Russia Criminalizes The Spread Of Online News Which 'Disrespects' The Government President Vladimir Putin signed the new law, which allows punishment of individuals with fines and jail time for the spread of "fake news." Shannon Van Sant
Germany Risks U.S. Backlash If It Hires Chinese Company Huawei For 5G Tech Germany wants to speed up its mobile data service with 5G technology, which Chinese telecom Huawei is bidding to provide. But if Berlin lets Huawei compete, it faces the Trump administration's wrath. Joanna Kakissis
YouTube's Chief Product Officer On How The Company Responded To Mosque Shootings NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Neal Mohan, chief product officer for YouTube, about how the tech company responded when a video of last week's deadly shootings in New Zealand went viral.
Ethiopian Flight Data Shows Similarities To Indonesian Crash Of Same Boeing Model Ethiopia's Transport Minister said a preliminary review of the flight data from last week's plane crash reveals "clear similarities" in that accident and the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX last October. Russell Lewis
New Zealand Mosque Attacks Raise Questions About Internet's Role In Radicalization The rambling document allegedly written by the attacker in New Zealand echoes the sarcasm and "trolling" of the internet. How much of his inspiration comes from internet politics in the U.S.? Martin Kaste
The Role Social Media Plays In Mass Shootings The shootings at mosques in New Zealand were live-streamed on Facebook, and shared on YouTube and Twitter. The companies have been challenged on their ability to remove this kind of content quickly. Jasmine Garsd
Phylecia Jones: How Can We Encourage Girls To Keep Pursuing Math? Why do so many teen girls lose interest in math? Phylecia Jones explores how we can get more women involved in STEM by starting with a simple idea: tell every girl in your life she's great at math. NPR/TED Staff
Eddie Woo: How Can Math Help Us Understand The Complexity Of The Universe? The world is full of recurring patterns based on math. Math teacher Eddie Woo explains why human beings are naturally drawn to patterns and how we can use math to engage with our complex world. NPR/TED Staff
Adam Spencer: Why Are Monster Prime Numbers Important? Adam Spencer is fascinated by prime numbers. These seemingly simple numbers can be found in monster sizes—the latest being almost 25 million digits long. NPR/TED Staff
The moral dilemma of Microsoft's HoloLens contract with the military Bill Radke spoke with a former creative director for HoloLens Monte Michaelis and Wendell Wallach, scholar at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, about how the technology could be used in war, and what Microsoft’s responsibility is. Jennie Cecil Moore