Jeremy Heimans: How Can We Harness Technology To Fuel Social Change? In the digital age, the power of the collective has led to movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Jeremy Heimans discusses how we can continue to use "new power" to drive activism. NPR/TED Staff
Facebook Promises To Stop Asking You To Wish Happy Birthday To Your Friend Who Died The social media company said new artificial intelligence will figure out who has died, and make sure their profile doesn't appear in "painful ways." Matthew S. Schwartz
U.K. Regulators Propose Broad Social Media Regulations To Counter 'Online Harms' Under the proposed rules, Internet companies will face penalties if they don't actively monitor and combat harmful speech online. Companies say the proposal is vague. Matthew S. Schwartz
Cornell Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa Discusses Artificial Intelligence Used In Hiring NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with sociologist and legal scholar Ifeoma Ajunwa about artificial intelligence meant to take bias out of the hiring process.
Police Are Investing In New Technology. 'Thin Blue Lie' Asks, 'Does It Work?' Technology has often been proposed as the solution to controversial policing practices. But reporter Matt Stroud says new innovations embraced by law enforcement can present their own problems. Michel Martin
The Robots Are Here: At George Mason University, They Deliver Food To Students Several dozen autonomous robots roam the Virginia campus providing options such pizza and coffee. "We were amazed by the volume of orders," Starship Technologies executive Ryan Tuohy says. Patrick Madden
The Global Positioning System Resets Every 19 years, the Global Positioning System resets a measure of time built into its program. The latest rollover is Saturday and NPR's Scott Simon asks cybersecurity expert Frank Cilluffo about it.
With Facebook Ban On White Extremism, International Norms Apply To U.S. Facebook is beginning to enforce a ban on white nationalist content this week. The move comes as Australia, Germany and other countries pass tough laws to curb hate speech. Aarti Shahani
Boeing cuts down production of 737 Max as crash investigations continue Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg announced on Friday that his company would be cutting its production of the problem-plagued 737 Max planes. Gil Aegerter