Is Remote Work Here To Stay? A new study shows that about half of the entire workforce is now remote. The case for why "this portends a much bigger shift in the economy." Read more on NPR
Reddit Bans The_Donald, Forum Of Nearly 800,000 Trump Fans, Over Abusive Posts Reddit unveiled an update to its hate speech policies on Monday, including shutting down about 2,000 subreddits. It is the latest example of a popular online platform cracking down on hate speech. Read more on NPR
Facebook Boycott Grows: Ford Joins Coca-Cola, Starbucks And Other Brands The list of major advertisers pulling out of Facebook continues to grow as the company weathers criticism over its handling of racist, violent and other hateful rhetoric on the platform. Read more on NPR
How Authorities Can Use The Internet To Identify Protesters NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Allie Funk, Senior Research Analyst for Tech and Democracy at Freedom House, about the use of internet surveillance during protests. Read more on NPR
Unilever, Maker Of Dove Soap, Is Latest Brand to Boycott Facebook The consumer goods giant is the biggest brand to join a growing campaign to pressure Facebook to do more to curb hate speech and other harmful content. Read more on NPR
Denise Herzing: Do Dolphins Have A Language? We know that dolphins make distinctive clicks and whistles, but is that a language? Researcher Denise Herzing thinks it might be, and for the past 35 years she's been working to unlock it. Read more on NPR
K-Pop's Digital 'Army' Musters To Meet The Moment, Baggage In Tow There's a growing narrative highlighting K-pop fans' political progressiveness. But the reality is far more complicated. Read more on NPR
Israel's Government Wants Spy Agency To Resume COVID-19 Tracing. Spy Chief Objects As the country's coronavirus cases surge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for law reform to resume a surveillance program that the Supreme Court halted earlier this month. Read more on NPR
'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To A False Arrest In Michigan Robert Williams says his driver's license photo was incorrectly matched with a wanted suspect. He says he was arrested and detained. Though the case was dropped, Williams says its effect is lasting. Read more on NPR
Man Says He Was Falsely Arrested After Facial Recognition Mistake The ACLU has filed a complaint against the Detroit Police Department for what the group says is the first documented instance in the U.S. of someone being falsely arrested based on AI. Read more on NPR
After Nearly Two Bumpy Decades, The Original Segway Will Be Retired In July Company officials announces production of the Segway PT will stop on July 15. The vehicle is popular among law enforcement and tourists, but falls short of its inventor's revolutionary goals. Read more on NPR
Segway To End The Production Of Its Iconic Personal Transportation Segway announced Tuesday that it would stop the production of its iconic personal transportation namesake less than 20 years after releasing its first model. Read more on NPR
'Facebook Groups Are Destroying America': Researcher On Misinformation Spread Online NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with internet disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz about her argument that "Facebook groups are destroying America." Read more on NPR
Get A Comfortable Chair: Permanent Work From Home Is Coming After 3 months with much of the country working from home, many employers and their workers now say the benefits of remote work — cost savings and a more relaxed atmosphere — outweigh the drawbacks. Read more on NPR
TikTok Prank May Account For Trump Rally's Low Attendance Rate The Trump campaign said more than 1 million people expressed interest online to attend the rally in Tulsa, Okla., but only about 6,000 people showed up. A prank apparently fueled phony registrations. Read more on NPR
Apple Closing 11 Stores Again In States Seeing a Spike in Coronavirus Cases Stores in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Arizona are once again shutting their doors, beginning Saturday, as those states see mounting coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Read more on NPR
Big Talk From Big Tech On Racial Equity, But Not All Workers Are Buying It More than 200 technology companies have issued statements supporting the advancement of racial justice, but black tech workers say internal policies and tech culture needs an overhaul first. Read more on NPR
Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads With Image Used By Nazis Facebook says the advertisements violated the social network's ban on hate group symbols. The symbol was used to identify political prisoners in Nazi death camps. Read more on NPR
Foreign Interference Persists And Techniques Are Evolving, Big Tech Tells Hill Facebook, Twitter and Google told House Democrats on Thursday that they think their countermeasures are working — but foreign governments are changing their techniques too. Read more on NPR
Facebook Removes Trump Political Ads With Nazi Symbol. Campaign Calls It An 'Emoji' Facebook says the campaign advertisements violated the social network's ban on hate group symbols. The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League said "ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols." Read more on NPR
'The Last Of Us Part II' Is A Gut Punch That Just Keeps Punching The hotly-anticipated, pandemic-delayed sequel to 2013's fungal apocalypse game The Last of Us packs all the visual and emotional wallop of the first — and more. Read more on NPR
DOJ Proposes Rolling Back Legal Protections For Online Platforms The Justice Department's proposed legislation follows a May executive order by President Trump to limit protections for social media after Twitter began adding fact checks to some of his tweets. Read more on NPR