Apple Bans Vaping-Related Apps Apple has removed 181 vaping-related apps from its App Store. The move comes amid growing concern over the health effects of e-cigarettes and the rise of vaping-related illnesses among young people. Shannon Bond
Amazon Appeals Pentagon's Choice Of Microsoft For $10 Billion Cloud Contract Amazon cited "unmistakable bias" as it prepares to challenge its loss in federal court. This starts a new chapter in the contentious battle over the biggest U.S. cloud-computing contract, called JEDI. Alina Selyukh
News Brief: Impeachment Hearings, Stephen Miller Emails, Google Health Data We look at what we learned in the first day of public impeachment hearings. Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center says emails show Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist theories. Tim Mak
Instagram Will Test Hiding 'Likes' On Some U.S. Accounts Starting Next Week "The idea is to try to 'depressurize' Instagram, make it less of a competition," the company's CEO Adam Mosseri announced on Friday. Brakkton Booker
Feds Say Self-Driving Uber SUV Did Not Recognize Jaywalking Pedestrian In Fatal Crash The death of a pedestrian struck by the self-driving vehicle in Arizona last year highlights safety concerns and calls for regulating the testing of such vehicles. Richard Gonzales
How Saudi Arabia Used Twitter To Spy On Dissidents NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mark Rasch, formerly of the Justice Department's computer crime unit, about arrests of two people on allegations that they enabled Saudi Arabia to spy on Twitter users.
Uber Drivers Protest Rejection Of Labor Law That Would Extend Protections To Millions Uber drivers showed up at the homes of the company's big investors on Wednesday to protest how the ride-hailing company has made a few people incredibly rich. Shannon Bond
How Social Media Platforms Decide What Makes An Ad Political NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, about how social media platforms decide what makes an advertisement political.
FCC Clears T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Deal The next hurdle is a federal trial in December in which a coalition of state attorneys general are challenging the merger as anti-competitive. Richard Gonzales
Amazon Expected To Fight Pentagon's Decision On Microsoft For $10 Billion Contract Amazon will likely fight the Pentagon's choice of Microsoft for the $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, after President Trump's criticism. Microsoft's bid is said to have "hit the ball out of the park." Alina Selyukh