TikTok, The Internet's Hottest Meme Breeding Ground, Turns 1 TikTok, the social app spawning viral memes and summer hits, launched one year ago. The Atlantic's Taylor Lorenz discusses the cultural impact and future of the platform for posting short videos. Rachel Martin
Lawmaker Aims To Curb Social Media Addiction With New Bill Sen. Josh Hawley's Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology, or SMART, Act would ban features that encourage prolonged engagement such as infinite scrolling and autoplay. Abigail Clukey
Your cell phone is a security risk. Ruby's Instagram story shows why Ruby had a very special Instagram name. Ruby. Just Ruby. She turned down $65,000 to sell it. Then she got hacked. Deborah Wang
Pentagon Pauses $10 Billion Cloud Contract After Months Of Controversy New Defense Secretary Mark Esper will review the cloud computing contract, for which Amazon and Microsoft are finalists. President Trump has cited critics' accusations of favoritism toward Amazon. Alina Selyukh
Ruby was a typical Instagram user. Then something strange started happening… ...and she got hacked. Deborah Wang
South Korea Says About 20 Percent Of Its Population Is At Risk For Internet Addiction South Korea's government and health officials are worried about teens addicted to gaming and their smart phones in the world's most connected society. Michael Sullivan
Capital One Data Breach Exposes Over 100 Million Customers An alleged hacker has been charged in connection with the breach. Authorities in Seattle say she is alleged to have hacked credit scores, balances, income information and social security numbers. Martin Kaste
Grindr Has Left A Cultural Impact On The LGBTQ Community. But Can The App Survive? Once a mainstay of queer culture, Grindr is slipping at representing all aspects of LGBTQ people. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Mathew Rodriguez about why.
Senate Panel Report Details How Russians Interfered In 2016 Elections NPR's Noel King talks to Michael Daniel, ex-cybersecurity coordinator and special adviser to President Obama, about interference in the 2016 elections all the way down to the state and local level.
Former Facebook Chief Security Officer On Election Security And Digital Threats NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, about efforts to shore up election security.