Business

Nintendo will soon close the digital storefronts for the Wii U and 3DS.

Arts

Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives

1:08pm March 24, 2023

by Jamal Michel

Starting March 27, you won't be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear.

Gov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Cox signed a pair of measures that aim to limit when and where children can use social media and stop companies from luring kids to the sites.

Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents

12:16pm March 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

The restrictions passed through Utah's Republican-supermajority Legislature reflect how politicians' perceptions of technology companies are changing — and that includes pro-business Republicans.

Economy

Fed needed to raise rates because inflation is still too high, Bostic says

7:23am March 24, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, about the Fed's decision to raise interest rates again.

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Charles Lauder at the World Clown Association, Orlando, Florida.

National

Clowns converge on Orlando for funny business

7:18pm March 23, 2023

by Danielle Prieur - WMFE

The World Clown Association is bringing together all types of clowns for its 40th annual convention.

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National

Acknowledging layoffs at NPR

5:39pm March 23, 2023

NPR is undergoing a reduction of roughly 10% of its workforce. The layoffs include members of the All Things Considered team.

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023. The hearing was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to question the leader of the short-form social media video app about the company's relationship with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and how they handle users' sensitive personal data.

Lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Chew for 5 hours in a high-stakes hearing about the app

5:33pm March 23, 2023

by Dara Kerr

Both Republicans and Democrats expressed deep skepticism that the company won't share U.S. user data with the Chinese government.

National

How precision-scheduled railroading played a role in the Ohio train derailment

4:37pm March 23, 2023

Since February's major train derailment in Ohio, freight rail safety has come under scrutiny. Many rail workers blame a relatively new business model: precision-scheduled railroading.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, pictured at her April 2021 confirmation hearing, spoke to Morning Edition on Thursday about the new "Click to Cancel" proposal.

National

Still trying to quit that gym membership? The FTC is proposing a rule that could help

2:34pm March 23, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Federal Trade Commission gets thousands of complaints a year from customers trapped in memberships they don't want. Its "Click to Cancel" proposal aims to change that, Chair Lina Khan tells NPR.

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Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

Politics & Government

It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

12:44pm March 23, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

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Children's flu medication was hard to come by in December 2022 as a wave of respiratory viruses spread across the country.

It's not just Adderall: The number of drugs in short supply rose by 30% last year

11:14am March 23, 2023

by Emily Olson

A total of 295 types of drugs — everything from sedatives to children's flu medicine — were in short supply in 2022, according to a new report from the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security.