A Studio At Your Fingertips: 5 Apps Teachers Are Using To Make Student Podcasts We checked in with educators to see what tools their students are using to create entries for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Diane Adame
Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages Encryption is going mainstream, and some tech companies "throw away the key" so they can't decrypt messages even when police get a warrant. The government says that's taking privacy too far. Martin Kaste
Losing Sleep Over The Quest For A Perfect Night's Rest A boom in technology promising to improve sleep has an ironic side effect: orthosomnia. Thanks to sleep trackers, people get so obsessed with perfect sleep that they are losing sleep over it. Shannon Bond
Warrant-Proof Encrypted Messages Targeted By Trump Administration "End-to-end encryption" has gone mainstream, which means tech companies can't decrypt messages even when law enforcement has a warrant. The Trump administration says that's taking privacy too far. Martin Kaste
Uber Whistleblower Takes On Silicon Valley, Armed With Stoic Philosophy In 2017, Susan Fowler published a blog post that revealed Uber's misogynistic corporate culture — and helped change the world. In her memoir, she urges readers not to see her as a victim. Camila Domonoske
Behind The Ransomware Attack On Palm Beach County Elections In 2016 The security of voting systems is a central focus this year, especially following reports like one out of Florida, where Palm Beach County says it was hit by a ransomware attack in 2016. Miles Parks
Plans To Develop High-Tech 'Smart City' In Toronto Met With Resistance Sidewalk Labs is a sister company of Google, which is why some Toronto residents are worried about its plan to develop a high-tech, green neighborhood where sensors collect data on people's movements. David McGuffin
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
