Norway is leading the way in EV technology. Can other countries learn from it? Oil rich Norway is a world leader in electric vehicle use, thanks to government incentives. Rob Schmitz
Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE and what are they doing? The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government workers in chaos. Shannon Bond
Exclusive: GM, Pepsi, Disney, others scrub some DEI references from investor reports Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds. Maria Aspan
Member of Elon Musk's DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury. Shannon Bond
CISA staffers offered deferred resignations, extending broader cybersecurity fears Staff at the key cybersecurity agency were initially excluded from government efforts to leave their jobs, but then on Wednesday they were given deferred resignation offers with just hours to decide. Jenna McLaughlin
6 unsettling thoughts Google's former CEO has about artificial intelligence Neither the public or the tech giants pushing artificial intelligence understand its long-term implications, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Steve Inskeep
Elon Musk is barreling into government with DOGE, raising unusual legal questions The billionaire's campaign to radically upend federal agencies is stunning former White House officials, even in a political moment when many things are described as unprecedented. Shannon Bond
Seattle woman has lived her whole life without a smartphone. She recommends it Patti Gorman is becoming a rarity. According to the Pew Research Center’s latest “Mobile Fact Sheet,” 98% of Americans now own a cellphone of some kind. Stephen Howie
The shady business of mass texting: Probe into hateful texts after Trump win continues Americans across the country received harmful hate messages via text after the election. The communication industry has been trying to figure out how it happened. Jenna McLaughlin
International regulators probe how DeepSeek is using data. Is the app safe to use? The Chinese chatbot took the world by storm and rattled stock markets. But lost in all the attention was a focus on how the company is collecting and storing data. Bobby Allyn
