Europe Pressures U.S. To Back Low-Cost Alternative To Huawei Discussions at the Munich Security Conference have been somewhat overshadowed by the deepening divide between the U.S. and Europe over Huawei. Rob Schmitz
U.S. Prosecutors Hit Huawei With New Federal Charges The U.S. government has charged China's Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The new charges raise the stakes to a case that began last year. Jim Zarroli
Meme 2020 Creates Bloomberg Sponsored Internet Content NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York Times technology reporter Taylor Lorenz about Michael Bloomberg presidential team's use of memes, and Internet culture as part of its campaign strategy.
Watchdog Warns Census Faces Cybersecurity, Hiring Risks Before National Rollout Weeks before the census is fully underway, the Government Accountability Office finds the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting workers and resolving risks with the first primarily online U.S. count. Hansi Lo Wang
Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. Philip Ewing
Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy. Alina Selyukh
How Political Campaigns Are Using 'Geofencing' Technology To Target Catholics At Mass NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter about how one political group is using "geofencing" of cellphone data to target Catholic voters at Sunday Mass.
Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead As Democratic Party officials and election security experts dissect what happened Tuesday in Iowa, concerns are growing that similar failures could occur elsewhere. Pam Fessler
Puerto Rico's Internet Voting Plan Threatens Election Security: ACLU The civil liberties group is urging the U.S. territory's governor to veto a bill that could shift all voting to the Internet by 2028. Shannon Bond
Interior Department Grounds All Of Its Drones, Citing Cybersecurity, Other Concerns The move is a turnabout for Chinese firms such as drone giant DJI — which made special "government edition" drones that the Interior Department approved last summer. Bill Chappell