US Stock Markets Regain Footing After Plunge U.S. stocks indexes headed moderately lower again, after a global sell-off overnight triggered by a plunge in U.S. stocks Wednesday. The decline was led by a selloff among the biggest tech stocks. John Ydstie
Goodbye, Google+ — We Forgot You Existed Google announced that its social network, Google+, will shut down, after reports of a data breach that affected millions of users. The announcement left many surprised that Google+ still existed.
Google+ Shutting Down For Consumers After Data Vulnerability Is Revealed The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data. Merrit Kennedy
Google Hid Data Breach For Months, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports David Greene talks to Douglas MacMillan of The Wall Street Journal about how Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users and then opted not to disclose the issue.
Morning News Brief Trump blasts Democrats for trying to destroy Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The Wall Street Journal reports on a software glitch in Google+ that went unreported. Interpol's president resigns. Noel King
How Good — And How Secure — Is Facial Recognition Technology? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Alice O'Toole of the University of Texas at Dallas about developments in facial recognition technology and its implications.
Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.
'Bloomberg' Reporter Outlines How Chinese Microchips Infiltrated Nearly 30 U.S. Companies NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Michael Riley following a story he co-authored about how Chinese microchips have infiltrated nearly 30 U.S. companies.
This Is Only A Test: Why Your Cellphone Will Buzz Wednesday Afternoon Texts stating "Presidential Alert" will be sent to some 225 million U.S. cellphones at 2:18 p.m. ET. Brian Naylor
Amazon Becomes Largest Company To Commit To Minimum $15 Hourly Wage Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will raise wages to $15 an hour starting Nov. 1 for some 250,000 regular workers and 100,000 seasonal workers. Alina Selyukh