The video game pioneer behind Nintendo's groundbreaking console has died Masayuki Uemura was the lead architect behind the Nintendo Entertainment System, which dominated the home video game industry and helped launch games like Mario and Donkey Kong. Michael Levitt
EU official holds talks with U.S. officials, who are grappling with big tech firms NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the European Union's top competition official, Margrethe Vestager, about how governments should be handling big tech firms.
Can companies police the biases found in artificial intelligence? How can bias be removed from artificial intelligence? NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kenneth Chenault, co-chair of the Data and Trust Alliance, on how corporations can take steps to make that happen. Courtney Dorning
Instagram's CEO Adam Mosseri hears senators brush aside his promises to self-police Takeaways from a hearing include: senators are frustrated with Instagram for not moving more quickly to protect young users and the CEO maintains the platform does more good than harm. Vanessa Romo
Far right is using Twitter's new policy against extremism researchers and activists Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting. Shannon Bond
Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of Senate hearing Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens. Shannon Bond
It's not science fiction. Scientists have really made robots that reproduce Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Harvard researcher Sam Kriegman about xenobots, the self-replicating robots he helped create. Ayesha Rascoe
NFT art craze hits Miami Art Basel NPR's David Folkenflik talks to arts journalist Sophie Haigney about the popularity of NFT art at Art Basel in Miami this year.
European values are starting to define U.S. tech privacy, says journalist NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with tech reporter Casey Newton about Twitter's new anti-harassment policies and what Newton sees as European ideals driving policies of American tech giants.
Netflix is making a feature film about the Thanksgiving grandma text mix-up The Thanksgiving Text will follow the true story of an unlikely friendship between a grandmother and an unintended text message recipient that began in 2016. Tien Le