Trump Can't Block Twitter Followers, Federal Appeals Court Rules The appeals court upheld a lower court decision from last year that says the president conducts government business on his personal Twitter account, so all Americans must be able to access it. Aarti Shahani
YouTube Creators Are Trying To Fight Radicalization Online YouTube has recently had to answer for its algorithm pushing some users toward right wing extremism. Now, a growing number of creators are making videos to help stop the radicalization process. Andrew Limbong
What Happens When Hackers Hold Cities Hostage With Ransomware Attacks It's been a difficult summer for a number of government agencies as they've had their computer networks taken over and held for ransom by hackers. Whether or not to give in is a dilemma. Wade Goodwyn
It'll take another year before earthquake alerts will buzz Washington phones The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning app is under development in the Northwest. Paige Browning
ICE Used Driver's Licenses To Spot Immigration Violators, Advocates Want Change Immigrant advocates are outraged that ICE is using driver's license photos without consent. But it's not the first time U.S. authorities have pushed the envelope to enforce immigration laws. Joel Rose
ICE Turned To DMV Driver's License Databases For Help With Facial Recognition Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials scanned driver's license databases and used facial recognition technology to analyze millions of photos without permission in at least three states. Aarti Shahani
FBI, ICE Use State Driver's License Databases To Scan Photos New documents show that the FBI and ICE are using state driver's license databases to scan photos. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Alvaro Bedoya of Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology.
Microsoft Closes The Book On Its E-Library, Erasing All User Content The move comes as a result of Digital Rights Management, an approach that allows companies to prevent piracy. Every purchased book will disappear this month. Josh Axelrod
Why Cash Transfer Apps Don't Always Let You Hit 'Undo' On Transactions Phone-based apps are offering people many new ways to pay, and many of them are wondering about chargebacks, and why some apps allow people to hit undo and why others don't.
Big Tech Lobbying Looks For Allies Among Republicans And Libertarians As the uneasy relationship between the tech industry and Washington has worsened, big tech has dramatically ramped up its lobbying presence in the nation's capital. Peter Overby