New App Aims To Compete With Uber, Lyft While Giving New York Drivers A Living Wage NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ken Lewis, co-founder of The Co-op, a driver-owned ride-hailing app that's hoping to compete with Uber and Lyft in New York City starting next year.
Jill Lepore on the ethically challenged birth of the computer age 'These men are going out to build a machine to understand how humans think and feel and would behave, and they don’t understand their wives and they don’t understand their children.' John O'Brien
Google Employees Say Scientist's Ouster Was 'Unprecedented Research Censorship' The firing of a leading Black researcher on the ethics of artificial intelligence is reigniting debate over Google's treatment of employees who speak out, particularly women and people of color. Bobby Allyn
Maryland Teen Designs App To Help Families Dealing With Type 1 Diabetes How would you respond to a life-altering diagnosis? Drew Mendelow, 13, of Gaithersburg, Md., found out. He in turn designed a free app called T1D1, designed to help patients with Type 1 diabetes.
Google Illegally Fired And Spied On Workers Who Tried To Organize, Labor Agency Says The National Labor Relations Board accused the tech giant of violating federal law when it fired two employees involved in worker organizing last year. Shannon Bond
Tired Of The Social Media Rat Race, Journalists Move To Writing Substack Newsletters The San Francisco startup has doubled its writers since the pandemic started. Some high-profile journalists have left full-time jobs at major publications to give it a go at the buzzy newsletter. Bobby Allyn
Trump Vows To Veto Defense Bill Unless Shield For Big Tech Is Scrapped The president wants Congress to repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a provision that provides legal protection for tech companies. Jaclyn Diaz
U.S. Shoppers Might Spend $13 Million Per Minute During Cyber Monday Peak Despite the pandemic recession, holiday sales are expected to set a new record, topping $755 billion. Alina Selyukh
Online Games For The Whole Family NPR's Michel Martin talks with Todd Martens of The Los Angeles Times about virtual games families and friends can play together even when they are physically apart.
With Less Money In Its Red Kettles, The Salvation Army Rallies To Save The Holidays With traffic down at stores and malls across the nation during the pandemic, the charity's iconic red-kettle campaign might bring in half the donations compared with last year. Adedayo Akala