Technology

Lately, more and more people have been getting axolotls as pets.

It seems like everyone wants an axolotl since the salamander was added to Minecraft

11:51am October 20, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The axolotl has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft. More and more people have been getting them as pets, which is impacting how they're bred and sold.

Batgirl near her new hideout, the Belfry.

Arts

Batman is dead and four new heroes can't quite replace him in 'Gotham Knights'

7:00am October 20, 2022

by Diego Nicolás Argüello

Batman is dead. Four heroes are left to defend Gotham from countless enemies. It's an intriguing start, but Gotham Knights doesn't quite deliver.

How the gig economy inspired a cyberpunk video game

6:30am October 18, 2022

by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

The video game Citizen Sleeper critiques the gig economy in a cyberpunk "post-capitalist" future

Music & Culture

Kanye West to buy the conservative-friendly social site Parler

5:34pm October 17, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

The Twitter competitor made the surprise announcement Monday, coming days after Ye's accounts on Twitter and Instagram were locked over a string of antisemitic posts

Economy

This computer software might have told your landlord they could raise your rent

5:33pm October 17, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell about her reporting on a software that helps landlords set the highest possible prices for rent.

Queue Listen Now

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine.

World News

Elon Musk suggests his SpaceX company will keep funding satellites in Ukraine

7:05am October 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. Some wondered if he was being sarcastic.

World News

Iran tries to crack down on protests, even online. Here's how activists are evading those efforts

5:00pm October 15, 2022

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dina Temple-Raston, host of the podcast Click Here, who spoke with some of the protesters.

A digital license plate made by Reviver is shown in California on May 30, 2018.

National

California drivers can now sport digital license plates on their cars

11:53am October 15, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The license plate-sized screens display a plate number and allow drivers to renew their registration. They also allow users to track a vehicle with GPS and display a warning if the car is stolen.

A poll worker sanitizes ballot marking machines at an early voting location in Inglewood, Calif., on Oct. 29, 2020. The Los Angeles County district attorney alleges that the CEO of Konnech, which makes scheduling software for poll workers, improperly gave Chinese contractors access to sensitive employee data.

Election software CEO is charged with allegedly giving Chinese contractors data access

7:36pm October 14, 2022

The Los Angeles County district attorney alleges that the CEO of Konnech, which makes scheduling software for poll workers, improperly gave Chinese contractors access to sensitive employee data.

A voter hands over his ballot to an election judge at a drive-through ballot drop site in Denver on June 28, 2022. State election authorities accidentally sent voter registration information to 30,000 non-citizens who are ineligible to vote, which has fed conspiracy theories about the upcoming midterms.

Politics & Government

How quotation marks turned a story about a clerical error into one about voter fraud

6:16pm October 14, 2022

by Huo Jingnan

The Colorado election officials accidentally mailed postcards about voting registration to non-citizens who were not eligible to vote. On Twitter, stories about the mistake have turned conspiratorial.