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.
You butt-dialed your mom with this supercomputer It took a village to birth the digital revolution John O'Brien
Facebook Faces More than A Fine From Regulators Is Facebook a monopoly? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips about the agency's investigation into the social media giant for potential antitrust violations.
FTC: Facebook's Zuckerberg Must Give Progress Reports To Regulators The FTC and Facebook entered a new settlement over privacy violations. CEO Mark Zuckerberg must give quarterly progress reports directly to regulators. Facebook must also pay a $5 billion fine. Aarti Shahani
News Brief: Robert Mueller, DOJ's Tech Review, Pa. School's Lunch Debt Ex-special counsel Robert Mueller testifies Wednesday before 2 House panels. DOJ launches a review into major tech firms. And, a Pennsylvania school district rebuffs donor efforts to pay lunch debts. Steve Inskeep
Justice Department Begins Review Of Whether Big Tech Is Too Powerful The Justice Department is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review of big tech companies. The inquiry will consider concerns raised about "search, social media and some retail services online." Aarti Shahani
DOJ Starts Review Of Whether Major Tech Companies Are Too Powerful The Justice Department says it is launching a wide-ranging antitrust review, without naming the companies. But there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon. Alina Selyukh
A New Battery Could Be Key To Cutting Carbon Emissions, Slowing Climate Change NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Yet-Ming Chiang, professor of materials science and engineering at MIT, about why new battery technology is key to cutting carbon emissions and slowing climate change.
Equifax To Pay Up To $700 Million In Data Breach Settlement The credit reporting agency will pay up to $700 million in fines and monetary relief to consumers over a massive 2017 data breach that affected more than 148 million people. Avie Schneider