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. Shannon Bond
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
FTC Issues Rules For Disclosure Of Ads By Social Media Influencers The consumer watchdog agency is trying to protect users from deceptive ads on social media. The influencer market on Instagram is expected to reach more than $2.5 billion in 2020. Paolo Zialcita
Social Media Sites Under Pressure To Prep For Census Trolls And Interference Civil rights groups and lawmakers are pushing tech companies to prepare for an onslaught of disinformation that could turn people off from the 2020 census, especially among communities of color. Hansi Lo Wang