Apps Give Private Data To Facebook Without User's Knowledge or Permission NPR's Mary Louise speaks with The Wall Street Journal's Sam Schechner about how several apps they tested sent sensitive personal data to Facebook without users' permission or knowledge.
Storing Health Records On Your Phone: Can Apple Live Up To Its Privacy Values? As its iPhone sales growth slows, Apple has been expanding its presence in health care, where privacy matters. Apple's privacy values could give it an edge, if the company lives up to them. Laura Sydell
Etiquette In A Cashless World Host Mary Louise Kelly talks to Amy Dickinson, the syndicated advice columnist of Ask Amy, about etiquette when using Venmo.
As Payments Go Social With Venmo, They're Changing Personal Relationships More people are using mobile money apps to pay each other without cash. With Venmo, its social network is a key part of the payment process, and it's changing people's behavior in unexpected ways. Daniella Cheslow
Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill' They say Microsoft's contract "crosses the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building." Laura Sydell
How Pinterest Jumped Into The Fight Against Health Misinformation Since 2017, the social media website Pinterest has limited search results for false cures and anti-vaccine advice. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Pinterest's Ifeoma Ozoma about the policy.
Advertisers Abandon YouTube Over Concerns That Pedophiles Lurk In Comments Section Hasbro, Disney, Nestle and others have suspended their ads on the online video site. YouTube has responded by disabling comments on millions of videos. Matthew S. Schwartz
This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You Amazon canceled plans for a New York City HQ after meeting stiff opposition over big tax breaks and other incentives. A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives but landed Google anyway. Jasmine Garsd
Andreas Ekström: Can We Solve For Bias In Tech? We think of search engines as unbiased sources of information. But they're not — and they can be manipulated. Andreas Ekström asks: who should hold the burden of addressing bias in search engines? NPR/TED Staff
Digital license plates may be coming soon to a road near you If a custom license plate or a college-themed plate isn't good enough for your car, a startup has the latest in automotive accessories: a digital... Tom Banse