in his new book "The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America." Read more on NPR

1A Movie Club: "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" Gotta catch 'em all. Read more on NPR

By JAMIE CONDLIFFE from NYT Technology via New York Times

By CADE METZ and MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology via New York Times

Authorities Dismantle Transnational Cybercrime Group The members used malware in an attempt to steal $100 million from thousands of victims across the globe. Criminal prosecutions have begun in the United States, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Read more on NPR

By ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology via New York Times

U.S. Move To Isolate Huawei Sends Ripples Through Global Supply Chain The Trump administration's crackdown on the Chinese telecom giant would cut it off from a vital supply of U.S.-made components. It will also force allies to decide on the 5G futures. Read more on NPR

'Possible' More Counties Than Now Known Were Hacked In 2016, Fla Delegation Says The disclosure this week that two Florida counties were breached by Russian attackers in 2016 has officials worried about what more they don't know. Read more on NPR

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

U.S. Telecommunications Networks Barred From Using Foreign Suppliers Trump signed an executive order restricting technology and services of foreign adversaries. It appears to be aimed at banning a Chinese telecommunications company's equipment from U.S. networks. Read more on NPR

Summit In Paris Leads To Pledge To Fight Online Extremism World leaders have signed a pledge aimed at tackling online extremism. The United States however opted out. NPR's Noel King talks to New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner John Edwards. Read more on NPR

Trump Takes Aim At Huawei, Paves Way For Ban Of Foreign Telecom Equipment Amid rising trade tensions, President Trump is moving against Chinese telecom firms that the administration says can exploit vulnerabilities in communications and information technology. Read more on NPR

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By MIKE ISAAC, MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN from NYT Technology via New York Times

A Smartphone App And A Paper Funnel Could Help Parents Diagnose Kids' Ear Infections While there are thousands of health-related apps around, one being developed at the University of Washington stands out because it uses a phone's microphone and speaker to make a a medical call. Read more on NPR

By ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

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By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology via New York Times

Facebook Announces Restrictions To Its Live Feature Noel King talks to CNN's Heather Kelly about Facebook announcing on Tuesday that it is tightening rules involving livestreaming. Facebook cited the New Zealand gunman who live-streamed a massacre. Read more on NPR

New Zealand's Ardern Calls On Social Media Companies To Stem Terrorist Content Facebook said Tuesday that it would implement a "one-strike" policy that would prevent users who have violated the site's standards from using its live streaming platform. Read more on NPR

San Francisco Is First U.S. City To Ban Facial Recognition Technology Police in San Francisco will be banned from using facial recognition, part of sweeping restrictions put on surveillance technology used by the city's agencies. Read more on NPR

News Brief: Ala. Abortion Bill, U.S.-Iran Tensions, Facebook Changes Alabama's Senate passes a controversial abortion bill. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate. And, Facebook announces it is tightening rules around its livestreaming feature. Read more on NPR

By CADE METZ and ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

Florida Governor Says Russian Hackers Breached Two Florida Counties In 2016 The attack had not been publicly-known until last month's release of the Mueller report. The governor said no vote tallies were affected and no data was manipulated. Read more on NPR

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology via New York Times

Is Your Family Fighting Over Screens? We Want To Help NPR is doing a series of stories on young people and screen time, and we'd like to hear from you. Read more on NPR

San Francisco Considers Ban On Government's Use Of Facial Recognition Technology The city is home to some of the world's largest technology companies, but it may ban use of facial recognition software by police and city agencies. Read more on NPR

Will Scootermania End With A Crash? Big Scooter is worth billions of dollars. Is this a sign we're in another tech bubble? Read more on NPR

Stopping Key Tech Exports To China Could Backfire, Researchers And Firms Say Some tech firms and researchers say plans to impose export restrictions on "emerging and foundational technology" would make it hard to thwart cyber threats and to cooperate globally in science. Read more on NPR

By NICOLE PERLROTH and RONEN BERGMAN from NYT Technology via New York Times

When Technology Can Be Used To Build Weapons, Some Workers Take A Stand Tech workers have increasingly been asking ethical questions about their industry's involvement with the military. One such worker took her company's CEO to task. Read more on NPR

Supreme Court Rules Against Apple, As Kavanaugh Sides With Liberal Justices The Supreme Court says iPhone users' antitrust lawsuit against Apple can continue. The decision divided President Trump's two appointees, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Read more on NPR

'Code For Venezuela' Aims To Find Solutions For The Embattled Country NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jose Montes de Oca, co-organizer of Code for Venezuela, an organization of tech workers who organize "hackathons" to help solve some of the country's problems. Read more on NPR

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology via New York Times

By MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT Technology via New York Times

By JAMIE CONDLIFFE from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT Technology via New York Times

By NICOLE PERLROTH from NYT Technology via New York Times

FCC Blocks Chinese Company's Bid For International Phone Services In The U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said it would "seriously jeopardize" national security, law enforcement and economic interests. The agency is also looking into authorizations granted to other Chinese firms. Read more on NPR

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology via New York Times

By KATE CONGER from NYT Technology via New York Times

By NATASHA SINGER from NYT Technology via New York Times