Netflix lays off several hundred more employees The decision follows the company's layoff of 150 employees in May and the loss of 200,000 U.S. subscribers in April, the first customer decline in over a decade.
Elon Musk addresses Twitter staff about free speech, remote work, layoffs and aliens Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since striking a deal to buy the social network for $44 billion. He did not say whether he was having second thoughts.
Nearly 400 car crashes in 11 months involved automated tech, companies tell regulators There were five deaths and six serious injuries in the 392 crashes reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from July 2021 to May 2022. Two-thirds of the crashes involved Teslas.
Morning Edition Microsoft is retiring its once-dominant browser Internet Explorer Microsoft says starting Wednesday it will no longer support Internet Explorer. Resources and tech support will go to Microsoft Edge — an internet portal that the company calls new and improved.
Meta rolls out more parental controls for Instagram and virtual reality Meta is taking steps to give parents and guardians more oversight of their teens' activities on Instagram and Quest — implementing changes it had announced in recent months.
Morning Edition Facebook parent company Meta releases new parental controls for Instagram NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Meta, about company changes that will address problems with the way teenagers use its platforms.
All Things Considered Open source intelligence methods are being used to investigate war crimes in Ukraine Internet sleuths are using publicly available information — satellite imagery, videos, social media — to reveal secrets.
13 small ways to ditch your phone and live more in the moment From downgrading your technology to leaving your phone on silent, Life Kit listeners share their best tips for taking a break from the internet.
All Things Considered PC game collectors uncover multiple forgeries from prominent collector NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kyle Orland, a senior gaming editor at Ars Technica, on forged copies of old PC video games discovered in the world of rare PC game collecting.
All Things Considered 2 senators are working across the aisle on a framework to regulate cryptocurrency NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, about their bill to regulate cryptocurrency.
