Anti-Defamation League Report Says Online Anti-Semitism Is A 'Daily Occurrence' NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with researcher Samuel Woolley of the Institute for the Future, and co-author of a new report that says almost 30 percent of accounts tweeting against Jews appear to be bots.
Google Employees Stage Protest Of Company's Handling Of Sexual Harassment Complaints Google employees staged a worldwide protest on Thursday. They walked off the job to demand changes in how the company addresses sexual-harassment allegations at the company. Yuki Noguchi
Google employees in Seattle and across globe begin their protest walk out Many at Google have been simmering since The New York Times reported the company gave generous exit packages to alleged harassers. Hundreds of employees have already walked out in Asia and Europe. Laurel Wamsley
Why conspiracy theories spread so fast online after tragedies Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington assistant professor Kate Starbird about how conspiracy theories spread online, in the wake of tragedies. Kim Malcolm
For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival Two new studies suggest that minimally invasive surgery for early stage cervical cancer patients leads to death and recurring disease more often than standard surgery through a large incision. Richard Harris
Nearly 30 percent of anti-Semitic online attacks are bots A study released last week by the Anti-Defamation League revealed that anti-Semitic online slurs have surged in the lead-up to the midterms — and many of the attacks are automated. Shannon Van Sant
After Synagogue Attack, Web-Hosting Sites Suspend Gab Alleged synagogue shooter Robert Bowers was an avid user of Gab, the social media site that touts itself as a place for free speech. The site is popular with white nationalists and the alt-right. Jasmine Garsd
About Gab, the 'free speech' site where synagogue shooting suspect posted The website where the synagogue shooting suspect posted anti-Semitic messages has served as a home for the far-right online in Gab's quest to have few restrictions on speech. James Doubek
Should Self-Driving Cars Have Ethics? To design a "moral machine," researchers updated a classic thought experiment for the autonomous vehicle age. But do we really want artificial intelligence making decisions on who lives or dies? Laurel Wamsley
What if Alexa broke up with Seattle? Some have suggested that Amazon might move its mighty artificial intelligence division elsewhere. But the roots of AI in the Seattle region predate Amazon. And Seattle's AI industry, in turn, has become bigger than Amazon. Joshua McNichols
