Colonial Pipeline CEO Explains The Decision To Pay Hackers $4.4 Million Ransom NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Colonial Pipeline CEO Joe Blount on the ransomware attack on the pipeline's network and the decision to pay the hackers the $4.4 million ransom. Justine Kenin
Cities Are Weighing The Dangers And Benefits Of Facial Recognition King County, Wash., banned the use of facial recognition by county agencies like law enforcement, following cities such as San Francisco. In most of the U.S., activists are finding bans a tough sell. Martin Kaste
Your Amazon Echo Will Share Your Wi-Fi Network With Neighbors, Unless You Opt Out The company says its Sidewalk system extends the range of low-bandwidth devices by pooling neighbors' Wi-Fi to improve connectivity. It's all in the customer's interest, Amazon says. Laurel Wamsley
Senate Democrats Urge Google To Investigate Racial Bias In Its Tools And The Company The senators say products like Google Search and YouTube may "perpetuate racist stereotypes" and the tech giant may not be a safe workplace for Black employees. Shannon Bond
Put Your Wallet Away. Meat Prices Are Not Likely To Rise After JBS Cyberattack The disruption in production sparked speculation that prices would skyrocket. But analysts say there will be little impact if JBS delivers on its pledge to be up and running on Wednesday. Vanessa Romo
Russian Hackers Launched a New Supply Chain Hack, This Time They Phished The Russian group that attacked SolarWinds focused on another government supplier in its latest hack: an email marketing company used by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said. Dina Temple-Raston
In Wake Of Colonial Attack, Pipelines Now Must Report Cybersecurity Breaches The action, the first of several planned steps by the federal government, follows the ransomware hack of the Colonial Pipeline. Brian Naylor
Europe Wants Social Media Giants To Do More To Stop Disinformation The executive branch of the European Union is asking Facebook, Google, Twitter and others to provide details on how they are responding to disinformation on their platforms. Jaclyn Diaz
A Federal Judge Takes On CEO Tim Cook Over Apple's Practices CEO Tim Cook defended Apple on the witness stand on Friday in a trial playing out in Oakland, Calif. Epic Games, which is suing Apple, accuses it of being an illegal monopoly. Bobby Allyn
Twitter Relaunches Verification Check. Here's How To Apply For One The social media giant said it will again begin verifying certain accounts after putting the process on hold for more than three years. Jaclyn Diaz