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Politics & Government

News brief: Russia faces sanctions, Russia sends 'peacekeepers' to Ukraine, Trump app

7:37am February 22, 2022

U.S. imposes sanctions after Moscow recognizes two enclaves in Ukraine as independent. Ukraine says internationally recognized borders would remain that way. Donald Trump launches a social media app.

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Politics & Government

Truth Social, Donald Trump's social media app, launches year after Twitter ban

5:56am February 22, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

Over a year ago, former President Donald Trump got booted from social media sites owned by Meta and Twitter. He vowed to create his own, and Truth Social launched on Monday.

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Economy

How China dominates the electric vehicle supply chain

4:04pm February 21, 2022

by Camila Domonoske

The entire auto industry is making a massive pivot to electric vehicles. The world is going to need a lot more batteries. And China dominates the supply chain.

Consumers beware: Personal tracking devices can track you, too

5:19pm February 20, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Eva Galperin, Electronic Frontier Foundation Director of Cybersecurity, about recent controversies surrounding Apple AirTags and unwanted tracking.

Identity theft is on the rise. Here are some ways to protect yourself

1:28pm February 20, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Eva Velasquez, President and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, about the growing threat of SIM swapping.

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Apple's AirTags help you keep track of your things, but concerns have risen over their misuse.

AirTags are being used to track people and cars. Here's what is being done about it

5:06pm February 19, 2022

by Michael Levitt

Apple's AirTags were billed as an easy way to track your keys and wallet, but now the small button-sized device are being used by stalkers and thieves to track people and steal cars.

Matteo Cerri: Will humans one day hibernate?

3:42pm February 18, 2022

Bears and squirrels hibernate to survive harsh conditions; why not humans? If we want to travel deep into space or combat deadly diseases, physiologist Matteo Cerri says hibernation might be the key.

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Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island in New York will vote on whether to unionize, becoming the second U.S. warehouse to get such an election.

National

Amazon labor push escalates as workers at New York warehouse win a union vote

8:10pm February 17, 2022

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon will face two union elections at once. Federal officials have set a union vote for Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse, coinciding with the ongoing re-do election in Bessemer, Ala.

Raven Software helps develop the popular Call of Duty franchise for Activision Blizzard. Recently, workers there staged a weeks-long walkout to protest layoffs.

Arts

Will Activision Blizzard workers unionize? Microsoft's deal complicates things

5:19pm February 17, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

The video game industry has long been resistant to organizing. But quality assurance testers at video game giant Activision Blizzard hope to change that.

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Arts
Economy

Looking good in the metaverse. Fashion brands bet on digital clothing

12:22pm February 16, 2022

by Miranda Mazariegos

Fashion brands are betting people will spend on virtual outfits in the immersive digital world known as the metaverse.